Re: [Gimp-user] Problem Printing
On 9/12/05, Akkana Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Spencer writes: > > When I try to print any image (xcf, jpg, png, etc) of reasonable size > > (4x3 inches) with the GIMP, my printer (HP Deskjet) prints out a single > > page with: > > %!PS-Adobe-3.0 > > %%Creator: Print plug-in V4.2.7 - 15 Jul 2004 for > > GIMP/Gimp-Print > > That very often means that you haven't configured the printer type > in the gimp-print dialog. It doesn't get your printer type from > CUPS or whatever other spooler you might be running; it defaults > to postscript, which for most inkjet printers results in printing > out a lot of postscript source. Yes, I remember this now. > (I wish it defaulted to "No printer" > or something, and perhaps popped up a dialog asking the user to > set the printer type Yet this will confuse users who have Inkjets that use printer systems that only read Postscript (see below). > ... if it ever gets straightened out which > project owns the gimp-print dialog, perhaps I'll try adding that > myself.) Sounds like a good idea. :P > If you've already set gimp-print to the right printer type, > then I'm out of ideas and maybe someone with an HP can help. > What OS/distro are you running? I have a HP Deskjet 722C and 842C both in my house. They work fine under CUPS/Debian (stable and testing/unstable). Ironically, by printing to CUPS, I have to send Postscript output to CUPS which then uses another driver to convert Postscript to my printer's native format. So I don't see what the problem might be here, unless he's directly using LPR or something w/o an intermediatary. -- ~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problem Printing
Chris Spencer writes: > When I try to print any image (xcf, jpg, png, etc) of reasonable size > (4x3 inches) with the GIMP, my printer (HP Deskjet) prints out a single > page with: > %!PS-Adobe-3.0 > %%Creator: Print plug-in V4.2.7 - 15 Jul 2004 for > GIMP/Gimp-Print That very often means that you haven't configured the printer type in the gimp-print dialog. It doesn't get your printer type from CUPS or whatever other spooler you might be running; it defaults to postscript, which for most inkjet printers results in printing out a lot of postscript source. (I wish it defaulted to "No printer" or something, and perhaps popped up a dialog asking the user to set the printer type ... if it ever gets straightened out which project owns the gimp-print dialog, perhaps I'll try adding that myself.) If you've already set gimp-print to the right printer type, then I'm out of ideas and maybe someone with an HP can help. What OS/distro are you running? ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problem Printing
On 9/12/05, Chris Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I try to print any image (xcf, jpg, png, etc) of reasonable size > (4x3 inches) with the GIMP, my printer (HP Deskjet) prints out a single > page with: > %!PS-Adobe-3.0 > %%Creator: Print plug-in V4.2.7 - 15 Jul 2004 for > GIMP/Gimp-Print > > and then procedes to print an infinite series of blank pages. I let GIMP > run through several dozen pages before I had to cancel the print. Is > this a bug, or is there some configuration I'm missing? Your printer is misinterpreting GIMP's output as text -- what the output reads is literal postscript. Dunno what exactly causes it, but I know that if you've got a misconfiguration between GIMP-Print (well, techincally it's Gutenprint now), your printing system or setup, and your printer, then that's what'll happen. What version of GIMP, and Gimp/Gutenprint are you using, and what printing system or setup, printer, and OS (+ version) are you using? That might help. > I haven't had any other problems with this printer. What else did you print, and how did you print it (e.g. from what application)? -- ~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
