Guys Let me explain better. I'm on a Mac, not Linux. When I print from Lightroom it exposes the Epson print utility screens in Lightroom. These screens let me select the paper type (glossy, luster, matte, etc), do advanced settings (e.g. Platen gap and width for heavier papers), configure the tone color if I am printing black and white using the epson Abw rip, and much more.
Darktable print does not seem to access the Epson print capability. There is no way to print properly without it. Unless I am missing something. Should Darktable integrate the Epson print utility windows just like Lightroom? Thanks Jas Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2017, at 9:53 PM, Patrick Shanahan <p...@opensuse.org> wrote: > > * Jason Verlen <jasver...@gmail.com> [03-12-17 20:58]: >> Darktable Users: >> >> I am new to Darktable. Have experimented for a few weeks and I am really >> impressed. Fantastic program. And then I had a problem... >> >> I was just about to say goodbye to Lightroom when I ran into a big snag. >> >> I tried to Print an image for the first time. It seems that Darktable won’t >> let me use the Epson ABW (Advanced Black and White RIP) mode to print black >> and white images. Is this true or am I not using it correctly? >> >> If this is true can I suggest that Darktable integrates the Epson ABW into a >> future version…this is unfortunately a show stopper for me and I’ll have to >> stay with LightRoom for now. My experience with ABW is very positive - >> black and white prints that are superior to printing in color mode. > > iianm, darktable merely hands off the print job to your printer handler, > cups, hplip, .... and *you* tell the print handler how you want the > printer to put your image to paper. > > you can send your image to your print handler as a black and white or grey > scale image or tell your printer to print it w/o color. > > googling for "epson abw" indicates it is a driver provided by epson. do > you have that driver installed or is it even available for linux, I didn't > look. > > -- > (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri > http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri > Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 > > Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo @ http://linuxcounter.net > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
