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GIMP and Gutenprint</TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="c443.html" +ACCESSKEY="N" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN85" +>The Gimp-Print Graphical User Interface</A +></H1 +><P +> Now that the GIMP is displaying your picture, put your mouse over +the picture and click the right mouse button. A menu will appear. +Choose the + <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENU" +>File</SPAN +>-><SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Print</SPAN +> +menu option. This will cause the Gimp-Print GUI window to appear (see +<A +HREF="x85.html#FIG-GIMP-PRINT-GUI" +>Figure 2-3</A +>). Move the mouse cursor +over the various parts of the Gimp-Print GUI window, and notice that +if you leave your mouse in one place for a short time without clicking +any buttons, a small box appears. This box contains helpful text. +These small boxes are called "tooltips" and are intended to remind you +about the function of each part of the graphical interface. + </P +><P +>The next several sections will continuously refer to +<A +HREF="x85.html#FIG-GIMP-PRINT-GUI" +>Figure 2-3</A +> and +<A +HREF="x85.html#FIG-GIMP-PRINT-GUI-1" +>Figure 2-4</A +>. The difference between +the two figures can be seen in the top right corner of the window. +Notice that there are two tabs, one which reads +<SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Printer Settings</SPAN +> and another which reads +<SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Image/Output Settings</SPAN +>. Notice also that the +window is divided into several major sections which directly map to +the major sections of this document: + <P +></P +><UL +><LI +><P +><A +HREF="x85.html#AEN230" +>Preview</A +></P +></LI +><LI +><P +><A +HREF="x85.html#AEN130" +>Printer Settings</A +></P +></LI +><LI +><P +><A +HREF="x85.html#AEN130" +>Image/Output Settings</A +></P +></LI +><LI +><P +><A +HREF="x85.html#AEN254" +>Position</A +></P +></LI +><LI +><P +><A +HREF="x85.html#AEN326" +>Size</A +></P +></LI +><LI +><P +><A +HREF="x85.html#AEN426" +>Printing and Saving Settings</A +></P +></LI +></UL +> + </P +><DIV +CLASS="FIGURE" +><A +NAME="FIG-GIMP-PRINT-GUI" +></A +><P +><B +>Figure 2-3. The Gimp-Print Graphical User Interface 1 (GUI)</B +></P +><DIV +CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" +><P +><IMG +SRC="figures/gimp-print-gui.png"></P +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="FIGURE" +><A +NAME="FIG-GIMP-PRINT-GUI-1" +></A +><P +><B +>Figure 2-4. The Gimp-Print Graphical User Interface 2 (GUI)</B +></P +><DIV +CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" +><P +><IMG +SRC="figures/gimp-print-gui-1.png"></P +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT2" +><H2 +CLASS="SECT2" +><A +NAME="AEN130" +>Printer Settings</A +></H2 +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN134" +>Printer</A +></H3 +><P +> Click on the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Printer Settings</SPAN +> tab near the +top right hand corner of the window (see +<A +HREF="x85.html#FIG-GIMP-PRINT-GUI" +>Figure 2-3</A +>). Then, click on the downward +facing arrow to the right of the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Printer</SPAN +> combo +box to see a list of the system printer queues. Select the queue to which +you would like the printed image to be sent. One may also print the +image directly to a file by selecting <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>File</SPAN +>. +In this event, the user will be prompted for the filename when either the +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Print</SPAN +> button or the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Print and Save +Settings</SPAN +> button is clicked. + </P +><P +>When either the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Print and Save Settings</SPAN +> button +or the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Save Settings</SPAN +> button is clicked, +the settings are saved in a file called +<TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>~/.gimp-1.2/printrc</TT +>. The user is cautioned about +hand editing this file since it is generated by Gutenprint (although +it was the only way that the author found for removing bogus entries +created while playing with the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>New Printer</SPAN +> button). + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN148" +>Setup Printer</A +></H3 +><P +> Before any useful printing can occur, the user needs to associate +the named printer with the +actual make and model of the printer. Click the +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Setup Printer</SPAN +> button in +the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Printer</SPAN +> section of the window (the upper +right, and just below the Printer display box). When this is done, the +following window appears: + + <DIV +CLASS="FIGURE" +><A +NAME="AEN153" +></A +><P +><B +>Figure 2-5. The Setup Printer Window</B +></P +><DIV +CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" +><P +><IMG +SRC="figures/gimp-print-setup.png"></P +></DIV +></DIV +> + </P +><P +> Scroll through the Printer Model section of the window until you +find a printer which matches yours. If you cannot find the precise +model, pick something close and hope for the best. There are selections +for a wide array of Postscript, inkjet, and laser printers. After you +have selected a printer, you will see the printer command displayed. + </P +><P +>The Gutenprint software does all of the necessary conversion of the +image to be printed into the language of your printer. It is +unnecessary and undesirable for any other sofware to manipulate this +data. (This is why the command contains the "-l" switch or the "-o +raw" switch). Please use care if you feel the need to edit this +command. Once you are satisfied with your selection, click the +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>OK</SPAN +> button. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN163" +>New Printer</A +></H3 +><P +> In the previous sections, the user selected an existing printer +queue and associated a particular type of printer to that queue. For +most cases, this is probably all that is required. However, some +situations might require more detailed control over the handling of +the printer data. + </P +><P +> Click the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>New Printer</SPAN +> button to tell the +software that you wish to create a new name. In this case, the new +name may actually be an existing printer with different settings that +you wish to save, or it may simply be a name associated with a +particular command for handling the printer data. A window will +appear thus: + + <DIV +CLASS="FIGURE" +><A +NAME="AEN168" +></A +><P +><B +>Figure 2-6. The New Printer Window</B +></P +><DIV +CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" +><P +><IMG +SRC="figures/gimp-print-new-printer.png"></P +></DIV +></DIV +> + + Type a name into the window and click <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>OK</SPAN +> +(or <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Cancel</SPAN +> if you wish not to do this). +Notice that the new name now appears as the selected <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Printer</SPAN +>. +As you change settings in the rest of the Gimp-Print GUI, they will be +associated with this printer name. When the settings are saved, +they can be recovered easily by simply selecting this named printer +from the Printer combo box. + </P +><P +> One example where this feature might be used is as follows. The +author frequently prints photos on Epson 4x6 photo paper. Note that +this paper is physically larger than 4x6 and it has perforations on +all four sides. The author dislikes printing part of the image on the +perforated parts of the paper which will be removed after +printing the photo. By selecting the proper scaling percentage, +printing can be constrained to the 4x6 part of the paper which will +remain after the perforated sections are removed. The author has +saved this setting using this feature of the Gutenprint software. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN179" +>Media Size</A +></H3 +><P +> The term <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>media</I +></SPAN +> refers to paper, card stock, +envelopes, or whatever you have put into your printer onto which +something will be printed. Click the arrow to the right of the +<SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Media Size</SPAN +> box to see a long list of different +sizes of media. Choose the size that matches the media which you have +loaded into your printer. Once you have made your choice, the drop +down menu will disappear, and your choice will be shown in the +<SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Media Size</SPAN +> box. The available paper sizes will +vary depending upon the printer model you have selected. + </P +><P +> Some printers support arbitrary (within limits!) paper sizes. + These printers will let you select <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>Custom</I +></SPAN +> + or <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>Roll</I +></SPAN +> paper sizes. When you select such a + printer, one or both of the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Dimensions</SPAN +> boxes + will let you enter your paper size (in inches or centimetres). The + boxes will not let you enter sizes that your printer cannot handle. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN189" +>Media Type</A +></H3 +><P +> The type of media onto which your image will be printed should be +selected here. Click on the arrow to the right of the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Media +Type</SPAN +> box to see a long list of the different types of media +onto which you may print your image. Media types include such things +as plain paper, postcards, photo quality paper, transparencies, and +more! Once you have made your choice, the drop down menu will +disappear, and your choice will be shown in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Media +Type</SPAN +> box. The choices available will vary depending upon +the printer model you have selected. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN194" +>Media Source</A +></H3 +><P +> The <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Media Source</SPAN +> box allows the user to + choose the paper source, sometimes called <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>Input + Slot</I +></SPAN +>, that the paper will be fed from. Many printers + only have one available input source (such as the standard paper + tray), in which case this entry will be grayed out. If your printer + does support multiple input sources, you may specify the source of + your choice here. Some Epson printers offer a roll feed option in + addition to the standard paper tray, and many HP LaserJet printers + have multiple paper trays. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN199" +>Ink Type</A +></H3 +><P +> Some printers offer a choice of different types of ink or ink + cartridges. Many Canon and Lexmark printers support various + combinations of cartridges, such as black only, black and color, + photo color, and so forth. Most Epson printers let you choose + between three and four color printing (three color uses only color + ink, while four color uses black ink as well). Epson printers that + support six color photo printing allow you to choose five and six + color printing as well. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN202" +>Resolution</A +></H3 +><P +> Click on the arrow to the right of the +<SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Resolution</SPAN +> box to see a long list of resolutions +at which you can print your image. The list is written with the +lowest resolution at the top, with increasing resolution (and +generally improved printing quality) as you approach the bottom of the +list. Different printers support different resolution options, and +many printers support different quality choices using the same basic +resolution. In this menu are a few terms which may be unfamiliar to +you, and they will now be explained. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN206" +>DPI</A +></H4 +><P +> DPI is an acronym which stands for <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>D</I +></SPAN +>ots +<SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>P</I +></SPAN +>er <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>I</I +></SPAN +>nch. This term refers +to the number of dots that your printer will print in a space of one +inch (approximately 2.54 cm). This is highly dependent upon the +capability of your printer. Resolutions below 300 DPI are +used for draft quality. For general purpose printing, select +300 - 360 DPI. Higher quality printing can be achieved by +selecting 600 - 720 DPI. Settings higher than this are used for the +highest possible quality for printing photographs and other high +quality graphics. Experiment with your printer and these settings +with different types of graphics and photographs to see what +results you can obtain with your printer. High resolutions (large +numbers of dots per inch) require substantial image processing time, +and the print files can be very large; it's not uncommon for a full +page, 1440x720 DPI image to require 100 MB of temporary storage! + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN212" +>Draft or Fast Economy Draft</A +></H4 +><P +> When this text appears next to the resolution, it refers to the +fact that the quality will be relatively low, but suitable for rough +drafts. Draft quality is higher than fast economy draft. These +options will give you the fastest printing speed. Economy Draft uses +less ink, and as a result the image will be pale. These modes are +generally not very useful for printing photographs. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN215" +>Unidirectional</A +></H4 +><P +> When printing an image, you have probably noticed the print +head inside the printer moving back and forth across the print media. +Many printers are capable of putting ink on the page regardless of +which direction the print head is moving. However, quality can +sometimes be improved by only putting ink on the page when the printer +head is moving in one direction. The +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Unidirectional</SPAN +> setting instructs the +software to only place ink on the page when the print head is moving +one way. When the print head returns, it will not place ink on the +page. On many printers, the print quality is better, at the expense +of printing speed. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN219" +>High(est) Quality</A +></H4 +><P +> With lower quality print modes, one may see an effect where +the printed image looks like it has rows of stripes with a small +separation between the stripes. This effect is called "banding" and +is undesirable. In the <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>high</I +></SPAN +> and +<SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>highest</I +></SPAN +> quality modes, the printer will make more +passes over the same part of the page in order to improve quality and +(reduce or) eliminate banding. This requires more temporary disk +space and prints more slowly, but does not require significantly more +processing time. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN224" +>DMT</A +></H4 +><P +> DMT is an acronym which stands for <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>D</I +></SPAN +>ot + <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>M</I +></SPAN +>odulation + <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>T</I +></SPAN +>echnology. + This term refers to a print mode used by certain Canon printers + to improve the quality of the printed output. Unfortunately, + at this time, all of the available DMT modes do not work + correctly. The cases which do work correctly will offer + significantly improved printing quality. + </P +></DIV +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT2" +><H2 +CLASS="SECT2" +><A +NAME="AEN230" +>Preview</A +></H2 +><P +> Notice in the upper left of the window is a preview of your image. +This preview is a representation of where your picture will print on +the selected media, and approximately what it will look like. This +preview will be updated as you modify selections in the +<SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Position</SPAN +>, <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Size</SPAN +>, +<SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Media Size</SPAN +>, and <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Output Type</SPAN +> +portions of the window. You may also select the image with your mouse +and move it manually if you wish. In doing so, you will note that the +<SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Position</SPAN +> settings are updated accordingly. Take +note of the arrow, which points toward the top of the media, where top +is the first part of the media to enter the printer. + </P +><P +> The preview may be moved around the page as follows: + </P +><P +></P +><UL +><LI +><P +> Clicking and dragging the <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>left</I +></SPAN +> + (primary) mouse button moves the image around the page as you would + expect; the image moves with the mouse. </P +></LI +><LI +><P +> Clicking and dragging the + <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>middle</I +></SPAN +> mouse button moves the image around the + page in a finer fashion, such that each pixel of mouse movement + moves the image by one point (1/72 inch). This allows very fine + placement of the image on the page. </P +></LI +><LI +><P +> Clicking and dragging the + <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>right</I +></SPAN +> (secondary) mouse button moves the image + around the page much the same as with the left button, but the image + will only move in units of the image size. Thus, if the image is + one inch wide and two inches tall, the image will not move at all + until you have moved the mouse far enough so that the image would be + moved one inch vertically and two inches horizontally. This is + handy if you wish to print multiple images of the same size on one + piece of paper.</P +></LI +><LI +><P +> If you hold down the <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>shift</I +></SPAN +> key + on the keyboard when you click and drag the mouse, the image will + only move in the horizontal or vertical direction (depending upon + which way you first move the mouse). This allows you to constrain + motion to the horizontal or vertical. </P +></LI +><LI +><P +> If you click another button while dragging the + mouse, the image will immediately return to the position it was in + before you clicked the mouse the first time. This allows you to + not move the image if you have started moving it and have decided + that you don't want to move it. The preview will not respond to the + mouse until you release all of the mouse buttons and click and drag + afresh. </P +></LI +></UL +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT2" +><H2 +CLASS="SECT2" +><A +NAME="AEN254" +>Position</A +></H2 +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN256" +>Orientation</A +></H3 +><P +> The Orientation menu allows the user to choose the orientation +of the paper. The menu selections are +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Auto</SPAN +>, <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Portrait</SPAN +>, +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Landscape</SPAN +>, <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Upside +down</SPAN +>, and <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Seascape</SPAN +>. Click on +the rectangular tab to see these choices +and make your selection. When you have done so, the pulldown menu +will have disappeared, and your choice will appear. Also, note that +the preview image will have changed accordingly. + </P +><P +> When set to <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Auto</SPAN +>, the software will make an +intelligent choice of orientation based on the dimensions of the image +to be printed. <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Portrait</SPAN +> orients the print media +with the longest edge going from top to bottom, while +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Landscape</SPAN +> orients the paper with the longest edge +going from side to side. <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Upside down</SPAN +> and +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Seascape</SPAN +> orient the paper the same as +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Portrait</SPAN +> and <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Landscape</SPAN +> +respectively, with the difference being that the image is rotated 180 degrees. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN272" +>Automatic Centering</A +></H3 +><P +> There are three buttons that deal with centering an image. The +leftmost button is the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Vertically</SPAN +> button, the +middle button is the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Both</SPAN +> button, and +the rightmost button is the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Horizontally</SPAN +> +button. Use the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Both</SPAN +> button to center your +image both horizontally and vertically. This will cause the top and +bottom borders to be equal, and the left and right borders to be +equal. If you have placed your image manually by using the mouse +button, then you may center the image in the horizontal direction only +by clicking on the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Horizontally</SPAN +> button. +Likewise, to adjust the image only in the vertical direction, click on +the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Vertically</SPAN +> button. Note that in +each case, the image is centered with regard to the edges of the +media, and without regard to the printable portion of the media. Many +printers are incapable of printing to each edge of the media. Some +media may have edges which detach. Consult your printer documentation +for more details regarding your printer's capabilities in this regard. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN281" +>Manual Settings</A +></H3 +><P +> You will notice that there are six boxes that contain numbers +just below the Orientation menu and just above the GUI buttons related +to centering an image. When you move the preview image manually with +the mouse, or when you click on one of the centering buttons, the +preview image moves and these six boxes get updated. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN284" +>Left</A +></H4 +><P +> The number appearing in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Left</SPAN +> box denotes +the number of units (cm or inches) that the left side of the image +will be printed away from the left edge of the media. You may select +the units by clicking the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Inch</SPAN +> or +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>cm</SPAN +> buttons in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Units</SPAN +> section just below +these GUI boxes. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN291" +>Right</A +></H4 +><P +> The number appearing in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Right</SPAN +> box denotes +the number of units (cm or inches) that the right side of the image +will be printed away from the left edge of the media. You may select +the units by clicking the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Inch</SPAN +> or +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>cm</SPAN +> buttons in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Units</SPAN +> section just below +these GUI boxes. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN298" +>Right Border</A +></H4 +><P +> The number appearing in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Right Border</SPAN +> box denotes +the number of units (cm or inches) that the right side of the image +will be printed away from the right edge of the media. You may select +the units by clicking the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Inch</SPAN +> or +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>cm</SPAN +> buttons in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Units</SPAN +> section just below +these GUI boxes. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN305" +>Top</A +></H4 +><P +> The number appearing in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Top</SPAN +> box denotes +the number of units (cm or inches) that the top side of the image +will be printed away from the top edge of the media. You may select +the units by clicking the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Inch</SPAN +> or +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>cm</SPAN +> buttons in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Units</SPAN +> section just below +these GUI boxes. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN312" +>Bottom</A +></H4 +><P +> The number appearing in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Bottom</SPAN +> box denotes +the number of units (cm or inches) that the bottom side of the image +will be printed away from the top edge of the media. You may select +the units by clicking the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Inch</SPAN +> or +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>cm</SPAN +> buttons in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Units</SPAN +> section just below +these GUI boxes. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN319" +>Bottom Border</A +></H4 +><P +> The number appearing in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Bottom Border</SPAN +> box denotes +the number of units (cm or inches) that the bottom side of the image +will be printed away from the bottom edge of the media. You may select +the units by clicking the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Inch</SPAN +> or +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>cm</SPAN +> buttons in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Units</SPAN +> section just below +these GUI boxes. + </P +></DIV +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT2" +><H2 +CLASS="SECT2" +><A +NAME="AEN326" +>Size</A +></H2 +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN328" +>Slider Bar and Spin Box</A +></H3 +><P +> The slider bar can be moved as desired by the user. Notice +that while sliding this bar, the preview image changes accordingly. +One will also note that several boxes in the Gimp-Print GUI change values when this bar is moved. +These boxes are the six position boxes (left, right, right border, +top, bottom, bottom border), the two size boxes (width and height), +and the spin box to the right of the slider bar. + </P +><P +> This slider bar is used to scale the image to a desirable size, but the same effect can +be obtained by either clicking an arrow on the spin box to the right of this +slider bar, or by manually typing a number into this spin box. Notice +that by setting the spin box in this way, the slider bar is also +moved. All of the described methods will cause the image to be +scaled accordingly. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN332" +>Scale by Percent or PPI</A +></H3 +><P +> One may choose to scale the image by a percentage, or by PPI, +which means "<SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>p</I +></SPAN +>ixels <SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>p</I +></SPAN +>er +<SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>i</I +></SPAN +>nch". Click the radio button +next to the word to set the desired scaling factor. + </P +><P +> When scaling by a percentage, the number reflected in the spin +box next to the slider bar represents the percentage relative +to the full size of the selected print medium. For example, with this spin box +set to 50, the image will be scaled to 50% of the size of the print +medium. When set to 100, the image will attempt to fill the print +medium, within the constraints of maintaining the proper aspect ratio +and the margins of the selected print medium. This effect can be seen +in the preview window. + </P +><P +> When scaling by PPI, the number reflected in the spin box next to +the slider bar represents the number of pixels that will be +printed per inch. For example, if the user is printing a 640x480 +image at a size of 6.4x4.8 inches (as measured by the size boxes), the +image will be printed at 100 DPI. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN340" +>Use Original Image Size</A +></H3 +><P +> By clicking this button, the image will be scaled to as close +to the native size of the image as possible. This effect can +immediately be seen in the preview image. + </P +><P +> The native image size may be found or set in the GIMP by + selecting <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Image/Scale Image</SPAN +> in the + GIMP. Under the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Print Size and Display Unit</SPAN +> + group in the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Scale Image</SPAN +> dialog, you can + determine (or change) the width and height of the image, or + choose the resolution. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN347" +>Width and Height</A +></H3 +><P +> These boxes show the size of the printed image in either inches +or centimeters (depending on which unit is selected). The user may +choose to manually modify these values. When one value is modified, +the other value is automatically modified in order to maintain the +aspect ratio (the ratio of width to height). This effect can be +immediately seen in the preview image. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN350" +>Units</A +></H3 +><P +> The units can be set to inches or centimeters by clicking the appropriate +radio button next to the desired unit. This setting effects the +values printed in the six position boxes (left, right, right border, +top, bottom, bottom border) and the two size boxes (width and height). + </P +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT2" +><H2 +CLASS="SECT2" +><A +NAME="AEN353" +>Image/Output Settings</A +></H2 +><P +> By clicking on the tab labeled <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Image/Output +Settings</SPAN +>, the Gimp-Print window will appear as shown in +<A +HREF="x85.html#FIG-GIMP-PRINT-GUI-1" +>Figure 2-4</A +>. Notice that there are +two sections to this portion of the window, namely, +<SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Image Type</SPAN +> and +<SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Output Type</SPAN +>. + + </P +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN360" +>Image Type</A +></H3 +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN362" +>Line Art</A +></H4 +><P +> This setting tells the printer driver to generate color +quickly. The color is bold and bright, but color accuracy is not very +good. There may also be some unexpectedly sharp transitions in +colors. This mode is acceptable for printing text with small amounts +of color, and may be acceptable for presentation graphics. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN365" +>Solid Colors</A +></H4 +><P +> This mode produces color which is considerably more accurate +than the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Line Art</SPAN +> mode, but with a reduction in performance. In +general, hues will be accurate but tonalities may not be accurate. +There should be no sharp transitions in colors. This mode is good for +printing presentation graphics in most cases. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN369" +>Photograph</A +></H4 +><P +> This mode produces the most accurate colors and tonalities at a +greater cost in performance. This is the mode to use when printing +high quality photographs or other high quality images. + </P +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN372" +>Output Type</A +></H3 +><P +> The user is given the choice of color, black and white, and +grayscale. Color is selected when the desired output is to be in +color. Greyscale will result in the printed image having various +shades of grey. Black and white is just that. The effect of this +setting can be seen in the preview window. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT3" +><H3 +CLASS="SECT3" +><A +NAME="AEN375" +>Adjust Output</A +></H3 +><P +> Clicking on this button causes the <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Print Color Adjust</SPAN +> window to +appear (see <A +HREF="x85.html#FIG-GIMP-PRINT-COLOR-ADJUST" +>Figure 2-7</A +>). In +this window, one will see a representation of the image to be printed +as well as several slider bars. These slider bars collectively adjust +many different aspects of the image. The values can also be adjusted +by clicking the arrows or by typing a value into the appropriate spin +box on the right side of each slider bar. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="FIGURE" +><A +NAME="FIG-GIMP-PRINT-COLOR-ADJUST" +></A +><P +><B +>Figure 2-7. The Print Color Adjust Window</B +></P +><DIV +CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" +><P +><IMG +SRC="figures/gimp-print-print-color-adjust.png"></P +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN387" +>Brightness</A +></H4 +><P +> Adjust the brightness of the image. A setting of 0.0 gives a fully black +image, while a 2.0 setting gives a fully white image. Values greater than 1.0 will result in + black not being solid and highlights turning white; values less than + 1.0 will result in white not being perfectly clear and shadows turning + black. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN390" +>Contrast</A +></H4 +><P +> Adjust the contrast of the image. A setting of 0.0 gives a solid gray for the +entire image, the exact gray depending upon the brightness chosen. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN393" +>Cyan, Magenta, Yellow</A +></H4 +><P +>These three options allow specification of the cyan, magenta, and +yellow levels independently, for rebalancing the levels. Normally, +these should be adjusted to yield neutral gray, but they can be used +for other effects. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN396" +>Saturation</A +></H4 +><P +>Adjust the brilliance of colors. A setting of 0.0 results in pure grayscale. +A saturation setting of less than 1.0 results in more muted colors. A +saturation setting of greater than 1.0 results in more vibrant colors. Very high +saturation often results in very strange effects, including +posterization and banding that might not be expected. For normal +purposes, the saturation should generally be set to a value less than 1.5. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN399" +>Density</A +></H4 +><P +>Adjust the amount of ink deposited on the paper. If you have chosen the +correct paper type and are getting ink bleeding through the paper +or puddling, try reducing the density to the lowest value you +can while still achieving solid black. If black is not solid +black, even with the contrast and brightness at 1.0, try increasing +the density. Note that changes to this setting will not be visible in +the image preview. + </P +><P +>All of the supported printers actually need less than 100% ink +density in most cases, so the actual density is something other than +the nominal density setting. The effective density setting cannot go +above 100%, so if a value specified will result in an excessively high +density level, it will be silently limited to a setting of 1.0. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN403" +>Gamma</A +></H4 +><P +>Adjust the gamma of the image, over and above the printer-specific +correction. Gamma less than 1.0 will result in a darker image; gamma +greater than 1.0 will result in a lighter image. Unlike brightness, +gamma adjustment does not change the endpoints; it merely changes the +shape of the input->output curve. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN406" +>Dither Algorithm</A +></H4 +><P +>The recommended dither algorithm is <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Adaptive +Hybrid</SPAN +> (which is the default) for text or other fine +black detail, or if this is mixed with continuous tone images. The +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Ordered</SPAN +> dithering algorithm is just as good +(and somewhat faster) for pure continuous-tone images and photographs, +but may yield poor results with text or other fine detail, +particularly at high printing resolutions. + </P +><P +> The <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Fast</SPAN +> algorithm gives the +fastest results at the expense of color accuracy. It is a simplified +ordered dither. On simple four color printers (or other printers used +in four color mode), the quality is similar to +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Ordered</SPAN +>, although dark gray rendition is +not as good due to a simpler transfer between black and colored ink. +With six-color printers, color rendition is somewhat worse, but it +should be quite usable in cases where optimum quality is not critical. +In black and white, it is an efficient way to render grayscale, but it +may not give best results when used with variable dot size printers +(modern Epson printers, or Canon printers using DMT). On rare three +color printers (CMY only) the results should be identical to ordered +dither. + </P +><P +> <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Very Fast</SPAN +> is even faster than +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Fast</SPAN +>, with even more loss of quality. +Color and grayscale output will show strong patterning that resembles +screening, although it isn't. On laser printers, and possibly on +certain kinds of text and line art, <SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Very +Fast</SPAN +> dithering may actually yield the best quality. + </P +><P +>Error diffusion algorithms (<SPAN +CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" +>Hybrid +Floyd-Steinberg</SPAN +> is such an algorithm) perform very well +at high densities, and are capable of +rendering very fine detail rather well, but they tend to exhibit artifacts in +the form of "waves" or "worms" of dots which results in noticeable +texturing in pale areas. Furthermore, pale areas immediately adjacent +to white take a while to "build up" sufficient error to print at all. +This is sometimes called "tearing" or "waterfalling". + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT4" +><H4 +CLASS="SECT4" +><A +NAME="AEN420" +>Set Defaults and Close</A +></H4 +><P +> When the <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Set Defaults</SPAN +> button is clicked, +the slider bar settings will return to their default values. The +dither algorithm setting is uneffected. The <SPAN +CLASS="GUILABEL" +>Print Color +Adjust</SPAN +> window will close when the +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Close</SPAN +> button is clicked. + </P +></DIV +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT2" +><H2 +CLASS="SECT2" +><A +NAME="AEN426" +>Printing and Saving Settings</A +></H2 +><P +> At the bottom of the Gimp-Print window, there are five buttons labeled +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>About</SPAN +>, +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Print and Save Settings</SPAN +>, +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Save Settings</SPAN +>, +<SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Print</SPAN +>, +and <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>Cancel</SPAN +>. The <SPAN +CLASS="GUIBUTTON" +>About</SPAN +> +button will show information about the Gutenprint software, such as +the version number, authors names, project web site, and software +licensing. 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