Re: [lubuntu-users] GIMP 2.8.x resizing for printer

2018-12-05 Thread Basil Fernie
Hi Ian, I think you have it right. And, in fact, your work-around I vaguely recall using probably nearly a year ago, so maybe from MX17 and not 17.1 . And, in fact, I tried it in the past week ot two unsuccessfully, but didn't mention it amongst all the workarounds I did try with like outcome

Re: [lubuntu-users] GIMP 2.8.x resizing for printer

2018-12-05 Thread Basil Fernie
Less than an hour after sending the message below, I learned from DistroWatch that MX18 Beta 1 is now available, offering GIMP 2.10, Hopefully this will eventually provide a stable solution to my problem. However I would still be interested to hear any responses to my original question. Basi

Re: [lubuntu-users] GIMP 2.8.x resizing for printer

2018-12-05 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi Basil, I hope I've understood your problem correctly... When faced with problems like this, I import the image into LibreOffice Draw, set the page to Portrait / Landscape, resize the image appropriately, and print it from there. To set the page to Portrait or Landscape, load LO Draw and go Fo

[lubuntu-users] GIMP 2.8.x resizing for printer

2018-12-05 Thread Basil Fernie
Since the spotlight is on GIMP, I make bold to put up a question which perhaps I will have to redirect to another forum: I'm using/trying to use GIMP 2.8.2 under MX17.1 (I do use Lubuntu a lot too! but I'm trying to nurture a young MX user) and finding one problem: I cannot resize the image si