Re: HP PSC 1315 printer and hplip/hpcups printer cartridge mode issue

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:08:03 +0000, Harishankar wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:15:02 +0000, Camaleón wrote:

(...)

>> And those options are not available for your printer, neither using the
>> old PPD nor the lastest :-(
>> 
> 
> I am sure that it was a bug because I cannot afford to waste multi
> colour cartridge to generate the black text on pages where I need colour
> output also. It does work that way in Windows (maybe because the driver
> is more "intelligent"). I'm sure the HP PSC series of Multi-function
> printers fall into the category of "cheap" and "unintelligent" (that is
> the printer won't do the grunt work of choosing which cartridge to use
> for what type of output).
> 
> All I need is black text and greyscale graphics to print with black ink
> cartridge and colour text and output to print with the colour cartridge.
> 
> Hopefully somebody might find a solution to this. The question is how
> long will it take for the driver developers to fix it?

Maybe you are requesting too much for your device :-)

Your printer support status is listed here:

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http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/psc/psc_1310_series.html

- Support level: Partial (See note11.)
- Unsupported feature(s): Reduced print quality and/or print speed (See 
note12.)
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And if you read on (note 12), you find this other KB:

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http://hplipopensource.com/node/313

LIDIL-specific issues

Most Linux customers may find LIDIL printers to provide very good cost/
value since these printers work well with HPLIP for the majority of print 
jobs.  However, for Linux customers who require the highest level of 
print speed and quality (matching the published specs for these LIDIL 
devices) these LIDIL printers matched with HPLIP may not meet their 
needs.  We recommend those customers purchase a PCL or PostScript-based 
inkjet or LaserJet product.
***

Yours seems to be an entry-level all-in-one device, and it's possible 
that the linux printer driver cannot handle all of the advanced options.

Just note you are talking about two issues, here:

1/ Choosing "black-only" or "gray-scale" uses color cartridge. IMO, that 
should not happen and could be indeed a bug of the printer printer, 
although HP can say it's "a feature" :-/

2/ Having an option to selective control when to use the color cartridge 
or pure black for printing fine quality photos. That is a feature that 
I've seen available only in medium/high level printers.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón