Dave, When I work with hpijs on the Mac over a year ago one of the things that I noticed was that if you tried printing through hpijs via gimp you got color mapping issues with Gimp printing to our printers. It usually made the image look washed out about 20-25% of its saturation level.
One way around this was save the image out of gimp print and printing via the hplip toolbox, Kprint or some line command that doesn't process the data through Guttenprint's color maps which are not optimized for our devices. Pete On 10/30/06 4:06 PM, "robert engels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used Apple mail and printed a variety of messages (b & w and > colored text) under various quality settings (it prints via Cups). I > also printed a few Word documents (that contained images) using > NeoOffice. I don't use the Gimp on OSX (since it requires X11) - I > use the derivative work Seashore, and it printed very high quality > images on plain paper. > > Under the highest quality setting, the Gutenprint output was far > superior (subjective !). I make that comparison based on text only, > as for me that is far more important, and I also figured that if I > obtained better output (especially using small font sizes), the image > printing would be bette as well. (In order to really test imaging I > think you probably need to use glossy photo paper). > > The only drawback to Gutenprint is the myriad of output options. I > think it is designed for higher quality printing than I really need. > Luckily the most common are on the first page, and I have only had to > deal with those. > > Robert > > On Oct 30, 2006, at 4:50 PM, Suffield, David wrote: > >> Ignore the question "Are you using the HP OS X printer driver from >> Gutenprint or Gutenprint 5.0 >> built-in HP printer driver?" it does not make any sense. I was >> thinking >> of Gimp not Gutenprint when I wrote the question. >> >> Are saying hpijs PQ is not as good as Gutenprint 5.0? How did you >> perform this test? What application did you use? >> >> -dave >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Suffield, David >>> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 2:07 PM >>> To: 'robert engels'; hplip-help@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: RE: [Hplip-help] build for OS X >>> >>> >>>> I have HPLIP working under OSX. >>>> >>>> I needed to add '-module' to the library flags in makefile.am >>>> for the >>>> sane scanner module. >>>> >>>> It is my understanding that the sane modules need to be .so files, >>>> which under OS X are 'bundles', which the -module causes >>> libtool to >>>> create. >>> >>> We would like to know more details about running HPLIP on OS >>> X. Are you using USB or network for your all-in-one connection? >>> >>>> I have used the latest gutenprint 5.0 with the hp backend and the >>>> output is FAR superior to the HPIJS and Foomatic. >>> >>> What HP all-in-one are you using for printing? Are you using >>> the HP OS X printer driver from Gutenprint or Gutenprint 5.0 >>> built-in HP printer driver? There are potentially three ways >>> to print to a HP printer on OS X - hpijs, HP closed source >>> driver and Gutenprint 5.0. >>> >>> -dave >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>>> Of robert engels >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:55 PM >>>> To: hplip-help@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> Subject: [Hplip-help] build for OS X >>>> >>>> >>>> I have HPLIP working under OSX. >>>> >>>> I needed to add '-module' to the library flags in makefile.am >>>> for the >>>> sane scanner module. >>>> >>>> It is my understanding that the sane modules need to be .so files, >>>> which under OS X are 'bundles', which the -module causes >>> libtool to >>>> create. >>>> >>>> I also think that the the HPLIP project should drop the HPIJS stuff, >>>> or at least make it optional during the install/build scripts. I >>>> think you should have the option to just install the backend, io >>>> daemons and scanner support. >>>> >>>> I have used the latest gutenprint 5.0 with the hp backend and the >>>> output is FAR superior to the HPIJS and Foomatic. >>>> >>>> Robert Engels >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ----------- >>>> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web >>>> services, security? Get stuff done quickly with >>>> pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download >>>> IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache >>>> Geronimo >>>> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&; >>> dat=121642 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HPLIP-Help mailing list >>> HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help >>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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