> not PostScript; full marks for being pedantic :) However, almost all

Sorry

> files that you will be printing with the GIMP will be in a format
> *other* than PostScript (PNG, JPEG, XCF...)  

Ah, different frame of mind. I never tried to print from gimp, as I
want full control of margins and placement, even more so when dealing
with expensive ink and paper. My general experience with that kind of
control through Linux GUI apps' printer dialogs is not a good one. I
found it faster to write a quick LaTeX wrapper (or use something like
pnmtops), which also allowed me to preview before printing.

The way I'd describe it is cups doesn't force all printing through
postscript as the common format interface, but uses a bitmapped format
instead for output to non-ps printers. It still uses ghostscript to
rasterise postscript input (again for non-ps printers).

Volker

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