Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:49:06 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon Pixma iP4500 - problem with colours Message-ID: <20081001204906.GD58548@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200810011546.29798.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> References: <200810011546.29798.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
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--rz+pwK2yUstbofK6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 03:46:29PM +0100, Mike Clarke wrote: >=20 > I've just installed a Canon Pixma iP4500 on a 6.3 system using CUPS and= =20 > gutenprint. Black printing is fine but I've got problems with colours.=20 > The colour wheel on the CUPS test page comes out as a psychedelic=20 > collection of brightly coloured rings. If I print from gimp then the=20 > correct colours appear but they are very dark and "muddy". The colours=20 > start to look a bit more reasonable from the gimp if I push the gamma=20 > value up to 2. Have you installed a .ppd file for this printer? This is a file that tells cups about the capabilities of this printer. See http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=3DCanon-PIXMA_IP43= 00_OR_PIXMA_IP4500 I'm not sure if just installing the ppd file works. It does for my PostScript printer. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --rz+pwK2yUstbofK6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjj4kIACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWv1ACbBHbq4g53S9hgEw7LntFDQ0El yHIAn2h6+o/05l6Yd3XogZ3A/5jorMIu =rDw0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rz+pwK2yUstbofK6--
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