[Gimp-user] Printing problems on the Page Setup menu

[Yusuf Tuney via gimp-user-list]

Dear GIMP administration,

As a GIMP user, I would like to report a bug on the Page Setup menu.
When I select a paper size A4 or B5(JIS) before printing, it prints OK.
But, if I select a paper size other than those mentioned above, the Page Setup 
menu
does not remember (hold) the paper size selected and the printing procedure 
fails.
In other words, I can only print on A4 or B5(JIS).
Any chance to fix this problem?
Many thanks.

Kind regards
Yusuf Tuney
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[Gimp-user] printing 6x4 inch photos

[David Loosley via gimp-user-list]

I am having difficulty in printing postcard (6x4 inch) photos, Having completed 
photo enhancements I set up  the page as 10x15cm and the image size to as near 
as I can get to this size (why will options not allow 10x15) but the print on 
10x15 paper does not show the whole picture. It leaves approximate margin of 
1.4mm at top and 1.1mm at left hand side losing parts of the picture at bottom 
and right side missing. I have tried many times with the same result. What am I 
doing wrong? Help appreciated.
Thanks, David

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Gimp-user] Printing with GIMP

[JohnLarysz]

>The usual advice for printing from a Windows Gimp is, don't. Use some
>other application for printing.
>
>Gimp's origins are Unix and now developed in linux. Some things in
>Windows are lacking and printing is one. The developers are volunteers
>and no one is there to develop the old printing plugin.
>
>Answers to your questions
>That print dialogue is linux, looks like this in my linux Gimp 2.10.6
>https://i.imgur.com/IBA4A8Z.jpg
>Ancient reference. That is a plugin, Gutenprint, again linux (and
>maybe Mac) My installation: https://i.imgur.com/U0htF5y.jpg
>The Gimp Windows print only calls up the printer manufactures
>software, that is where the settings are.
>https://i.imgur.com/HrnPHb5.jpg
>Not doing anything wrong. Do not use Gimp for printing, use whatever
>image editing software comes with the printer. Usually some cut-down
>stuff that will open a png from Gimp.

Thanks. This is good advice - I was getting frustrated.

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[Gimp-user] Printing with GIMP

[JohnLarysz]

I am new to Gimp and I'm using Gimp 2.10 under Windows 10. I am very familiar
with Photoshop and other imaging programs. I am struggling with roll printing
with Gimp, and with getting a print size other that 8.5" X 11".

1:  I can't find the Print dialog described here - I just get the Windows 10
print dialog:  "https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/file-print-gtk.html;

2:  I can't find the print plugin mentioned here: "
https://www.gimp.org/docs/gimp-print/print.html;

3:  I can't make any roll parameters stick in the print dialog I do get.

4:  The only print size that ever comes out is 8.5" X 11".

What am I not doing that I should be doing?

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[Gimp-user] Printing with GIMP

[rich404]

>I am new to Gimp and I'm using Gimp 2.10 under Windows 10. I am very
>familiar with Photoshop and other imaging programs. I am struggling
>with roll printing with Gimp, and with getting a print size other that
>8.5" X 11".
>

The usual advice for printing from a Windows Gimp is, don't. Use some other
application for printing.

Gimp's origins are Unix and now developed in linux. Some things in Windows are
lacking and printing is one. The developers are volunteers and no one is there
to develop the old printing plugin.

Answers to your questions

>1:  I can't find the Print dialog described here - I just get the
>Windows 10 print dialog: 
>"https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/file-print-gtk.html;
>

That print dialogue is linux, looks like this in my linux Gimp 2.10.6
https://i.imgur.com/IBA4A8Z.jpg

>2:  I can't find the print plugin mentioned here: "
>https://www.gimp.org/docs/gimp-print/print.html;
>

Ancient reference. That is a plugin, Gutenprint, again linux (and maybe Mac) My
installation: https://i.imgur.com/U0htF5y.jpg

>3:  I can't make any roll parameters stick in the print dialog I do
>get.
>
>4:  The only print size that ever comes out is 8.5" X 11".
>

The Gimp Windows print only calls up the printer manufactures software, that is
where the settings are. https://i.imgur.com/HrnPHb5.jpg

>What am I not doing that I should be doing?

Not doing anything wrong. Do not use Gimp for printing, use whatever image
editing software comes with the printer. Usually some cut-down stuff that will
open a png from Gimp.


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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing images to scale

[Robert Krawitz]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:14:44 -0400, Steve Kinney wrote:
> On 10/10/2018 05:41 PM, Office TyAutDesigns wrote:
>> Hello, I have a 36" plotter printer. I take pdf Images and resize them so 
>> the men in our shop can use them as a template for product that we make. 
>> GIMP is great with resizing however when I go to print the images they 
>> aren't coming out to scale. I tried messing with the page setup and print 
>> options but nothing has been able to work. In the print options I go to 
>> image settings and there is a section that I can change image dimensions but 
>> it won't let me change them. Anybody have any ideas where I am going wrong? 
>> Thanks!
>
> The usual solution would be to export your finished image in JPG or PNG
> format, depending on the required resolution:  JPG makes much smaller
> files but introduces some noise; PNG makes larger files with no added
> noise or loss of fine detail.

You could also try using the Gutenprint plugin, which allows you to
resize the image dimensions.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing images to scale

[Liam R E Quin]

On Wed, 2018-10-10 at 21:41 +, Office TyAutDesigns wrote:
> there is a section that I can change image dimensions but it won't
> let me change them. Anybody have any ideas where I am going wrong? 

Not entirely - which Linux distribution are you using, and which GIMP
version exactly?

You could try setting the prnt size (from the image menu, Print Size)
and see if that works. You may have to create a custom page size for
your printer, depending on what print system you're using.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing images to scale

[Steve Kinney]

On 10/10/2018 05:41 PM, Office TyAutDesigns wrote:
> Hello, I have a 36" plotter printer. I take pdf Images and resize them so the 
> men in our shop can use them as a template for product that we make. GIMP is 
> great with resizing however when I go to print the images they aren't coming 
> out to scale. I tried messing with the page setup and print options but 
> nothing has been able to work. In the print options I go to image settings 
> and there is a section that I can change image dimensions but it won't let me 
> change them. Anybody have any ideas where I am going wrong? Thanks!

The usual solution would be to export your finished image in JPG or PNG
format, depending on the required resolution:  JPG makes much smaller
files but introduces some noise; PNG makes larger files with no added
noise or loss of fine detail.

Then, import your finished image into a desktop publishing application
like Scribus (Free Software), set the page size and image dimensions
there, and export as PDF for printing.

This procedure should give very accurate results, although I would
suggest carefully measuring a test printout to assure that the printer
itself is not introducing any errors in scale or placement that would
require adjustment to compensate.

:o)


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[Gimp-user] Printing images to scale

[Office TyAutDesigns]

Hello, I have a 36" plotter printer. I take pdf Images and resize them so the 
men in our shop can use them as a template for product that we make. GIMP is 
great with resizing however when I go to print the images they aren't coming 
out to scale. I tried messing with the page setup and print options but nothing 
has been able to work. In the print options I go to image settings and there is 
a section that I can change image dimensions but it won't let me change them. 
Anybody have any ideas where I am going wrong? Thanks!


-Priscilla
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[Gimp-user] Printing error: Cairo error: out of memory

[BCG]

I have a Win 10 pro computer/a HP Deskjet 9800 printer/I try to print a photo
using Gimp 2.8.18/I get the message: An error occurred while trying to print:
Cairo error: out of memory.
I have tried different settings/less dpi. The photo is a 5x7/photo size is
58,879 KB. Printer has no expandable memory capability. This is the only program
that gives me this message while printing this photo. Wanted to use Gimp to see
if it would give me a better saturated print/better color/etc. This maybe one of
those situations where this error is the only option I get.
Thank you for your time. 

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing Alignment

[Richard]

This is a longstanding, known issue with no fix in sight :(

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562619


More specifically, the print offsets DO work but there is a seemingly 10:1 
ratio between the specified value and what you actually get on paper (e.g. 1" 
offset = 0.1" on paper).


The only workaround is to first set your image to the DPI you want to print at, 
then manually pad out your image canvas by the desired distance.


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Subject: [Gimp-user] Printing Alignment

I've been having this problem for ages. When I position an image in the print
setup, it always ends up printing in the top left corner. I can reposition the
image anywhere on the page, but it never prints that way.

What I'm trying to do is print out an image, if I need to resize or edit it, I
want to reuse the paper and print the new size in a different spot on the page.
Currently, I have to flip the page and turn it over to print on the corners (I
only get 4 prints out of a page that way). It would be nice to just drop the
image next to the previous one.

WIndows 10
Canon MP560
Gimp 2.8

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[Gimp-user] Printing Alignment

[pearlheartgtr]

Thanks. I started using Ifranview for those types of prints.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing Alignment

[Steve Kinney]

On 04/21/2017 08:00 AM, pearlheartgtr wrote:
> I've been having this problem for ages. When I position an image in the print
> setup, it always ends up printing in the top left corner. I can reposition the
> image anywhere on the page, but it never prints that way.
> 
> What I'm trying to do is print out an image, if I need to resize or edit it, I
> want to reuse the paper and print the new size in a different spot on the 
> page.
> Currently, I have to flip the page and turn it over to print on the corners (I
> only get 4 prints out of a page that way). It would be nice to just drop the
> image next to the previous one.
> 
> WIndows 10
> Canon MP560
> Gimp 2.8

The only solution I know of is to use a desktop publishing application
to make a PDF file with your image positioned as desired.  Scribus is a
good option.

This is a very long standing problem, vs. not a problem except that the
feature in question leads users to believe that the GIMP can do
something it actually can't do.

If anyone knows how to make the feature in question work, do please clue
us in...

:o)


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[Gimp-user] Printing 24" x 36"

[21stDigitalBoy]

Problem Solved.  I developed the plan in Inkscape then exported as a PDF.   
Also, opened the .svg file in GIMP and rendered a few of the circles as shrubs
and saved that as PDF as well.  Both printed with crisp lines and no pixelation
or artifacts.  Thanks Rick!



>In GIMP try 600 or 1200 dpi.
>Otherwise, use a vector program like Inkscape (at 600 dpi) which can
>be
>exported as a PDF.
>
>Rick S.
>
>-Original Message- 
>From: 21stDigitalBoy
>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 11:20 AM
>To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
>Cc: notificati...@gimpusers.com
>Subject: [Gimp-user] Printing 24" x 36"
>
>When printing engineering/architectural prints at 24" x 36" the prints
>show
>pixelation around all of the lines.  I saved the image as .png at 300
>DPI.
>
>I use Staples for my printing and they turn the .png into a PDF before
>printing.
>
>I'm curious if I should be exporting as s a .tiff or another file
>format.
>
>And what resolution should I set?
>
>Is the issue caused by transparency, RGB?
>
>I've attached images of the prints that show the pixelation/artifacts.
>
>Attachments:
>* 
>http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/489/original/IMG_20170224_105240816.jpg
>* 
>http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/490/original/IMG_20170224_105248610.jpg
>* 
>http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/491/original/IMG_20170224_110838403.jpg

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[Gimp-user] Printing 24" x 36"

[21stDigitalBoy]

Ok thanks Rick.   I'll give 600 res a shot and also test with Inkscape.  I'm
hoping it is a raster vs. vector issue.  I believe AutoCAD is a vector based
program which is what I'm trying to imitate in terms of large prints.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing 24" x 36"

[Joao S. O. Bueno]

You are aware that if you simply upscale an image to this ammount of
pixels (24'' x 36 '' at 300dpi => 7200px x 10800px)  you wn gain more
definition at the corners if you start with a low resolution image,
aren't you?

Also, the JPEG file format is no tmeant for file art, and it will
create the artifacts as they are shown - it is better for colored
pictures only .  Save your images as "png"  instead.

(Saving as JPG and afterwards converting them to PDF won't do - you
have to save as PNG from the program where you draw the lines, and
never transition them through the JPG file format)

On 24 February 2017 at 13:20, 21stDigitalBoy  wrote:
> When printing engineering/architectural prints at 24" x 36" the prints show
> pixelation around all of the lines.  I saved the image as .png at 300 DPI.
>
> I use Staples for my printing and they turn the .png into a PDF before 
> printing.
>
> I'm curious if I should be exporting as s a .tiff or another file format.
>
> And what resolution should I set?
>
> Is the issue caused by transparency, RGB?
>
> I've attached images of the prints that show the pixelation/artifacts.
>
> Attachments:
> * 
> http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/489/original/IMG_20170224_105240816.jpg
> * 
> http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/490/original/IMG_20170224_105248610.jpg
> * 
> http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/491/original/IMG_20170224_110838403.jpg
>
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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing 24" x 36"

[Rick Strong]

In GIMP try 600 or 1200 dpi.
Otherwise, use a vector program like Inkscape (at 600 dpi) which can be 
exported as a PDF.


Rick S.

-Original Message- 
From: 21stDigitalBoy

Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 11:20 AM
To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Cc: notificati...@gimpusers.com
Subject: [Gimp-user] Printing 24" x 36"

When printing engineering/architectural prints at 24" x 36" the prints show
pixelation around all of the lines.  I saved the image as .png at 300 DPI.

I use Staples for my printing and they turn the .png into a PDF before 
printing.


I'm curious if I should be exporting as s a .tiff or another file format.

And what resolution should I set?

Is the issue caused by transparency, RGB?

I've attached images of the prints that show the pixelation/artifacts.

Attachments:
* 
http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/489/original/IMG_20170224_105240816.jpg
* 
http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/490/original/IMG_20170224_105248610.jpg
* 
http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/491/original/IMG_20170224_110838403.jpg


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[Gimp-user] Printing 24" x 36"

[21stDigitalBoy]

When printing engineering/architectural prints at 24" x 36" the prints show
pixelation around all of the lines.  I saved the image as .png at 300 DPI.

I use Staples for my printing and they turn the .png into a PDF before printing.

I'm curious if I should be exporting as s a .tiff or another file format.

And what resolution should I set? 

Is the issue caused by transparency, RGB?

I've attached images of the prints that show the pixelation/artifacts. 

Attachments:
* 
http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/489/original/IMG_20170224_105240816.jpg
* 
http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/490/original/IMG_20170224_105248610.jpg
* 
http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/491/original/IMG_20170224_110838403.jpg

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[Gimp-user] Printing.

[mail]

Hi, I am printing a picture and it has lines in the picture. What should 
I do to make the image solid?


Thanks

A.Wo
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[Gimp-user] printing more than 1 image per sheet

[JohnHaley]

>If you don't mind using another (free) program, you should check out 
>Scribus, an open source layout program.
>
>On an A4 sheet, depending on your margins, you can actually put three
>6" x
>4" photos; 1 horizontal and 2 vertical side-by-side.
>
>Rick S.

Many thanks Rick - I will try this too

J
>
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>
>Hi all
>
>newbie here - I have a printer that uses A4 sheets.  I have 6"x4"
>[152.4mm x
>101.6mm] images and I want to print more than 1 image per A4 sheet and
>then
>cut
>into single pictures after.  Please advise how  can do this.
>
>many thanks
>J

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Re: [Gimp-user] printing more than 1 image per sheet

[Rick Strong]

If you don't mind using another (free) program, you should check out 
Scribus, an open source layout program.


On an A4 sheet, depending on your margins, you can actually put three 6" x 
4" photos; 1 horizontal and 2 vertical side-by-side.


Rick S.

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Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:35 AM
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Subject: [Gimp-user] printing more than 1 image per sheet

Hi all

newbie here - I have a printer that uses A4 sheets.  I have 6"x4" [152.4mm x
101.6mm] images and I want to print more than 1 image per A4 sheet and then 
cut

into single pictures after.  Please advise how  can do this.

many thanks
J



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[Gimp-user] printing more than 1 image per sheet

[rich2005]

>All sorts of ways, but start with a Standard Gimp A4 template which is
>already set up as 300 ppi suitable for printing. You will only get 2
>photos per sheet.

Just remembered from the dim and distant past, there can be a snag when printing
A4, especially with Windows. The image can get scaled a little. Something like
300 dpi becomes 307 dpi, not much but will shrink the images.

Then if side margins come into play, ie borderless printing not possible, an A4
sheet will not fit anyway.

The solution is make your A4 image with 2 photos from the standard template,
then crop that down to a smaller size which prints without scaling.

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[Gimp-user] printing more than 1 image per sheet

[rich2005]

>Hi all
>
>newbie here - I have a printer that uses A4 sheets.  I have 6"x4"
>[152.4mm x 101.6mm] images and I want to print more than 1 image per
>A4 sheet and then cut into single pictures after.  Please advise how 
>can do this.
>
>many thanks
>J

All sorts of ways, but start with a Standard Gimp A4 template which is already
set up as 300 ppi suitable for printing. You will only get 2 photos per sheet.

Then it can be as simple as scaling your photographs to 1200 x 1800 pixels (4" x
6" @ 300 ppi) if not already that size and copy / paste into the A4 template.

I prefer something a little more advanced, using layer masks.

A how-to video here https://youtu.be/t6vQ0GdTF6c

And the A4 2 photo template attached. A Gimp .xcfgz opens straight up in Gimp 

rich: www,gimp-forum.net

Attachments:
* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/443/original/2photo.xcfgz

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[Gimp-user] printing more than 1 image per sheet

[JohnHaley]

Hi all

newbie here - I have a printer that uses A4 sheets.  I have 6"x4" [152.4mm x
101.6mm] images and I want to print more than 1 image per A4 sheet and then cut
into single pictures after.  Please advise how  can do this.

many thanks
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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing

[Jay Smith]

On 01/12/2017 02:21 PM, Richard E Arns wrote:

Hello
How do I get Gimp to print larger than postage stamp picts?

I have tried to research on line and just keep going in circles. Give me the 
good old printed manual over these on line things. Updates online are OK, but I 
am a book reader and due to injuries I cannot sit at the CPU for long periods 
of time. Have to keep shifting and walking around often.

Haven't used the program for long but I need a the very least 4x6" and larger when 
an image is worth printing larger. Got about 3000 4x6" sheets! Use this size for 
general stuff.

Wanted to print larger today with Gimp, but after three postage stamps and no 
obvious instruction to print larger, I quit. Grabbed my home  shop made 4x5" 
film view camera and set off to do some coastal scenes. It's still more challenging 
and fun than digital! You really have to have a knowledge of light and other 
conditions to shoot film.

The late and great Ansel Adams saw this coming many years before it all took 
place...the digital age. But, even he felt that there would always be a place 
for the film enthusiasts who preferred the challenge. If memory serve me he 
constructed a huge view camera in his Carmel, CA home that used film sheets 
that were either 11x14 inches or 16x20 inches in size!

I, as I said, am a reader of books. The computer would not even be in my home 
if I hadn't needed it back in the '80s when I was still teaching and it became 
an (expensive) necessity in my life. I am slowly drifting away more and more 
from digital and back to my old faithful film darkroom. Got enough film, paper 
and supplies for at least 30 years. And more companies are selling them again. 
Sorry, did not mean to sound preachy!

Can you tell I was a teacher? Just keep babbling on! Ha!

Best,
Richard



Richard,

I am a stamp dealer and we use gimp for tens of thousands of stamp 
images, so I should be able to be of some help.


However, first we (all) need to know...

1) What is the source of the images you want to print?  Flat bed 
scanner, digital camera ???


2) At what resolution re the images being captured by that device?
(In Gimp: open an image, in the menu go to Image, then Print Size.  The 
resolution is stated there.)


3) What is the exact purpose/use of the printing?  Please be specific 
(at least I should understand what you are talking about since I have 
been involved in stamp image printing for more than 43 years).


4) What type of device/printer are you printing on and are you printing 
in color or b/w?  Laser printer, ink jet, etc.?  Do you know from that 
device's documentation, what maximum image file resolution they suggest? 
 Try to find that information.


Note that you have specifically stated that you want to PRINT the 
images.  That is a different workflow than what you would do for images 
that you just want to view on screen or on a website.


Note that for stamps you really should be using a flat bed scanner.  A 
camera is usually not worth the trouble for lots of reasons that we can 
discuss separately if you want to.


(Others may find this explanation lacking and may have a better way of 
saying it...)  In general, to print stamp images that look good you 
usually do best with 300 dpi/ppi REAL (not interpolated) resolution AT 
THE PRINTED SIZE.  In other words, if you have a stamp that is 1x1 inch 
and it is captured at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) the image size is 300 x 
300 pixels.  But if you simply enlarge the image (by whatever means) so 
that it is printed at 4x4 inches, then you can't just spread those 300 
pixels over four times the width or length (16 times the total data) and 
expect the result to look good. The 300 ppi/dpi PER INCH means the 
printed image goes from a pixel size of 300 x 300 to a printed image 
pixel size of 1200 x 1200 -- that's 1200 pixels x 1200 pixels of data. 
That data has to come from somewhere -- Gimp can interpolate data 
between two pixels, but it is just averaging the data between each two 
original pixels.  (See below.)


Also, if you are using a camera or flatbed scanner and telling it to do 
the enlarging, it may or may not be interpolating to get the larger 
size.  It depends upon the native dpi/ppi resolution that the device 
captures.  Many flat bed scanners have a setting for the resolution that 
you want to capture.


So, if *I* am going to print an image at roughly four times the size of 
the original object (postage stamp), I will scan at either 1200 or 1600 
dpi.  I will then do my editing, cropping, etc. at that resolution.  I 
will then COPY (SaveAs) the image to a different version (so not to lose 
my original) and ALL IN ONE OPERATION, expand the printing size and 
reduce the resolution.  That "Print Size" dialog mentioned above will do 
that.  As you increase the size, it automatically reduces the resolution 
because it is spreading the same data across a longer distance on the 
paper.  Try it and you will see.  I just doubled one and 

Re: [Gimp-user] Printing

[Rick Strong]

Image > Print Size. Your dpi should be 240 to 300 dpi for a 6" x 4" print.
If it isn't do Image > Scale Image and change it.

Rick S.

-Original Message- 
From: Richard E Arns

Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 2:21 PM
To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Cc: Current Location
Subject: [Gimp-user] Printing

Hello
How do I get Gimp to print larger than postage stamp picts?

I have tried to research on line and just keep going in circles. Give me the 
good old printed manual over these on line things. Updates online are OK, 
but I am a book reader and due to injuries I cannot sit at the CPU for long 
periods of time. Have to keep shifting and walking around often.


Haven't used the program for long but I need a the very least 4x6" and 
larger when an image is worth printing larger. Got about 3000 4x6" sheets! 
Use this size for general stuff.


Wanted to print larger today with Gimp, but after three postage stamps and 
no obvious instruction to print larger, I quit.


etc...
Best,
Richard
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[Gimp-user] Printing

[Richard E Arns]

Hello
How do I get Gimp to print larger than postage stamp picts?

I have tried to research on line and just keep going in circles. Give me the 
good old printed manual over these on line things. Updates online are OK, but I 
am a book reader and due to injuries I cannot sit at the CPU for long periods 
of time. Have to keep shifting and walking around often.

Haven't used the program for long but I need a the very least 4x6" and larger 
when an image is worth printing larger. Got about 3000 4x6" sheets! Use this 
size for general stuff. 

Wanted to print larger today with Gimp, but after three postage stamps and no 
obvious instruction to print larger, I quit. Grabbed my home  shop made 4x5" 
film view camera and set off to do some coastal scenes. It's still more 
challenging and fun than digital! You really have to have a knowledge of light 
and other conditions to shoot film.

The late and great Ansel Adams saw this coming many years before it all took 
place...the digital age. But, even he felt that there would always be a place 
for the film enthusiasts who preferred the challenge. If memory serve me he 
constructed a huge view camera in his Carmel, CA home that used film sheets 
that were either 11x14 inches or 16x20 inches in size!

I, as I said, am a reader of books. The computer would not even be in my home 
if I hadn't needed it back in the '80s when I was still teaching and it became 
an (expensive) necessity in my life. I am slowly drifting away more and more 
from digital and back to my old faithful film darkroom. Got enough film, paper 
and supplies for at least 30 years. And more companies are selling them again. 
Sorry, did not mean to sound preachy!

Can you tell I was a teacher? Just keep babbling on! Ha!

Best,
Richard
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[Gimp-user] Printing a poster file issues

[rich2005]

>I need to create a poster that is roughly 1.3m x 2m and the printer
>requires at least 300 DPI.
>
..big snip..
>Can anyone suggest how to get my PDF file out and that will be able to
>be printed when sent to the printer?  Would a professional printer
>have some sort of software that will allow them to print a PDF  that I
>can't print?

Lets have a few file sizes for comparison.

A Gimp xcf, not quite as large as yours 14172x23622 px (1.2m x 2.0 @ 300ppi)
with a large graphic (a photograph) and some text in layers. Gimp shows this as
3.8 GB in memory.

xcf file size 400 MB exports a pdf 286 MB

Exported as a jpg, file size 21 MB and that exported as a pdf 300 MB

Exported as a png, file size 130 MB, exports as a pdf 325 MB

Conclusion, not much point exporting to jpeg/png for the purpose of creating a
PDF. The xcf PDF did contain text in a vector format, otherwise with png/jpeg
and everything flattened to a bitmap.

Print resolution: Are you sure the printing company really requires 300 dpi or
is that just general figure? A poster can have a reduced dpi depending on
distance viewed. Some guidance see:

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/what-print-resolution-works-for-what-viewing-distance/

Printing process: Do you know how it will be printed? A modern commercial laser
printer will print at 100 ppc (pixels per cm) and produce superb quality, but
costs a fortune. Send them a jpeg.

If offset printing then a CMYK pdf is often used.  The tool for that is not
inkscape it is the DP application Scribus.

Want to print full size on A3 sheets to joint together as a check.  Split the
image up into separate parts.

Set up some guides as A3 sized sections ( 3508x4960 px) Use Image -> Transform
-> Guillotine

Plenty how-to's on this if you search.

rich: www.gimp-forum.net

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing a poster file issues

[Steve Kinney]

On 01/10/2017 05:19 PM, big__dav wrote:
> Please go easy on me as I have not done anything like this before and I am 
> sure
> I am making a stupid mistake somewhere.
> 
> I need to create a poster that is roughly 1.3m x 2m and the printer requires 
> at
> least 300 DPI.

That a lot of pixels.  But I am confident that the PDF file size can be
reduced.

Try exporting your image to PNG, and to JPG format at about 85% quality.
 This should yield smaller files.  PNG is a lossless format, so there
will be no loss of resolution; JPG will be smaller than the PNG, at the
cost of a slight amount of noise.  The slight loss of resolution found
in the JPG file will not matter, if your poster will be viewed from more
than arm's length away.

You may also find that 150 DPI is sufficient for your purpose, again if
the poster will not be viewed at "normal reading distance," which gives
a file 1/4 the size of one in the same format at 300 DPI.

To make the PDF file, I would import the JPG into Inkscape, adjust the
and export to PDF from there.  Do File > Import and select the Embed
option.  Then do File > Document Properties, and select the resize page
to content option (set any necessary margins here).  Do File > Save As,
and select Portable Document Format.  In the dialog, set the resolution
to match whatever your image DPI is (i.e., 300 or 150 depending on the
image file you exported from the GIMP).

Your PDF files should be about the same size as the PNG and JPG files
you made with the GIMP.  A poster the size you describe will usually be
viewed from far enough away that 300 DPI vs. 150 DPI will not make a
visible difference, and if so, that gives you a 75% savings in file size.

Inkscape:  https://inkscape.org/en/

Generally speaking, Inkscape is "the" Free tool for making PDF files.

:o)






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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing a poster file issues

[Rick Strong]

1. Save your original and then save a copy under a new name.
2. Flatten it. Check that your photo is no more than 300 dpi.
3. Do Image > Scale Image and scale it down to the size you will print out 
at on your home printer i.e. A3. Make the pxi 300.

4. Save to PDF.
5. Print the PDF.

Can someone tell me if the file sizes I am experiencing are to be 
expected--YES

Should I be able to print a PDF this size out?--NO, NOT AT HOME.
Can anyone see anything that I am doing wrong?--FILE IS TOO BIG FOR YOUR 
HOME PRINTER.

Can anyone suggest how to get my PDF file out--SEE ABOVE
and that will be able to be printed when sent to the printer?--SEND YOUR 
PRINTER A FLAT FILE, AT THE LARGE SIZE.
Would a professional printer have some sort of software that will allow them 
to print a PDF  that I can't print?--YES


Rick S.

-Original Message- 
From: big__dav

Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 5:19 PM
To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Cc: notificati...@gimpusers.com
Subject: [Gimp-user] Printing a poster file issues

Please go easy on me as I have not done anything like this before and I am 
sure

I am making a stupid mistake somewhere.

I need to create a poster that is roughly 1.3m x 2m and the printer requires 
at

least 300 DPI.

I have created my poster in GIMP and it consists of 7 layers - x1 large 
picture
that fills the poster and several other small logos/pictures/text.  The 
pixels

per inch setting in GIMP was set as 350.

The GIMP file is roughly 687Mb and when I export it to a PDF the PDF file is
roughly 375Mb.

When I try to open the PDF file in Adobe Reader DC I get an error - out of
memory and the file does not open.

GIMP version - 2.8.18
Adobe Reader DC version - 2015.020.20042

When I export to PDF from GIMP I ensure that the options to ignore hidden 
layers
is ticked and also that the option to convert to vector data type if 
possible is

ticked.

After getting stuck here I removed the hidden layers from the GIMP file ie
deleted them - they are used for alignment and information when designing.
After this the file size was very slightly smaller and Adobe Reader could 
open
the file.  However when I tried to print it out in A3 sheets to check to see 
how
it looks Adobe hung up on the flattenning stage.  So I then went back to 
GIMP
and flattened it in GIMP so that everything was combined into one layer. 
Now
when I go back to Adobe to print I have no hanging up on flattening however 
it
hangs up on "print 0%".  When I check the task manager Adobe is using up 
plenty

of processing so it is doing something...

Having no experience in doing something like this I dont know if the file 
sizes

involved are "normal" or not.

Can someone tell me if the file sizes I am experiencing are to be expected - 
I

would assume they are.
Should I be able to print a PDF this size out?
Can anyone see anything that I am doing wrong?
Can anyone suggest how to get my PDF file out and that will be able to be
printed when sent to the printer?  Would a professional printer have some 
sort

of software that will allow them to print a PDF  that I can't print?

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[Gimp-user] Printing a poster file issues

[big__dav]

Please go easy on me as I have not done anything like this before and I am sure
I am making a stupid mistake somewhere.

I need to create a poster that is roughly 1.3m x 2m and the printer requires at
least 300 DPI.

I have created my poster in GIMP and it consists of 7 layers - x1 large picture
that fills the poster and several other small logos/pictures/text.  The pixels
per inch setting in GIMP was set as 350.

The GIMP file is roughly 687Mb and when I export it to a PDF the PDF file is
roughly 375Mb.

When I try to open the PDF file in Adobe Reader DC I get an error - out of
memory and the file does not open.

GIMP version - 2.8.18
Adobe Reader DC version - 2015.020.20042

When I export to PDF from GIMP I ensure that the options to ignore hidden layers
is ticked and also that the option to convert to vector data type if possible is
ticked.

After getting stuck here I removed the hidden layers from the GIMP file ie
deleted them - they are used for alignment and information when designing. 
After this the file size was very slightly smaller and Adobe Reader could open
the file.  However when I tried to print it out in A3 sheets to check to see how
it looks Adobe hung up on the flattenning stage.  So I then went back to GIMP
and flattened it in GIMP so that everything was combined into one layer.  Now
when I go back to Adobe to print I have no hanging up on flattening however it
hangs up on "print 0%".  When I check the task manager Adobe is using up plenty
of processing so it is doing something...

Having no experience in doing something like this I dont know if the file sizes
involved are "normal" or not.

Can someone tell me if the file sizes I am experiencing are to be expected - I
would assume they are.
Should I be able to print a PDF this size out?
Can anyone see anything that I am doing wrong?
Can anyone suggest how to get my PDF file out and that will be able to be
printed when sent to the printer?  Would a professional printer have some sort
of software that will allow them to print a PDF  that I can't print?

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing Problem

[Ofnuts]

On 21/01/16 19:56, Derek Grieson wrote:

I have attached the original gimp as I am trying to print and you can see
the end result.  Can anyone help?


This mailing list doesn't accept attachments. Post the image on some 
image server (imgur.com or else) and attach a link here.





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[Gimp-user] Printing Problem

[Derek Grieson]

Help anyone,

 

I have attached the original gimp as I am trying to print and you can see
the end result.  Can anyone help?

 

Derek

 



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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing in GIMP

[Joao S. O. Bueno]

On 12 February 2015 at 04:17, Geoffrey Sougnez
geoffrey.b.soug...@gsk.com wrote:
 Good morning,



 Can you explain me how can I have the name of the picture when I print it?

What do you mean?: You want the file name of an image to show up
as a caption to printed images?

If so, that is not possible with GIMP alone -
One would have to put up a script for it - and maybe, since
you won't want text constrained to your image resolution,
a LIbreoffice or Inkscape script.


 Thank you.

 Geoffrey Sougnez
 QC Biochimie B11
 GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines
 Building WN21-F4-056  |  Avenue Fleming  |  1300 Wavre  |  Belgium
 T: +3226564334  E: 
 geoffrey.b.soug...@gsk.commailto:geoffrey.b.soug...@gsk.com

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing in GIMP

[Partha Bagchi]

The question is not very clear. Do you want the image name embedded in
the document or as a title for the document or something else?

Thanks,
Partha

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:17 AM, Geoffrey Sougnez
geoffrey.b.soug...@gsk.com wrote:
 Good morning,



 Can you explain me how can I have the name of the picture when I print it?
 Thank you.

 Geoffrey Sougnez
 QC Biochimie B11
 GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines
 Building WN21-F4-056  |  Avenue Fleming  |  1300 Wavre  |  Belgium
 T: +3226564334  E: 
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[Gimp-user] Printing in GIMP

[Geoffrey Sougnez]

Good morning,



Can you explain me how can I have the name of the picture when I print it?
Thank you.

Geoffrey Sougnez
QC Biochimie B11
GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines
Building WN21-F4-056  |  Avenue Fleming  |  1300 Wavre  |  Belgium
T: +3226564334  E: geoffrey.b.soug...@gsk.commailto:geoffrey.b.soug...@gsk.com

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing a resized Image

[Thomas Taylor]

On Sat, 07 Jun 2014 22:46:48 +0200
fotch for...@gimpusers.com wrote:

 I tried the search engine for an answer but didn't have any luck.  I just
 resized a basic line drawing image using the resize tool, saved the file and
 tried to print it.  When doing a print preview I noticed the image is the size
 of the original.   What have I missed?
 
 Any help would be appreciated.
 

More information would help.  What operating system, printer model and driver,
settings in GIMP, etc.

You probably have something set either in GIMP or the printer driver to print
to page size.  It would need to be set to actual size or the scale factor set
the same for both.

Tom

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[Gimp-user] Printing a resized Image

[fotch]

* fotch for...@gimpusers.com [06-07-14 16:47]:
search google for your answer, but:  image_size != print_size
they are not the same thing!

Patrick, Thanks for responding.  I did as you suggested and found the Gimp User
Manual task: 4.3. Change the Size of an Image for print.  I think I understand
the difference between the two and the point you made.  However, I still don't
understand why the image I'm looking at in print preview isn't the same size as
the image I resized.  The background sized to 11x17 appears to be correct in
print preview, but the image I resized (4x's it's original size) on the 11x17
background  prints as it's original size.

I'm not sure if I'm explaining this correctly, but you can enlarge an image and
print it out to it's new size can't you?  I'm on a Mac and can't figure out how
to do a screen capture to show you what I'm talking about.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing a resized Image

[Patrick Shanahan]

* fotch for...@gimpusers.com [06-08-14 10:16]:
 * fotch for...@gimpusers.com [06-07-14 16:47]:
 search google for your answer, but:  image_size != print_size
 they are not the same thing!
 
 Patrick, Thanks for responding.  I did as you suggested and found the
 Gimp User Manual task: 4.3.  Change the Size of an Image for print.  I
 think I understand the difference between the two and the point you
 made.  However, I still don't understand why the image I'm looking at in
 print preview isn't the same size as the image I resized.  

Again, image_size and print_size are two completely different things and
only related by expected quality output; larger image_size *frequently*
means better print quality, but not always.

 The background sized to 11x17 appears to be correct in print preview,
 but the image I resized (4x's it's original size) on the 11x17
 background prints as it's original size.

Yes, image_size != print_size
 
 I'm not sure if I'm explaining this correctly, but you can enlarge an
 image and print it out to it's new size can't you?  

You certainly can, but you must change the *print_size* when you export
the image or in the print application.

 I'm on a Mac and can't figure out how to do a screen capture to show you
 what I'm talking about.

I do not need it.  I understand what you are saying, but I have failed to
make you understand the difference between image_size and print_size.
 
 Any other thoughts?

open your image in gimp
select image then print size
adjust the print_size, width/height or x/y resolution
export the image or print from gimp paying attention to print size and
  making necessary adjustments if needed.
  
There are explanations:
  http://easybasicphotography.com/image-resolution-pixels-print-sizes.html
  http://www.photoshopessentials.com/essentials/image-resolution/

Megabytes of an image explains the storage size on disk
Height/width explains/describes the canvas size which is *not* the
  display or print size

Pixels describes the number of points per inch/... that an image is set to
  display or print  
The same image will display much smaller on a 1920x1080 screen that it
  will on a 1024x768 screen (from the pixel setting)

If you enlarge the canvas size of an image x2 w/o changeing the pixel
  settings, you halve the pixel settings; ie: 300x300 to 150/150.  (really
  you have quartered it taking width and height into account).

I hope this helps.  
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[Gimp-user] Printing a resized Image

[fotch]

On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Patrick Shanahan
ptilopt...@gmail.com
wrote:
It's also better to keep a larger image but modify the dots per inch
to
adjust the print size so that a more crisp image is printed at the
size you
require.

e.g. you have 3000x2250 px image and you wanted to print a 9x5 photo
it
would be better to keep the image the same size and set the DPI to
3000/9 =
333.33 DPI but you would need to calculate and crop the height.  If
you
have 2250/333.33DPI = 6.75.  Since that is the case then you should
crop
your image and make the height 5*333.33 px = 1666.66px.

As a summary if I wanted to print my large image to a 9x5 printed
photo
I'd have to crop it to 3000x1666px and set the print to 333 DPI (dots
per
inch) give or take some minor percent error.

SAM, 

Sam,
Thanks, I'll play around with it and see if I can get the results I need.

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[Gimp-user] Printing a resized Image

[fotch]

Patrick,

Sorry about being so dense about this, I think the light bulb has finally gone
on.  I really appreciate your help... and patients.

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[Gimp-user] Printing a resized Image

[fotch]

I tried the search engine for an answer but didn't have any luck.  I just
resized a basic line drawing image using the resize tool, saved the file and
tried to print it.  When doing a print preview I noticed the image is the size
of the original.   What have I missed?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing a resized Image

[Patrick Shanahan]

* fotch for...@gimpusers.com [06-07-14 16:47]:
 I tried the search engine for an answer but didn't have any luck.  I
 just resized a basic line drawing image using the resize tool, saved the
 file and tried to print it.  When doing a print preview I noticed the
 image is the size of the original.  What have I missed?

search google for your answer, but:  image_size != print_size
they are not the same thing!
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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing Color Managment

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

 If this is about the Gutenprint plug-in, then any wrongdoings are most
 likely on its side.

Actually, after another reading of the original mail I think I made a
rush judgement. It's quite possible that GIMP is sending incorrect
data to the printing plug-in. I'm not sure if Elle looked at this part
of the color management implementation in GIMP during her work last
year. If that's indeed what's happening, it would be great to fix this
in 2.10.

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing Color Managment

[Jehan Pagès]

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Lowell PBS4U pb...@hotmail.com wrote:

 On the Argyllcms list Gerhard Fuernkranz wrote
  “Btw, regarding gimp, I remember that in the past old versions of the
 gimp print plug-in did fiddle with the colorsduring printing,
 i.e. the DeviceRGB numbers sent to the printer did not match the RGB
 numbers in gimp's working space. I don't know, however, whether this still
 applies to recent versions.”


 So I thought I'd answer this question, with your help. Does Gimp still
 “fiddle with the colors during printing”?


Actually I think the problem you are refering to is more that printers do
not use RGB at all. The most common color space for printers is CMYK:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMYK_color_model
RGB on the other hand is done for screen display. And so the answer is that
unfortunately there is still no CMYK support in GIMP. You can't create a
CMYK image in GIMP. This means that when you send the RGB image to your
printer, a conversion is done to the other color space, but this conversion
is not perfect (basically the result will change with the material).

So that means that GIMP is good for all work made to stay on screen (web,
animation, video, etc.), but less for printed work.

Note that for printed work, even if you have a software with CMYK support,
your screen is still RGB (so now the conversion is done on display, same
problem), and if your printer is not well calibrated, it may still be
different from what a professional printer will print. That means that
having CMYK support is a start, but that is only one single link in a
bigger chain of failure.
That also means that it is a problematic for professionals designers or
alike, who will also afford additional material and/or effort to calibrate
their screen, scanner, printer, etc. For most basic users, this support is
not as useful in reality as most people have badly calibrated material.

But yes, that would still be good when GIMP will support CMYK.

Jehan

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[Gimp-user] Printing Color Managment

[Lowell PBS4U]

On the Argyllcms list Gerhard
Fuernkranz wrote
 “Btw, regarding gimp, I remember that in the past
old versions of the gimp print plug-in did fiddle with the colors   
during printing, i.e. the DeviceRGB numbers sent to the printer did
not match the RGB numbers in gimp's working space. I don't know,
however, whether this still applies to recent versions.”

So I thought I'd answer this
question, with your help. Does Gimp still “fiddle with the colors
during printing”?


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[Gimp-user] Printing with gimp 2.8 to epson artisan 710

[parsons75]

I'm relatively new to Gimp so bear with me if this has been covered
previously. 

I've installed gimp 2.8 on a windows 7 x64 machine and have an epson artisan
710 printer. When trying to print from gimp I can set all of the preferences
in the epson print driver, through the fileprint menu, for photo printing
4x6 using the photo tray but for some reason the printer only prints to the
8.5x11 tray. The picture is not the correct size and is printed on the paper
in an orientation that almost looks like a print preview. Meaning even if I
loaded a 4x6 photo paper in the main tray it would not print correctly. 

I have tried to install guten print for windows but it crashes gimp. I
assume this is a conflict with the dll files copied into the plugin folder. 

I can print using Picasa and windows photo viewer just fine. 

Thanks
Matt



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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing with gimp 2.8 to epson artisan 710

[scl]

On 13.12.12 at 2:17 PM parsons75 wrote:


I've installed gimp 2.8 on a windows 7 x64 machine and have an epson artisan
710 printer. When trying to print from gimp I can set all of the preferences
in the epson print driver, through the fileprint menu, for photo printing
4x6 using the photo tray but for some reason the printer only prints to the
8.5x11 tray. The picture is not the correct size and is printed on the paper
in an orientation that almost looks like a print preview. Meaning even if I
loaded a 4x6 photo paper in the main tray it would not print correctly.


This is a known issue in GTK+, an underlying library which for instance 
handles printing for GIMP. You find a list of printing related bugs in 
GTK+ on Bugzilla [1]. To stay informed about updates and to give the 
developers are more complete view of the bug it was nice if you 
registered at Bugzilla and reported your problem at the appropriate bug 
report.




I have tried to install guten print for windows but it crashes gimp. I
assume this is a conflict with the dll files copied into the plugin folder.


Gutenprint for Windows is a separate plugin, that is not shipped with 
GIMP. Please report this to the Gutenprint plugin developer [2].



 I can print using Picasa and windows photo viewer just fine.

Yes, exporting the image to for instance PNG format and print it with 
another program is a workaround till the bug in GTK+ is fixed.


Kind regards,

Sven

[1] 
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced;order=Importance;short_desc=print;bug_status=UNCONFIRMED;bug_status=NEW;bug_status=ASSIGNED;bug_status=REOPENED;bug_status=NEEDINFO;longdesc=orientation%20size;short_desc_type=allwordssubstr;classification=Platform;product=gtk%2B;longdesc_type=anywordssubstr


[2] http://registry.gimp.org/node/14567


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[Gimp-user] Printing difficutlies

[lost_shinigami]

Hi everyone,

I have another problem! I made an A6-file with pictures I wanted to print. I 
have A6 photo paper for this and I have set all my printer related stuff to A6 
format. However, when I print I see my image has been moved to the left so I 
only see half of my image and the rest is gone. (so my right half is on the 
left side and the left side is outside the papers borders)

I have set GIMP to A6 so I don't know what the problem is. I tried printing 3 
times while changing things here and there (like flattening the image and 
changing page setup) but to no avail. 

I am using a lexmark S605 and it is not an alignment issue of my printer since 
it prints other things well.

Does anyone know what the problem could be?

Thanks!

Michael

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing difficutlies

[Mark Bourne]

lost_shinigami wrote:

Hi everyone,

I have another problem! I made an A6-file with pictures I wanted to print. I 
have A6 photo paper for this and I have set all my printer related stuff to A6 
format. However, when I print I see my image has been moved to the left so I 
only see half of my image and the rest is gone. (so my right half is on the 
left side and the left side is outside the papers borders)

I have set GIMP to A6 so I don't know what the problem is. I tried printing 3 
times while changing things here and there (like flattening the image and 
changing page setup) but to no avail.

I am using a lexmark S605 and it is not an alignment issue of my printer since 
it prints other things well.

Does anyone know what the problem could be?


Which operating system are you using? There are issues with print 
positioning on Windows, e.g.:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491230
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562619
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659740

Mark.
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[Gimp-user] Printing out Greyscale on Photo Paper is very dark.. ideas?

[David Woodfall]

Hi, I've been printing out a lot of black and white photos on photo
paper on a HP Photosmart 7510e.

The printouts are very dark so I've had to boost the brightness levels
in GIMP prior to printing. The problem is that this takes extra time
and I also don't want to save these levels in the XCF file. I would
say that (going by the Gamma Display Filter) the printouts are around
40% of the brightness they ought to be.

My question is, does anyone else have this problem and what can be
done about it? I've googled for an .ICC for my printer but it hasn't
really helped, unless I'm setting it wrong.

Any help/ideas apprectiated.

Cheers

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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing out Greyscale on Photo Paper is very dark.. ideas?

[David Woodfall]

On (18:50 23/09/12), David Woodfall d...@dawoodfall.net put forth the 
proposition:

Hi, I've been printing out a lot of black and white photos on photo
paper on a HP Photosmart 7510e.

The printouts are very dark so I've had to boost the brightness levels
in GIMP prior to printing. The problem is that this takes extra time
and I also don't want to save these levels in the XCF file. I would
say that (going by the Gamma Display Filter) the printouts are around
40% of the brightness they ought to be.

My question is, does anyone else have this problem and what can be
done about it? I've googled for an .ICC for my printer but it hasn't
really helped, unless I'm setting it wrong.


Apologies for replying to my own post, but what seems to work is the
following (with black and white photos at least):

Set levels for black and white point
Set gamma display filter to 0.4
Adjust centre point on levels to 1.5 (or what brings it back to
normal)
Work on image
Print

I would still like to know if there is a better way to do this.
The less work that goes into a photo usually results in a better
quality print.
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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing out Greyscale on Photo Paper is very dark.. ideas?

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 9:50 PM, David Woodfall wrote:
 Hi, I've been printing out a lot of black and white photos on photo
 paper on a HP Photosmart 7510e.

 The printouts are very dark so I've had to boost the brightness levels
 in GIMP prior to printing. The problem is that this takes extra time
 and I also don't want to save these levels in the XCF file. I would
 say that (going by the Gamma Display Filter) the printouts are around
 40% of the brightness they ought to be.

 My question is, does anyone else have this problem and what can be
 done about it? I've googled for an .ICC for my printer but it hasn't
 really helped, unless I'm setting it wrong.

Googling for arbitrary ICC profiles isn't such a great idea. Color
reproduction doesn't depend on just the printer. It's a combination of
printer, inks and paper.

I wouldn't print from GIMP either. Try PhotoPrint:
http://www.blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software%2F01PhotoPrint

Alexandre Prokoudine
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Re: [Gimp-user] printing photos on paper etc

[Liam R E Quin]

On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 05:52 -0700, odimegwu david wrote:
 [...]

  I want to process some photos for printing
 (i.e the paper used for printing family and social photos; I believe you
 understand what I mean?). please, what dpi or ppi do I use on gimp? Btw,
 what do photographers call such a paper? 

The paper is photo paper usually, for an inkjet.

If you are doing only small changes to pictures, experiment with
printing at 144 and 288ppi, and also 150 and 300.

If there's text in the pictures you may want to try 600ppi.

It will depend on your printer. Usually, each pixel in the image will
turn into a square of tiny dots on the paper, so the image resolution is
much lower than the dots-per-inch of the printer. The best result for
contrast and colour will probably be 1/16th of your printer's highest
dpi resolution.

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[Gimp-user] Printing a large image in sections

[george seifert]

I have an image sized 20 x 24. I just have a standard 8.5 x 11 printer.
Can I print the image in sections? If so, how?
I did this with a PDF document once.

Thanks,
George
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Re: [Gimp-user] Printing a large image in sections

[Steve Kinney]

On 12/31/2011 07:32 PM, george seifert wrote:

  I have an image sized 20 x 24. I just have a standard 8.5 x 11
  printer. Can I print the image in sections? If so, how?
  I did this with a PDF document once.
 
  Thanks,
  George
I think I would probably open that thing in the GIMP, and drag guide
lines into the canvas from the rulers to divide it into 6 sections,
2 sections x 3, so that each section will easily fit onto one page
the printer can handle. 

Then crop the image down to one of the sections, print the resulting
image, and undo the crop.  Crop to another section, print, undo,
etc. until you have six hard copy images.  The guide lines make
pixel perfect precision easy.

If for some reason you want precise dimensions for the sections,
calculate using the DPI of the image to get linear measurements, and
use the Image  Guides  New Guide command to position guides
exactly where you want them.  You could also save six images in the
format of your choice and print them elsewhere or with a different
application, depending on what works best with your combination of
hardware and software.

:o)

Steve

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