Duh! I'm on Linux (Gentoo) with Gimp 2.4.1 installed. Should have said; I keep forgetting there's other platforms out there!
On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:27:38 -0000, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there any way to get the print dialog in 2.4 to work like the old >> Gimp-Print one? The new one is hopeless: doesn't list my printers (which >> the old one didn't either but at least I could tell it about them), >> won't >> take a .ppd file to set printable area or indeed any other feature of >> the >> printers, refuses to remember ANY details of any sort so when printing a >> series of images of the same size, for example, I have to select "ignore >> printer margins" for each one (and I have no idea what those print >> margins >> are nor where they originate) and type the name of the printer manually >> every time, which gets tedious very quickly. > > I believe a lot depends on which version of Gimp one uses so an > indication of the operating system could be helpful. I am unfortunate in > that I haven't yet got Gimp 2.4.1 installed as there is nothing yet for > non-techies using Ubuntu. However, according to the image in Akkana > Peck's book it looks the same as in earlier versions of Gimp as does the > page in Gimp 2.4 rc3. >> >> I assume that the print dialog in 2.4 is a placeholder for soemthing >> else >> but I don't know what. Should I be using Gutenprint now? > > I believe that printing in Gimp is via a plugin which on Linux systems > is Gutenprint. > > Norman > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
