How to change printer from color to grayscale printing?
Issue
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The Generic PostScript PPD file in RHEL 6 specifies a black-and-white/grayscale printer, but in RHEL 7 and RHEL 8, the Generic PostScript PPD is color. How can we have a grayscale Generic PostScript PPD in RHEL 7?
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How do you change an existing print queue to print in black-and-white?
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We have set up the same printer under RHEL 6 and RHEL 7 using a command like the following:
# lpadmin -p <NAME> -m "drv:///sample.drv/generic.ppd" -v "lpd://<HOSTNAME>/<QUEUE>" -D "<DESCRIPTION>" -L "<LOCATION>" -E -o printer-is-shared=false
Under RHEL6 the following is stored in PPD data:
ColorDevice: False DefaultColorSpace: Gray
but in RHEL7:
ColorDevice: True DefaultColorSpace: RGB
How can this be changed to "grayscale" under RHEL7?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and 8
- Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.6.3 and 2.2.6
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