On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:44:40 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:08:03 +0000, Harishankar wrote: > >> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:15:02 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > >>> And those options are not available for your printer, neither using >>> the old PPD nor the lastest :-( >>> >>> >> I am sure that it was a bug because I cannot afford to waste multi >> colour cartridge to generate the black text on pages where I need >> colour output also. It does work that way in Windows (maybe because the >> driver is more "intelligent"). I'm sure the HP PSC series of >> Multi-function printers fall into the category of "cheap" and >> "unintelligent" (that is the printer won't do the grunt work of >> choosing which cartridge to use for what type of output). >> >> All I need is black text and greyscale graphics to print with black ink >> cartridge and colour text and output to print with the colour >> cartridge. >> >> Hopefully somebody might find a solution to this. The question is how >> long will it take for the driver developers to fix it? > > Maybe you are requesting too much for your device :-) > > Your printer support status is listed here: > > *** > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/psc/psc_1310_series.html > > - Support level: Partial (See note11.) - Unsupported feature(s): Reduced > print quality and/or print speed (See note12.) > *** > > And if you read on (note 12), you find this other KB: > > *** > http://hplipopensource.com/node/313 > > LIDIL-specific issues > > Most Linux customers may find LIDIL printers to provide very good cost/ > value since these printers work well with HPLIP for the majority of > print jobs. However, for Linux customers who require the highest level > of print speed and quality (matching the published specs for these LIDIL > devices) these LIDIL printers matched with HPLIP may not meet their > needs. We recommend those customers purchase a PCL or PostScript-based > inkjet or LaserJet product. > *** > > Yours seems to be an entry-level all-in-one device, and it's possible > that the linux printer driver cannot handle all of the advanced options. > > Just note you are talking about two issues, here: > > 1/ Choosing "black-only" or "gray-scale" uses color cartridge. IMO, that > should not happen and could be indeed a bug of the printer printer, > although HP can say it's "a feature" :-/
Actually this works fine for me. Choosing greyscale option prints using the black cartridge, but using the colour cartridge does not use print black using the black cartridge. > > 2/ Having an option to selective control when to use the color cartridge > or pure black for printing fine quality photos. That is a feature that > I've seen available only in medium/high level printers. > > Greetings, Actually this works in windows. It prints colour using colour cartridge and black text using black cartridge in the same print job. I think the Windows driver provided by HP officially actually does the job within the driver to instruct the printer. It might be a firmware issue but whatever it is, I am sure it is possible on my printer to use both cartridges in one print job. > > -- > Camaleón -- Harishankar (http://harishankar.org http://lawstudentscommunity.com) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i2ttn2$ra...@dough.gmane.org