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
