On Fri 10 Nov 2017 at 16:26:56 +0100, Adrian Immanuel Kieß wrote: > Dear Brian, > > the problem persits using up-to-date Debian/testing installation. Now > even the colors from LaTeX printouts are missing which was the last > colors the printer printed. > > Printing color pictures or color PDF fails completely. > > I will attach a sample printout of a picture and screenshot of HPLIP > version used to this message.
adrian-hplip-debian-bug-sample-image-2017-11-10.jpg shows a young man in a reddish shirt and a black-white background with cars and buildings. The only other coloured object is a sign in red behind the man. Are we seeing the same thing? > Additionally, please note: This error also applies to the windows hp > printer driver. The only thing that would imply to me is that the printer is at fault. But I could be completely wrong. (People usually say Windows works but Linux doesn't!). > As written before, only altering the print density settings of the > printer helps to have black and white working but in bad quality. > > I used both HPLIP (hp://) and CUPS to setup a printer entry. Both > installations issue the same errors described before. CUPS can also use hp://... to set up the printer. If you did that, it is no wonder you got the same outcome. > Can you keep me informed when the error is fixed because it's the only > printing device I own and I need the printer to get my work done. Fixing any error in the Debian printing system requires co-operation from you. You have the printer and there is only so much we can do. Your print queue has a PPD in /etc/cups/ppd. Do (as root): cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/<M452_PPD> -m printer/foo -e --list-filters > filters Post filters to the bug as an attachment. Now use the original of adrian-hplip-debian-bug-sample-image-2017-11-10.jpg to do: cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/<M452_PPD> -m printer/foo -e <adrian_original> > adrian.ps Examine adrian.ps with a PostScript viewer. Post it to the bug. What do you think of its quality? Thanks in advance, Brian.