[NTLUG:Discuss] hp ink jet question

[Fred James]

Additional note - for those that may care:
I did forget to mention that in the logo, the hat was always red, as it 
should be (not the red-brown shown in the color bar as red), and the 
silhouette of the man (under the hat) was sometimes gray, sometimes 
white, and sometimes in between.

For now I have selected the HP DeskJet 1600CM cdj1600 driver, as 
delivering the best all round results, though several others might have 
done as well.  The color questions in the original note (below) still 
remain.

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Fred James wrote:

> Printer model: HP Officejet d115xi
> OS: Red Hat Linux 7.1
> 
> I have been testing different driver configurations looking for the best 
> one.
> 
> One common problem I have found amongst the ones that work so far has 
> been the color representation on the test page.
> 
> The test page (if you are not familiar with a Red Hat Printtool 
> PostScript Test Page) shows:
> (1) 0.5" and 1" margins all around
> (2) Some type that explains what you should be seeing
> (3) A Red Hat logo that should have a red hat on a color printer
>     (a) Red Hat's round logo in a rectangular field of gray with an 
> overprint of black type on the field.
> (4) A strip of other colors, each labeled as to what they are supposed 
> to be.
> 
> Problems:
> (1) The gray field has varied, depending on the driver, for simple gray, 
> to blue gray, to warm gray.
>    (a) May not be a biggy, but I mention it anyway.
> (2) The color bar (and so far these are consistent results):
>     (a) Blue has printed purple
>     (b) Red has printed reddish brown
>     (c) Yellow is OK
>     (d) Purple has printed magenta
>     (e) Brown has printed - well I would accept that as a brown
>     (f) Gold has been kind of orange, but what is gold supposed to look 
> like anyway?
>     (g) Cyan is OK
>     (h) Green is OK
> 
> Short story: Does anybody have any experience with this test page in 
> color?  Can you tell me if this is as "good as it gets"?
> 
> Thank you in advance for any help or insight you can offer.
> 
> 
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