measekite wrote:
>
>
> TJ wrote:
>> stu7seven@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>> On Jul 22, 8:44 am, TJ <T...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> I'm using GIMP 2.4.6 and the Pandora plugin with Mandriva 2008.1
Linux
>>>> and an HP Officejet 6110 printer to create some panorama photos. But,
>>>> printing a mountaintop view on US Legal-sized paper gives me an image
>>>> that's about two inches tall. That's not what I had in mind at all.
The
>>>> printer manual says that the printer can print on "banner paper,"
>>>> essentially old-style fanfold paper with the pinfeed strips removed.
>>>> However, neither hplip or Gutenprint will let me print on that kind
of
>>>> paper. The hplip driver doesn't even offer "Custom" as an option for
>>>> paper size, and while Gutenprint offers it, it won't allow me to set
it
>>>> to any more than 8 1/2 x 14 inches - US legal-size.
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing something here?
>>>>
>>>> TJ
>>>
>>> Its hard to say from a distance... however... I am seeing a "banner"
>>> option
>>> in the gimp print configuration ...you never say you are using gimp-
>>> print...
>>> maybe this is what you need ?
>>
>> I thought Gutenprint replaced Gimp-Print
>
> Yes they did.
>
> No they did not.
>
> Because the developer wanted to play down the association with ONLY Gimp
> they renamed the product. Rather than being a replacement it is just a
> rename.
I had heard that Gutenprint is well-liked Mac print utility.
>
> Linux needs a standard printing module and out of the box print drivers
> written by the printer mfg and then adopted by all of the application
> programs similar to the way printers work in either Windows or Mac.
Hplip is about as close to that as you're going to find. HP provides the
BEST sup****t for Linux of any printer manufacturer. Unlike what Canon
provides for your beloved ip4000, or so I last heard. Canon MFPs enjoy
particularly poor sup****t. It has long been a complaint among Linux
users that hardware manufacturers are uninterested in providing either
drivers for their hardware, or the information needed to competently
write them. The problem is not Linux. The problem is that most
manufacturers don't think we're worth the trouble.
TJ
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