Re: DeskJet 400 colour

[Islandman <schieb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Smith wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got a HP DeskJet 400 and I'm trying to get it to print in colour.
> I've compiled pcl3 into Ghostscript, and with that I'm able to print PS
> files in colour (and do things like call a2ps directly).  However, I
> want apsfilter for the filtering, but that doesn't seem to like the
> concept of colour DJ400s.
> 
> pcl3opts suggests the following settings:
> 
>   gs -sDEVICE=pcl3 -sSubdevice=unspecold -dDryTime=10 -r300 \
>      -sColourModel=CMY -dRasterGraphicsQuality=2
> 
> and that works fine, producing colour output.
> 
> I've tried setting the colour mode manually in the SETUP procedure.
> I've tried adding COLOR=cmy to the apsfilter/lp/apsfilterrc file.  I've
> tried printing something with the command 'lpr -C cmy text.txt'.
> Nothing seems to work: the printer keeps blinking, suggesting that it
> wants a mono cartridge.
> 
> Can anyone help?  Ideally, what terms should I add to what files to
> ensure the sSubdevice and sColourModel values are set as above?  Setting
> dRasterGraphicsQuality would be nice too, as I don't think DJ400s
> understand other presentation quality settings.
> 
> Ta,
> 
> Neil.
Neil,
 I'm having similar problems, but with a DeskJet692C.  I used to be able
to print with my old system and what was probably a previous version of
apsfilter... but can't get color with the new system/software.  I'm
using FreeBSD.

-Brian