HPLIP printer drivers broken. Grayscale and dark colours wrong

[John Bee]

Code: [Select]

john@localhost -> lpoptions -p HP_Photosmart_C4700_HPLip -o OptionDuplex=True

john@localhost -> lpoptions -p HP_Photosmart_C4700_HPLip -l

PageSize/Media Size: *Letter A4 Photo Photo5x7 PhotoTearOff 3x5 5x8 A5 A6 A6TearOff B5JIS CDDVD80 CDDVD120 Env10 EnvC5 EnvC6 EnvDL EnvISOB5 EnvMonarch Executive FLSA Hagaki Legal Oufuku w558h774 w612h935 Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT

PrintoutMode/Printout Mode: Draft Draft.Gray *Normal Normal.Gray High High.Gray Photo

InputSlot/Media Source: *Default PhotoTray Upper Lower CDDVDTray Envelope LargeCapacity Manual MPTray

Duplex/Double-Sided Printing: *DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble None

DryTime/Additional Dry Time: *Zero Five Ten Fifteen Twenty TwentyFive Thirty

Quality/Resolution, Quality, Ink Type, Media Type: *FromPrintoutMode 300ColorCMYK 300ColorCMYKFullBleed 300DraftColorCMYK 300DraftGrayscaleK 300FastDraftColorCMYK 300FastDraftGrayscaleK 300GrayscaleK 600ColorCMYK 600ColorCMYKFullBleed 600GrayscaleK 600PhotoCMYK 600PhotoCMYKFullBleed

OptionDuplex = True results in DuplexNoTumble being selected.

This prints to 2 separate sheets of paper. First page printed top to bottom. Second page printed bottom to top.

Code: [Select]

john@localhost -> lpoptions -p HP_Photosmart_C4700_HPLip -o OptionDuplex=DuplexTumble

john@localhost -> lpoptions -p HP_Photosmart_C4700_HPLip -l

PageSize/Media Size: *Letter A4 Photo Photo5x7 PhotoTearOff 3x5 5x8 A5 A6 A6TearOff B5JIS CDDVD80 CDDVD120 Env10 EnvC5 EnvC6 EnvDL EnvISOB5 EnvMonarch Executive FLSA Hagaki Legal Oufuku w558h774 w612h935 Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT

PrintoutMode/Printout Mode: Draft Draft.Gray *Normal Normal.Gray High High.Gray Photo

InputSlot/Media Source: *Default PhotoTray Upper Lower CDDVDTray Envelope LargeCapacity Manual MPTray

Duplex/Double-Sided Printing: *DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble None

DryTime/Additional Dry Time: *Zero Five Ten Fifteen Twenty TwentyFive Thirty

Quality/Resolution, Quality, Ink Type, Media Type: *FromPrintoutMode 300ColorCMYK 300ColorCMYKFullBleed 300DraftColorCMYK 300DraftGrayscaleK 300FastDraftColorCMYK 300FastDraftGrayscaleK 300GrayscaleK 600ColorCMYK 600ColorCMYKFullBleed 600GrayscaleK 600PhotoCMYK 600PhotoCMYKFullBleed

Changing the setting to DuplexTumble results in DuplexNoTumble still being selected.

Anyways, I'm not too worried about this as I really don't print a lot, (I mostly bought this all-in-one (was on sale for $55 Can) for the scanner part.)

Again, I want to thank you for helping me in setting up the right printer driver.