Civileme:
Thanks for your suggestions! �I checked in with the Mandrakeforum.com, but
the solution I found didn't solve the problem yet -- I'm still working on it.
The Epson printers I am using are different models.
I found that the Star Office bar graphs, when saved as jpegs, look great on
the screen, but print out poorly in Star Office or any other graphics
program. �Imported jpeg pictures will not print in color in Star Office. �
They will print in color MOST of the time in KWord -- but not all of the time
-- �sometimes they come out grey. �Colored text prints in color just fine in
both Star Offce and KWord. �Gradient fills print fine in Star Office.
I installed the most recent version of Ghostscript from Till's files, as well
as the most recent CUPS drivers. �No change. �When I tried the CUPS
calibration tool, I could get a color chart to print in Star Office, but the
print was quite faint - even with the calibration settings at their darkest. �
Given all this, it seems that the problem lies with the CUPS drivers. �They
seem to have a color threshold below which they will not print color, only
greyscale.
I will continue my research..........
Rober
On Saturday 09 December 2000 10:57, you wrote:
> On Thursday 07 December 2000 17:34, you wrote:
> > Hi Mandrake Folks:
> >
> > I'm having some printing problems, and I'm not sure where to begin
> > troubleshooting. I'm using Mandrake 7.2 with the latest KDE updates.
> > For most programs such as KWord, printing works fine. Star Office (RPM
> > from Mandrake 7.1) prints fine, except for pictures and some color items
> > such as charts. It's hard to describe, but parts of an image will have
> > good color, other parts move too quickly into grey scale. Photos are
> > almost all grey scale (the same photo in KWord prints fine). Charts in
> > Start Office will have a nice solid color for the background, and then
> > the bars will be greyscale!
> >
> > I am using CUPS, with the generic driver in Star Office. I have also
> > tried other built-in Epson drivers, with the same results. I tried Star
> > Office on different Mandrake 7.2 machines and printers, with the same
> > results. "Color" is turned on in Spadmin, with a depth of 24 (I also
> > tried 8), postscript level 1 (I also tried 2). The printers I have tried
> > are the Epson 740 and Epson Stylus Color II.
> >
> > While searching Deja news, I found one notice by a fellow who had the
> > same problem, but had no solution. I searched the Sun FAQ/troubleshooting
> > pages and they said if there was a color problem, turn color on in
> > Spadmin (it was already on).
> >
> > Since I have the problem on multiple machines, I assume that others have
> > experienced this same problem.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> > Robert Maynord
>
> Check www.mandrakeforum.com and search for the CUPS FAQ series by Till
> Kamppeter. The solution is also in the expert mailing list archives, but
> it is non-trivial.
>
> Civileme
