No color?

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7 total messages Started by maximilien Wed, 05 Jun 2002 17:19

#1343

Author: maximilien
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 17:19

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Hi, I have a hp 4500 printer and when i print my document from adobe postcript driver my document print out is grayscale. 

What's the problem. 

Max

Re: No color?

#1344

Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 17:41

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You probably are not using the proper PPD for the printer. The "Generic PostScript PPD" yields grayscale PostScript, not color PostScript for your device (does not have Adobe PostScript). 

- Dov

Re: No color?

#1348

Author: Stan Vermaelen
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 13:28

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I have installed the 4.2.6 PPD file  (aps426eng.exe). 

On the same page of a FrameMaker 5.5 document I have a colour illustration in WMF vector format, and three identical illustrations in bitmap format (compressed and uncompressed TIFF, and DIB). When I print the page on the HP4500 Postscript printer, and when I distill a PDF (from the saved .ps file, no compression), the WMF is printed in colour and the three bitmaps are printed in grayscale. 

Why?

Re: No color?

#1349

Author: Arnis Gubins
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 14:44

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Stan,

You must use the Distiller printer to create the PS for PDFs, not the
PS from the HP. Also, AFAIK, this series uses HP clonescript instead
of Adobe Postscript, so you must use the HP supplied drivers to comply
with licenses.

Re: No color?

#1352

Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 15:08

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>I have installed the 4.2.6 PPD file  (aps426eng.exe). 

That's not a PPD file. What PPD did you select when installing the
printer?  You should use only the HP4500 PPD for printing to the
printer, and only the Distiller PPD for distilling.

On no account use the "Generic driver" for a specific printer.

Aandi Inston

Re: No color?

#1356

Author: Stan Vermaelen
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:49

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Arnis, Aandi, 

I was already using HP's 4500 PPD for the printer, and have now installed a new driver with the proper Adobe Distiller PPD for PDF distillation, as you suggested. Which seems to work well, colour and all. 

I still don't know what's wrong with the 4500 output. Must be the cloneware... 

Thanks for the help -- Stan. 

 That's not a PPD file.   

Well, it does say "Postscript Printer Driver" in large boldface in the installation wizard's window ;)

Re: No color?

#1357

Author: Aandi Inston
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:25

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> That's not a PPD file.   
>
>Well, it does say "Postscript Printer Driver" in large boldface in the installation wizard's window ;)

Yes - but a PPD file is not a PostScript Printer Driver ...!

Aandi Inston

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