[cups] Tea4Cups question

[Helge Blischke]

> Am 01.06.2021 um 14:00 schrieb serando <serando at sunrise.ch>:
> 
> Please allow me another Tea4Cups question:
> 
> 
> I have created my virtual printer this way:
> |lpadmin -p pretendq -v tea4cups:/socket://192.168.7.200:9100 -E -P /etc/cups/ppd/ENVY-5540-series.ppd
> 
> So I have now a virtual printer, with the same properties like my real printer has. And yes, it works ||in principle.
> |
> |But:
> When I set the property of this virtual printer||||to "high quality greyscale" (or also "Black only greyscale"), I would expect, that now I get in the folder ...
> /var/spool/cups/
> ... a greyscale d-pdf-file.
> 
> But it's nevertheless coloured.
> 
> Question: Why do the settings |||"high quality greyscale" / "Black only greyscale" not have any effect?
> 
> |Thank you.
> |
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Well, the /var/spool/cups directory contains the **original** files. 
The result files are generated by the filter chain which has been set up by the create_job function of cups.

If all settings are correct, the real printout on the real physical printer should be grayscale.

Helge