Sample PPD file for the SRU test plan. ** Description changed:
After upgrading from 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS I can't print colored PDF document. The print appears always b/w regardless color printing was enabled or not. Printing from LibreOffice produces a color print. This behavior (bug) is reproducible on three upgraded machines. It would be nice to have color print back again. + + [ Impact ] + + If the PPD file for a printer has a ColorModel option and the only + choice in it for printing in color is not named RGB but CMYK instead, + the printer cannot be made printing in color with intuitive methods, + usually selcting the color choice in the print dialog (which makes + ColorModel=CMYK be sent along with the job). + + Only an ugly command-line-based workaround, running the command + + lpadmin -p PRINTER -o print-color-mode-default=color + + makes the printer print in color. + + An example for printers with such PPDs are printers from RICOH and OEM + (Lanier, InfoTec, Savin, ..), so many high-end color laser printers are + affected. + + [ Test Plan ] + + Remove the workaround if you had applied it: + + lpadmin -p PRINTER -R print-color-mode-default + + If you have an affected printer, print a PDF file (or use the print + functionality in an application) with colored content and choose the + setting for color printing in the print dialog. When printing via + command line do + + lp -d PRINTER -o ColorModel=CMYK FILE.pdf + + Without the SRU applied you will get a grayscale/monochrome printout, + with it applied, you will get a colored printout. + + To test without a printer: + + Stop CUPS: + + sudo systemctl stop cups + + Edit /etc/cups/cups-files.conf to have a line + + FiileDevice Yes + + ans start CUPS again: + + sudo systemctl start cups + + Then create a queue using the attached sample PPD file: + + lpadmin -p color-test -E -v file:/tmp/printout -P Ricoh-PDF_Printer- + PDF.ppd + + Print a file to this queue as described above. When the job is done + ("lpstat" does not show it any more), open /tmp/printout with a text + editor. Chcke whether it contains a line + + @PJL SET RENDERMODE=COLOR + + near its beginning, and NOT a line + + @PJL SET RENDERMODE=GRAYSCALE + + [ Where problems could occur ] + + The patches are simple and they are also for some time in newer CUPS + versions (2.4.2 and newer) which are included in several distributions + (Ubuntu 22.10, 23.04, and others) and did not cause any complaints about + color printing. So the regression potential is very low. ** Attachment added: "Ricoh-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1971242/+attachment/5679703/+files/Ricoh-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to okular in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1971242 Title: printing PDF appears always grey, no color To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cups/+bug/1971242/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs