From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 20:49:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93BCA106568A for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:49:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B6758FC20 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:49:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m91Kn7W8049252; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:49:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D0E16BA8A; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:49:06 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:49:06 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Mike Clarke Message-ID: <20081001204906.GD58548@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <200810011546.29798.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rz+pwK2yUstbofK6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200810011546.29798.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon Pixma iP4500 - problem with colours X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:49:09 -0000 --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--