pelibali wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to linux and this evening attempted to print some of my > photos... > > First I tried the newest Picasa under my openSUSE 10.0, but it > resulted _draft_ quality _B/W_ prints, even that 1200 DPI has been > setup generally for our HP DeskJet 5940. > Picasa's template is generally OK, because could place easily e.g. > four of my photos on a single A4 page, but the draft quality I > couldn't overcome. Of course I tried the options (theoretically) > resulting better quality printouts and also checked the printer's > default settings, which was normal quality/color. > Therefore have no idea, how to work around this, because Picasa has > quite limited print setup options under Linux and search at Google > didn't help at all. > > At the end we managed to print the above four images via an > OpenOffice.org template my boyfriend prepared few months ago and like > that we succeeded. With Gimp I had bad experience in the past, so > this way was not tried now. > > Would you give me please any hints/ideas on your preference when > printing photos; I would be quite interested to hear some possibili- > ties. > > Thank you, > Agnes >
I had trouble with my HP R800 also. HP is not well supported under Linux, or at least wasn't when I was setting up the printer. I print from gimp using TurboPrint software found at: http://www.turboprint.de/english.html The cost has gone up thanks to the dollar falling against the Euro (29 Euro, $39 USD) but it works really well. I've heard good things about the gutenprint software too. HTH, Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
