Printing from Gimp - Typo Correction
William Case
billlinux at rogers.com
Mon Aug 28 03:37:34 UTC 2006
On Sun, 2006-27-08 at 23:09 -0400, William Case wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-27-08 at 16:13 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me what I have to do to print from Gimp?
> >
> > Presently I have to save my image file and print from gthumb
> > which doesn't always work for me? The Gimp help file isn't
> > very helpful on the subject.
> >
> > I must be missing something ...
> >
> Check the Gimp-print dialogue for the generic driver PostScript Level2
> driver. (Image Window Menu: File| Print using a non-.xcf image; a *.xcf
> file just adds some unecessary complications to setting up). If
> Gimp-print has selected the PrintScript Level2 driver, click on the
> settings button. The last line in the setup popup dialogue is the
> command line.
> By default this line is "lpr -s -oraw". It doesn't work.
> Delete the "-oraw". After that close the print dialogue and you should
> be able to print. Less generic drivers are on the way, apparently.
Contains an important typo. Should read "By default this line is "lp -s
-oraw"." "Delete the "-oraw"." This problem seems to be the most
common with HP printers that aren't included in the rather rudimentary
Gimp-print drivers list.
> If that doesn't work, things can get complex with patches etc. Check
> Gutenprint. Gimp-print is in the process of changing its name to
> Gutenprint, so you can find lots of info under both names.
> http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/
> --
> Regards Bill
>
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Regards Bill
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