On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:39:17AM +0200, Carusoswi wrote: > >On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 06:46:59PM -0400, Gracia M. Littauer wrote: > >> I always do them in Photoshop on my windows laptop. > >> > >> Am I the only one with this problem?/ I have a bet going that I'm > >> not ;^). I say linux is weak in the printing area & it's about the only > >> good thing windows does. > >You haven't used Linux recently (or ever), did you? Modern Linux uses CUPS > >printing sistem (that stands for Common Unix Printing System) that is the > >very same system Apple OSX uses nowadays, but the Linux > >counterpart is even richer of drivers and supports... > > > >Never say one thing before having tested it thoroughly. > > > > > I use Gimp in both Windows XP and Linux (Ubuntu 8.10). Since I have yet to > find a cups driver for my Canon i960, I purchased TurboPrint, and, thankfully, > it allows full function of my printer under Ubuntu. So actually you state that Linux has better print support that anything else :-)
> In XP, however, Gimp will > not print photos forme, refusing to retain the page layout instructions I > specify (4.6 results in a 4 x 6 image on letter sized paper). probably is really a stupid hint but please, be kind: have you tried to insert the image to print into an OpenOffice page? I found it the easiest way to handle the print page layout... bye -- Marco Ciampa +--------------------+ | Linux User #78271 | | FSFE fellow #364 | +--------------------+ _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
