Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-16 Thread H.S.
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I was sent a scanned document, it was a .jpeg file. > So I downloaded the .jpeg and used display to view it. > Then I printed it, but it was about 1/2 the size of a sheet of paper and > hard to read. > > So I used display to resize it 150% and sharpen the image. >

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-16 Thread Dan H
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:57:58 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > imagemagick is one of those secret programs that people outside (and > many inside) the linux world just don't know about, yet its so > powerful, easy to use (scriptable!!) that I don't know how people > can live

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 01:24:12PM +0100, Dan H wrote: > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:57:58 -0800 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > imagemagick is one of those secret programs that people outside (and > > many inside) the linux world just don't know about, yet its so > > powerful,

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Wayne Topa wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, <> Thanks guys. I did not want to install Gimp: too many notes... convert did not do the job, who knows why. But using oo writer and inserting the jpeg image somehow expanded it to

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I was sent a scanned document, it was a .jpeg file. So I downloaded the .jpeg and used display to view it. Then I printed it, but it was about 1/2 the size of a sheet of paper and hard to read. So I used display to resize it 150% and sharpen the image. That worked

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-16 Thread Wayne Topa
Hugo Vanwoerkom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Hi, <> > > Thanks guys. > I did not want to install Gimp: too many notes... > > convert did not do the job, who knows why. > > But using oo writer and inserting the jpeg image somehow expanded it to > pa

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-15 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 11:13:05AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:40:57 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Hi, I was sent a scanned document, it was a .jpeg file. So I > > downloaded the .jpeg and used display to view it. Then I printed it, > > but i

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-15 Thread Wayne Topa
Hugo Vanwoerkom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Hi, <> > > Thanks guys. > I did not want to install Gimp: too many notes... > > convert did not do the job, who knows why. > > But using oo writer and inserting the jpeg image somehow expanded it to > pag

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-15 Thread MRH
Dnia 15/11/07 19:12,Hugo Vanwoerkom napisaƂ: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I was sent a scanned document, it was a .jpeg file. So I downloaded the .jpeg and used display to view it. Then I printed it, but it was about 1/2 the size of a sheet of paper and hard to read. So I used display to resiz

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-15 Thread Wayne Topa
Hugo Vanwoerkom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi, > > I was sent a scanned document, it was a .jpeg file. > So I downloaded the .jpeg and used display to view it. > Then I printed it, but it was about 1/2 the size of a sheet of paper and > hard to read. > > So I used display to re

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:40:57 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi, I was sent a scanned document, it was a .jpeg file. So I > downloaded the .jpeg and used display to view it. Then I printed it, > but it was about 1/2 the size of a sheet of paper and hard to read. > So I used

printing a scanned document

2007-11-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, I was sent a scanned document, it was a .jpeg file. So I downloaded the .jpeg and used display to view it. Then I printed it, but it was about 1/2 the size of a sheet of paper and hard to read. So I used display to resize it 150% and sharpen the image. That worked OK *viewing* it but it *