Re: Best way to print photos

On Monday 03 April 2006 14:27, M. Warner Losh wrote:
OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten
borderless printing working, alas.

The key points I learned:

(1) Install print/cups.
(2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps -> goo the printer groks
(3) Install graphics/gimp. This makes .ps files
(4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups.
(5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot
(6) Remove lp* binaries
(7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with
NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR
(8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface.
(8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing
(9) Use firefox to generate test prints.
(10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command
line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the
raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups'
postscript filter for the printer.
(11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup
interface.

#10 is was tripped me up for a long time. That's why printing to the
black and white printer worked for me (it was a postscript printer),
while it failed to the color. I hadn't noticed before that it
printed the raw postscript and then lots of new lines. Since these
newlines weren't accompanied by <CR>, all text was off the edge of
the papper, all I got was a bunch of blank pages.

#5 bit me on boot. Since cups replaces the /etc/printcap
unconditionally, when lpd started it failed to start. I lost a bunch
of print jobs before I worked out where they had gone and why things
had gone south.

I'd love to know how to print borderless prints (right now I get 1/4"
(8mm) boarder on the prints). I'd also love to know how to setup
gimp correctly. However, these are really side issues now that I
have basic functionality working.

Thanks to everybody who was helpful in getting me to this point. It
got me over the hump. My HP DeskJet 5850 is working great as a color
printer with CUPS and my LaserJet 2200 continues to work like before.

Now, all I gotta do is to figure out my OfficeJet 4200, at least the
scanning portion... But that can wait until my photo printing
backlog is cleared...

Thanks again,

Warner

Hi Warner,

You have to have a printer that's capable of doing borderless prints.
Most printers will only print to within 1/4" of the page. Try a custom
size paper (increase the size by 1/2"), maybe that will help do it.

Don
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