Combinations of cupsColorSpace, cupsColorOrder and cupsBitsPerColor values supported by Mac OS X

Q: What combinations of the CUPS PPD keywords cupsColorSpace, cupsColorOrder and cupsBitsPerColor values are supported by Mac OS X?

A:

Table 1: Supported cupsColorSpace - cupsColorOrder - cupsBitsPerColor combinations

cupsColorSpacecupsColorOrdercupsBitsPerColorMac OS X version
CUPS_CSPACE_RGBCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED8 bits per color10.2 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_KCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED8 bits per color10.2 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_KCUPS_ORDER_BANDED1 bit per color10.2 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_KCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED1 bit per color10.2 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_WCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED8 bits per color10.2 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_CMYKCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED8 bits per color10.2 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_KCMYCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED8 bits per color10.2 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_CMYKCUPS_ORDER_BANDED1 bit per color10.3 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_KCMYCUPS_ORDER_BANDED1 bit per color10.3 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_KCMYcmCUPS_ORDER_BANDED1 bit per color10.3 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_CMYCUPS_ORDER_BANDED1 bit per color10.3 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_RGBWCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED8 bits per color10.4 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_RGBACUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED8 bits per color10.4 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_KCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED16 bits per color10.4 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_WCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED16 bits per color10.4 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_RGBCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED16 bits per color10.4 and later
CUPS_CSPACE_CMYKCUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED16 bits per color10.4 and later

The allowed values of cupsColorSpace, cupsColorOrder and cupsBitsPerColor and their meaning are documented the CUPS Software Programmer's Manual in the "Device and Bitmap Variables" section. The CUPS Software Programmer's Manual is available at http://www.cups.org/spm.html.

Document Revision History

DateNotes
2005-08-10Added combinations supported in Mac OS X 10.4 and later.
2004-08-27Table of supported combinations of cupsColorSpace, cupsColorOrder and cupsBitsPerColor values supported by Mac OS X.

Posted: 2005-08-10

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