[cups.general] CUPS: How to Block Color Printing?

[ricardo oliveira]

Hi again:

Sorry. I've sent you the incorrect PPD. But I have here the correct.
The correct comes as KOC450U.ppd and it was downloaded from konica
minolta web site. the RPM name is KMPU1.7-REDHAT-INTEL.RPM.

After that I add a printer (MYPRINTER) in the redhat-config-printer
and choose driver from KONICAMINOLTA. That will create a MYPRINTER.ppd
in /etc/cups/ppd ... but this file that it is created its differente
from the KOC450U.ppd that I imported to redhat-config-printer!

What's happening here? Can you tell me?

The KOC450U.ppd I use to import to redhat-config-printer has this entry:
 *DefaultSelectColor: Color
But the MYPRINTER.ppd file that is created when I had a printer does
not have it!
I'll attach both files for you to check them!

I must tahnk you a lot for all help you're giving me...

Ric


> Well, the PPD you attached is NOT the original vendor supplied PPD,
> it is for a different printer; and the C450 is a color device.
>
> You should download the PostScript driver package for the C450 from
> the Konica Minolta web site and extract the PPD from there.
>
> The correct PPD should contain statements like
> ---snip---
> *OpenUI  *SelectColor/Select Color: PickOne
> *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *SelectColor
> *DefaultSelectColor: Color
> *SelectColor Color/Color:  "<</ProcessColorModel /DeviceCMYK>> setpagedevice"
> *SelectColor Grayscale/Grayscale:  "<</ProcessColorModel /DeviceGray>> setpagedevice"
> *CloseUI: *SelectColor
> ---snip---
> To set b/w mode, you should (by editing the printer's PPD in /etc/cups/ppd or
> by lpadmin or by the web interface ("Configure Printer" button)) modify it to
>
> *DefaultSelectColor: Grayscale
>
> Helge
>
> PS: BTW, did your printer print anything? Depending on the printer's configuration
> (by the service guy) it needs a bunch of PJL statements containing user ID and
> authentication keys (e.g. "PUBLIC" for unrestricted use). I mention this as I
> had to to some tweaks to get our C250 (which is a similar, a bit slower device)
> working with CUPS.
>
>
> --
> Helge Blischke
> Softwareentwicklung
> SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
> http://www.srz.de
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