configure an Epson Stylus Color II

[Lorenzo Bettini]

John Thompson wrote:
> On 2005-10-07, Lorenzo Bettini <bettini at dsi.unifi.it> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm trying to configure this printer, Epson Stylus Color II, with cups
>>
>>when I have to select the model in Cups, there
>>
>>Epson Stylus Color II (Foomatic/stc2.upp) (recommended)
>>
>>however, if I select this driver, I'm not allowed to choose between 
>>color and gray scale (and I don't want to print everything in color)
> 
> 
> Copy your stc2.upp file to stc2-grey.upp and open the copy in a text 
> editor. Change the line "-dupColorModel=/DeviceCMYK" to 
> "-dupColorModel=/DeviceGray" and save. Set up a new printer using the 
> stc2-grey.upp description and print a page. It should come out in 
> greyscale.
> 
> NB: I haven't tried this myself, but it looks like it should work.
> 

unfortunately not: it prints in negative

the only working solution I found is to use

Stylus Color Series CUPS v1.1: this allows me to switch between gray and 
colors and it is the ONLY one to use correct margins...

Lorenzo