[Misc] Mac prints Black and White

[kayjaig]

Mac 10.5 connected with MPC2000. How to make it print out black and white only? Please advise . thanks...

[KenB]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

From Safari, go to localhost:631, that will open up the CUPS interface.

From there you can set printer defaults.

If you want to eliminate color completely, that will require some editing of the appropriate ppd file.

[nmfaxman]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

Download and run the PPD file for MAC.
The driver is generic.
The PPD tells the computer the abilities of the machine.

[sdrawkcab]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

Use a PPD from a similar spec Ricoh mono copier and it will only be B&W.

[kayjaig]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

Thanks for all advices. i will try them all.

[TheOwl]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

You can also use the Preset option as well. Once the driver is loaded, go into a program and setup the driver for B&W. Once this is done, drop down the Preset menu and use the Save As... option to save the settings that you set as a default Preset.

[Captain Scott]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

What would you edit within the PPD to create a customised B&W driver driver for a client for the SPC820DN driver for a MAC (10.67X)? I have tried using the SP8100dn driver but it has issus printing yellow colours clearly in B&W. Any advise would be much appreciated.

[KenB]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

While I actually enjoy editing ppd files (yeah, I know, I'm deranged...), why work any harder than you have to?

It's a lot easier to set your defaults using the CUPS settings, as I mentioned in my earlier post.

[Jerdog44]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

Not totally related, but somewhat. Have a Savin C9130 that will not accept Photoshop prints from a Mac OS 10.5x when using PS drivers. PS recognized on machine, and drivers are correct. Any ideas?

[KenB]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

Not totally related, but somewhat. Have a Savin C9130 that will not accept Photoshop prints from a Mac OS 10.5x when using PS drivers. PS recognized on machine, and drivers are correct. Any ideas?

This is a well documented issue; search for "TCBP" on the TSRC support site.

On the MFP, under User Tools > Printer > Postscript > Data Type, change it from TCBP to binary.

Photoshop on a Mac uses its own Postscipt, which is binary only. I would suspect that the machine is printing pages and pages of binary, one line per page, at the top of each page.

[Jerdog44]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

This is a well documented issue; search for "TCBP" on the TSRC support site.

On the MFP, under User Tools > Printer > Postscript > Data Type, change it from TCBP to binary.

Photoshop on a Mac uses its own Postscipt, which is binary only. I would suspect that the machine is printing pages and pages of binary, one line per page, at the top of each page.

Absolutely correct about the pages with print on top. I'll give this a shot. Will this affect any of the other PC users that are not having any problems?

[KenB]

Re: Mac prints Black and White

Absolutely correct about the pages with print on top. I'll give this a shot. Will this affect any of the other PC users that are not having any problems?

No, it should not, but have somebody run a test just in case after you make the change.