On Monday 17 April 2006 21:14, Geoffrey wrote: > David Lee wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:37:17 -0400 Jim Philips > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have some 3x5 templates in .png format that I downloaded. I want > >> to print them out in landscape format, because if I print them as > >> portrait my printer bracket won't come in tight enough to hold the > >> card in place. So, I open the .png in Gimp and flip it 90 degrees > >> and save it. I then try to print it from Gimp, with 3x5 specified > >> as the paper size. What gets printed is a long string of raw > >> Postscript and nothing else. I have to kill the print job. I'm > >> using Gimp 2.2.10 with CUPS 1.1.23 on a Slackware box. Any clues as > >> to what is wrong? Am I using a crappy print driver? The printer is > >> an Epson C-62 inkjet. It prints without problems otherwise, even > >> some 3x5 cards in landscape. But those are from a Web page where > >> formatting is enforced by CSS. > > > > I believe you will need to pick "setup printer" from the print dialog > > and pick the type of printer you are using. This is what did the > > trick for me. > > One thing I recall about the GIMP is that it wants a non compressed ppd > file. What I've had to do is go to the directory where they exist and > unpack the file there. Make sure you retain the gunzipped version > though because other applications look for it. For example, for my > Minolta laser I have the following ppd files: > > /usr/share/cups/model/Minolta-magicolor_2300_DL.ppd > /usr/share/cups/model/Minolta-magicolor_2300_DL.ppd.gz > > You set this in the setup printer dialog of GIMP David has mentioned.
OK. I found the .ppd file and created an unzipped version. It made no difference. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
