Quark and printing in color

[S2200]

I am working on a project in Quark 6 using Mac OS X 10.26 and outputting to an HP Photosmart printer. Under the "Print Styles" dialog box, I specified a “generic color” printer with an RGB output since my printer was not listed. For some odd reason, Quark insists on outputting to grey scale not color and my pages, needless to say, are printed in grey scale! This is frustrating!! Am I missing something? Any help would be appreciated!! They say... "Two heads are better than one"! Thanks in advance!

 

[thombathe]

I think you still may need a print driver for your printer
in order to print in color.
Thom

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[blueark]

Failing that, create a PDF and print from Acrobat Reader.

 

[virusinducer]

QuarkXPress is too PPD eccentric...so make sure that you are using the correct and the latest ones which are compatible with OS X.2.6. Also while printing you need to select the correct PPD from the print dialog box....see if it works....

 

[skymook]

I was shocked at the number of people having problems with Quark. It seems to me that there are many problems with it, and the sooner they get an update out, the better. Don't hold your breath though. As for your problem, I have found out that you should put a copy of the PPD in all these locations:

In OS9: HD/System Folder/Extensions/Printer Descriptions/
In OSX: HD/Libraries/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/
In Quark: If there is a PPD folder in the application folder, then put a copy there too.

Note: In Mac OS X, do not install your PPD files in the /System path. This path is reserved for PPD files for Apple brand printers: HD/System/Libraries/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/