On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 10:34 am, Aron Smith wrote: >> On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 23:07, Dale Huckeby wrote: >>> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, John Richard Smith wrote: snip >>>> So how about taking a 600dpi scanned file in either .pnm or >>>> .jpg of an A4 colour page(it can be anything) then send that >>>> file to printer at say 600dpi High quality, and note the time >>>> from when the file first arrives at the spooling window (kde - >>>> peripherals - printer - jobs) and you start to hear the printer >>>> load the sheet of paper to completion of the printed page. >>>> >>>> I created a 600dpi scanned A4 colour page .jpg file of 3.4Mb, >>>> in gimp, which took just over 3 minutes to print from the >>>> moment the page loaded to final ejection from the Lexmark Z53 >>>> printer. That's a lot of numbercrunchingbut sets a big task to >>>> compare performances with. >>>> >>>> How long would your Epson C82 take to process the same size and >>>> type of file? >>> >>> Sorry, don't know what an A4 color page is, nor how to create >>> one. If you'll tell me how to make one in gimp I'll do it but I >>> don't know how meaningful the print comparison will be. I don't >>> use kde so will probably be printing from the command line. >>> (Anything that's not being printed from OOo, Opera, or Pine.) >> >> A4 is a little smaller than letter size. > > A4 is around 1/4" narrower, but around 3/4" longer
Thanks all. Guess it would have been clearer if I had said I don't know what a _color page_ is (still!), or how to create it at ANY given size (not just A4), or dpi resolution, or Mb size. In short, I'm a complete naif when it comes to using Gimp or any other graphics tool. Dale
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