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Originally Posted by ferrari
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org mariulia. Since you mention that text print colour is as expected with Kali Linux, it might be useful to start by comparing any driver differences between the Debian and Kali installations perhaps. That can be done by examining the PPD for the printer concerned. From a terminal, run the following
Code:
egrep -i "model|name|filter" /etc/cups/ppd/*
and post the results from both OSs.
Even printing a CUPS test page (each OS) might provide some of these details.
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Hi ferrari,
thanks you for the quick answer!
The results of the debian stretch are below:
:~$ sudo egrep -i "model|name|filter" /etc/cups/ppd/*
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*PCFileName: "STP01445.PPD"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*ModelName: "Epson Stylus SX445W"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*ShortNickName: "Epson Stylus SX445W"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*NickName: "Epson Stylus SX445W - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.11"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-raster 100 rastertogutenprint.5.2"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-command 33 commandtoepson"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*StpDriverName: "escp2-sx445w"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*StpDriverModelFamily: "121_escp2"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*StpPPDLocation: "/usr/share/cups/model/gutenprint/5.2/C/ppd/stp-escp2-sx445w.5.2.ppd"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*ColorKeyWords: "ColorModel"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*OpenUI *ColorModel/Color Model: PickOne
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*OPOptionHints ColorModel: "radiobuttons"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*OrderDependency: 2 AnySetup *ColorModel
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*DefaultColorModel: CMYK
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*StpDefaultColorModel: RGB
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*ColorModel Gray/Grayscale: "<</cupsColorSpace 0/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*ColorModel Black/Inverted Grayscale: "<</cupsColorSpace 3/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*ColorModel RGB/RGB Color: "<</cupsColorSpace 1/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*ColorModel CMY/CMY Color: "<</cupsColorSpace 4/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*ColorModel CMYK/CMYK: "<</cupsColorSpace 6/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*ColorModel KCMY/KCMY: "<</cupsColorSpace 8/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd:*CloseUI: *ColorModel
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*PCFileName: "STP01445.PPD"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*ModelName: "Epson Stylus SX445W"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*ShortNickName: "Epson Stylus SX445W"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*NickName: "Epson Stylus SX445W - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.11"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-raster 100 rastertogutenprint.5.2"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-command 33 commandtoepson"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*StpDriverName: "escp2-sx445w"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*StpDriverModelFamily: "121_escp2"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*StpPPDLocation: "/usr/share/cups/model/gutenprint/5.2/C/ppd/stp-escp2-sx445w.5.2.ppd"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*ColorKeyWords: "ColorModel"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*OpenUI *ColorModel/Color Model: PickOne
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*OPOptionHints ColorModel: "radiobuttons"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*OrderDependency: 2 AnySetup *ColorModel
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*DefaultColorModel: RGB
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*StpDefaultColorModel: RGB
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*ColorModel Gray/Grayscale: "<</cupsColorSpace 0/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*ColorModel Black/Inverted Grayscale: "<</cupsColorSpace 3/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*ColorModel RGB/RGB Color: "<</cupsColorSpace 1/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*ColorModel CMY/CMY Color: "<</cupsColorSpace 4/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*ColorModel CMYK/CMYK: "<</cupsColorSpace 6/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*ColorModel KCMY/KCMY: "<</cupsColorSpace 8/cupsColorOrder 0>>setpagedevice"
/etc/cups/ppd/Epson_Stylus_SX440.ppd.O:*CloseUI: *ColorModel
I will provide the Kali ones this evening as I have not taken my USB with me