On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 07:13:19PM -0600, Dale A. Raby wrote: > " puzzling problem when sending pictures with mutt - one user on the > other end has trouble printing them." > > This is not a Mutt problem. Possibly its a printer configuration problem... > and almost certainly the user is simply not technical enough to RTFM. > > Using a MUA to print a photograph is kinda like using a fork to eat soup; it > might eventually get the job done, but not very efficiently. >
of course. Somehow, when searching for the answer I found this instead http://www.eastland.net/tech/tech_humor.htm .. which tells me something. Nevertheless the user is claiming that it works just fine with pictures emailed from anyone else (presumably everyone else is using some evil OS) so I am inclined to think there is something I can do on my end to help it. > The way to proceed is to suggest that your user first save the image file as > filename.jpg or whatever and then use another program to actually print the > image. Most printer drivers will allow images to be scaled. > > I'd suggest using Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). Its more than you > need to simply print an image, but it will get the job done. using gimp myself, but I have given up every hope to move this particular user from AOL or use reasonable software. Richard --- Name and OpenPGP keys available from pgp key servers
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