[cups.general] Re: hp 3550 black & white not printing

Till Kamppeter till.kamppeter at gmx.net
Sun Jun 26 23:05:45 PDT 2005


Anonymous wrote:
>>genecampbell8 at yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>>First, let me say, CUPS really rocks.  I'm able to print quite reliably in color, and I'm very impressed with CUPS on my home network.
>>>
>>>I have just one question.  I've searched this site and google without luck.  Hopefully someone here can help.
>>>
>>>I am trying to print in black and white on my hp 355O.  I've tried both commands below and I continue to get color.  Any ideas?
>>>
>>>lp -o saturation=0
>>>lp -o blackplot
>>
>>If you use the hpijs driver and the PPD as recommended by linuxprinting.org, try the option
>>	-o PrintoutMode=Normal.Gray
> 
> 
> That worked perfectly!!
> 

And if you have set up a new printer in general, you can always find out 
the printer-specific options using "lpoptions -p <printer> -l".

    Till





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