Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Gutenprint 5.2.11 [en] for HP Laserjet 4

[Mark B. <mj...@ea...>]

in my opener, i stated "setting applicable settings in the software" - 
maybe better had i said also make settings in source document which is 
printed from libreoffice.

tomorrow, i will try your suggestion of changing the color and see what 
happens, but i believe in one of the pop-ups to make the settings i 
believe monochrome is stated which i believe drives only black?


On 12/26/19 7:34 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 19:32:39 -0800, Mark Bower wrote:
>> originally i wrote:
>>
>> hello
>>
>> I use the subject driver, installed via CUPS, for my HP Laserjet 4
>> printer.  I can find no way to reduce the density of print using the
>> applicable settings via CUPS system settings, and verifying or
>> setting the applicable settings in the software, in this case,
>> Libreoffice in Ubuntu Linux.  All combinations of settings print
>> dark characters.
> What happens if your characters in the original document are, say,
> yellow or pale green?  Do they still print black?
>
>> On 12/26/19 7:05 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote:
>>> Please reply-all or reply-list to allow others to participate in the
>>> discussion.
>>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:55:47 -0800, Mark Bower wrote:
>>>> unfortunately, that will not help.  i have gone through many, many
>>>> combinations.  i believe in the past, that i was able to lighten,
>>>> but then, we are talking use of the printer for almost 30 years, and
>>>> starting with Windows.  and yes, i simply want to lighten the print
>>>> to save toner.
>>> To save toner -- so you want to print black text lighter.
>>>
>>> What happens if you actually lighten the text in the source document?
>>> Does it then print lighter?