On Thu, 2018-09-13 at 12:50 +0200, Anders Lund wrote: > > I'll be trying out turboprint, then :) > > So I installed Turboprint, and got the daemon running. I can now > select a > turboprint version of my epson printer in dt. > > Turboprint does not provide a paperclass for my semigloss paper, they > suggest > glossy, but recommends a specific profile, that they will sell (which > is fine, > when I get decide on some media to work on). > > Bu I still do not get to configure printer settings, like quality and > optional > borderless printing in digikam, I have to do it in the turboprint > ui. > Something to check for each print or set of prints. It would be nice > if the > settings dialog were displayed by dt prior to actually printing. > Another > benefit of this would be the preview the dialog provides, it would > for example > show the nagware logo. > > This setup apparently does not provide any means for controlling > crop, but my > 2:3 photos needs to be cropped to actually fille a DIN A4 paper, so > to produce > a print filling the paper, I first need to use the crop and rotate > module. > Given a margin, this would require math skills applied and a custom > crop, so > it would be nice if the print view could provide a cropping tool. > > Turbo > > So I did this: > Selected a photo for printing > Crop to DINA aspect for printing on A4 > Margins set to 0 > An additional style selected, append mode. > Enabled borderless in Turboprint control for the printer > Selected "Glossy" paper type in turboprint control. > Selected high quality in the turboprint control. > > I printed on a Epson premium semigloss paper. > > Result: > Turboprint is faster than the epson driver printing in "Photo Best" > quality. > Very nice quality print, good, clear colors and no problems with > ink :-) > Style was not applied. (I use style in a similar way in export > presets, for > example for adding watermarks, there it works.) > A BIG, UGLY turboprint logo on the print, even their docs says it > will appear > AFTER the 30 day free trial period, only if you don't buy a licence. > I > installed from aur (archlinux user repository), which may differ from > the > trial package one can download from turboprint.info. > > Conclusion: > I'd really like to try printing without the nagware logo before > buying a > licence, althoug the price isn't a problem. > > Good support in dt is missing, as in the printing options are not > made > available prior to printing. It is really not better than using the > epson cups > driver in this respect. Not sure about the quality yet. > > Kindly, > Anders > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > _______ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscribe@lists.darkta > ble.org >
TurboPrint comes with nice Gimp plugin (File → TurboPrint). All options are available there. Timur.
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