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color printing with Stylus 800
I have a Stylus 800 and used apsfilter to setup a /etc/printcap. For the ghostscript conversion, I am using
the st800 driver. The problem is that all printjobs are
printed correctly, but colors are always printed in black
& white, even if I specify lp4 on the command line:
lpr -Plp4 <color.picture>
My printcap looks as follows:
# LABEL apsfilter
# apsfilter setup Fri Dec 11 13:55:19 CST 1998
#
# APS_BASEDIR:/usr/local/lib /aps
#
#
ascii|lp1|st800-letter-asc ii-mono|st 800 ascii mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-ascii-mo no:\
:lf=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-ascii-mo no/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-ascii-mo no/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/aps/fil ter/aps-st 800-letter -ascii-mon o:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp|lp2|st800-letter-auto-m ono|st800 auto mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-auto-mon o:\
:lf=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-auto-mon o/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-auto-mon o/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/aps/fil ter/aps-st 800-letter -auto-mono :\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp3|st800-letter-ascii-col or|st800 ascii color:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-ascii-co lor:\
:lf=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-ascii-co lor/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-ascii-co lor/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/aps/fil ter/aps-st 800-letter -ascii-col or:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp4|st800-letter-auto-colo r|st800 auto color:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-auto-col or:\
:lf=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-auto-col or/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/st800-lette r-auto-col or/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/aps/fil ter/aps-st 800-letter -auto-colo r:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
raw|lp5|st800-letter-raw|s t800 auto raw:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/st800-raw:\
:lf=/usr/spool/st800-raw/l og:\
:af=/usr/spool/st800-raw/a cct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/aps/fil ter/aps-st 800-letter -raw:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
What do I need to do to get the printer to start printing in color?
Thanks for any help.
the st800 driver. The problem is that all printjobs are
printed correctly, but colors are always printed in black
& white, even if I specify lp4 on the command line:
lpr -Plp4 <color.picture>
My printcap looks as follows:
# LABEL apsfilter
# apsfilter setup Fri Dec 11 13:55:19 CST 1998
#
# APS_BASEDIR:/usr/local/lib
#
#
ascii|lp1|st800-letter-asc
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:lf=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:af=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:if=/usr/local/lib/aps/fil
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp|lp2|st800-letter-auto-m
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:lf=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:af=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:if=/usr/local/lib/aps/fil
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp3|st800-letter-ascii-col
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:lf=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:af=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:if=/usr/local/lib/aps/fil
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp4|st800-letter-auto-colo
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:lf=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:af=/usr/spool/st800-lette
:if=/usr/local/lib/aps/fil
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
raw|lp5|st800-letter-raw|s
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/st800-raw:\
:lf=/usr/spool/st800-raw/l
:af=/usr/spool/st800-raw/a
:if=/usr/local/lib/aps/fil
:mx#0:\
:sh:
What do I need to do to get the printer to start printing in color?
Thanks for any help.
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printed out from Windows prints just fine in color.
Any suggestions?