[cups.general] MacOS X client misbehaving
Helge Blischke
h.blischke at srz.de
Tue Aug 8 08:51:21 PDT 2006
Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Marc Lanctot <marc.lanctot at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote (Tuesday 08 August 2006 17:09):
>
>
>>Helge Blischke wrote:
>
>
>>>Marc Lanctot wrote:
>>>
>>> > Helge Blischke wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Look at the following excerpt of this printer's PPD:
>>> >> ---snip---
>>> >> *% =================================
>>> >> *% Print Color as Gray
>>> >> *% Chose NOT to use standard *ColorModel keyword because color on or off is simpler
>>> >> *% =================================
>>> >> *OpenUI *ColorModel/Print Color as Gray: PickOne
>>> >> *OrderDependency: 20 AnySetup *ColorModel
>>> >> *DefaultColorModel: CMYK
>>> >> *ColorModel Gray/On: "<</ProcessColorModel /DeviceGray>> setpagedevice"
>>> >> *ColorModel CMYK/Off: "<</ProcessColorModel /DeviceCMYK>> setpagedevice"
>>> >> *?ColorModel: "
>>> >> save
>>> >> currentpagedevice /ProcessColorModel get
>>> >> /DeviceGray eq {(Gray)}{(CMYK)}ifelse = flush
>>> >> restore
>>> >> "
>>> >> *End
>>> >> *CloseUI: *ColorModel
>>> >> ---snip---
>>> >> By using e.g. a job patch file in the PPD, you may force the printer to gray mode
>>> >> independent of whatever the PS job requests otherwise.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Can you elaborate? I don't really understand what you mean but "using a job patch file in the
>>>PPD". Is it doing that already, you mean?
>>> >
>>> > Marc
>>> >
>>>
>>>Insert the following into your printer's PPD, e.g. just after the following snippet:
>>>---snip---
>>>*% =================================
>>>*% Emulations and Protocols
>>>*% =================================
>>>*Protocols: TBCP
>>>
>>>*% =================================
>>>*% Force gray mode
>>>*% =================================
>>>*JobPatchFile 1: "
>>> % first, set the color model to gray only
>>> <</ProcessColorModel /DeviceGray>> setpagedevice
>>> % now, redefine setpagedevice as to ignore this key
>>> % whenever is is specified
>>> userdict begin
>>> /setpagedevice
>>> {
>>> dup /ProcessColorModel undef
>>> setpagedevice
>>> }bind def
>>> end
>>>"
>>>
>>>---snip---
>>>
>>>Note, this will only work if the spooler you use supports this PPD
>>>feature, as CUPS does.
>>>
>>
>>I modified the PPD as stated, gzip'd it, replaced it in
>>/usr/share/cups/model/HP and then restarted cups.
>
>
> Heh... you're misunderstanding how CUPS works :-)
> That directory is only the official repertory for *installable* PPDs.
>
> Now that the PPD is there, it will be used next time you install it.
>
> You can now
>
> a) either install the printer again, using this PPD (actually, a simple
> "lpadmin -p printername -P /usr/share/cups/model/HP/<ppdname.ppd.gz>"
> should be enough;
>
> b) or just copy the PPD file to "/etc/cups/ppd/<printername.ppd>"
> where the *installed* PPDs are, and it should work
>
> Cheers,
> Kurt
But, in case of b) above, you may need ro perform "configure printer" again from
the weg interface, or you need to edit the PPD and set all keywords beginning
with "*Default" (without the quotes) to the values of the previously used PPD.
Helge
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