[cups] Windows bypasses cups drivers

[Helge Blischke]

Look at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cupsaddons/files/filter-colorfilter/
and try setting
color-pages-default=0,
using the lpadmin command.

Let me know if it works for you and if the result is satifactory.

Helge

Am 19.05.2014 um 09:32 schrieb Maarten Suetens:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm currently trying to enforce grayscale printing at the company I  
> work at through cups. I have added the printer (sharp mx2600n) to  
> the cups server using the ppd file and on the web interface i set  
> the color mode to black & white.
>
> When i print from the cups server(CentOS 6.5) it does use the  
> grayscale and when i add the printer in Windows using generic  
> postscript drivers it also enforces the grayscale correctly. But the  
> problem is that the generic PS drivers does not support duplex  
> printing.  When i add the printer to Windows using printer specific  
> PS driver, the settings configured on the server are completely  
> ignored and prints are being made in full color.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance and kind regards,
> Maarten
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