Macintosh Clients Not Printing in Color on PCL Color Printer

 Last reviewed: March 26, 1997
Article ID: Q137566

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOM

From your Macintosh computer, when you print a document containing color to a non postscript color printer that is shared under Windows NT, your document prints only in gray-scale black and white.

CAUSE

Windows NT Services for the Macintosh by design does not provide Macintosh clients the ability to print in color to non postscript color printers that are shared under Windows NT.

When Services for the Macintosh converts the file, the color option is converted to a gray scale print job in the printer control language (PCL). The Windows NT TrueImage Raster Image Processor (RIP) for non postscript printers only supports Level 1 Postscript.

Additional query words: prodnt Mac hp500c deskjet
deskwriter sfm
Keywords : kbinterop kbprint ntmac ntprint NTSrv
Version : 3.1 3.5 3.51 4.0
Platform : WinNT

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Last reviewed: March 26, 1997
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