On Saturday 07 July 2007, Robert Smits wrote: > On Saturday 07 July 2007 16:42, BandiPat wrote: > > If you've recently updated Gimp, it's probably overwritten or > > removed your Gutenprint plugin and that may be your trouble there. > > Reinstall the gutenprint or drivers where the plugin will again be > > installed. I don't thing the Gimp developers move very fast with > > things, so haven't caught up to the new and better gutenprint > > drivers. Since they use Debian mostly, they still depend on > > gimpprint. > > > > Lee > > No, I haven't. In fact I just installed the 5.0.0.gutenprint drivers > and haven't updated GIMP for some time. > > I'm certainly not impressed with the print quality - even on photo > paper and with Gwenview the print quality is abysmal - very grainy > and nowhere near what the printer can deliver. > > What's gimpprint? > > Bob ==========
Gimp print is the older printing mechanism and still used by the Gimp developers and some distros, but gutenprint I believe is a branch and better supported with better drivers. If you are getting bad printouts, you are either not using the gutenprint driver or do not have it setup correctly. I have available every feature my printer supports with the gutenprint drivers and that was never possible with gimp print. In Gimp, you may need to set the plugin and the printers settings/features. I had never gotten a good print from Gimp before the gutenprint drivers/plugin, so I'll have to say they are much better! I've tried it on both a HP inkjet & Epson photo printer with excellent results on both, either as standard printout or photo. Once you figure out what's wrong, you'll see the difference too! Lee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
