On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 15:20, ed tharp wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 12:04, John Richard Smith wrote: > > ed tharp wrote: > > > > >you know you 'can' scan from within gimp... if you have all the packages > > >installed > > > > > >if you have the xsane-gimp and xsane installed it should anyway. > > > > > > > > That is quite true, you can scan withing gimp , but right now the > > problem is to get sane to scan correctly at all. The original messagee > > complained about the quality of the result. I wanted to make sure sane > > is installed( behind the programme he is using is almost certainly sane > > backends) properly and set up for his make model of scanner. > > > > John > yep, think the quality problem is most likely rooted in the size he is > scanning the image to, then reducing it,,,, and then saving it in some > other format, every step degrading some,,, but 600dpi 'ought to be' a > big enough file to start with. >
Thanks for your input. I have found a way to print scanned images at the correct size. I scan the image at 600 dpi and open it in GIMP. It the print dialog there is an option to scale the image. I use that to scale it to the same dimensions as indicated in Xsane. I used the following settings: - scale by : percent - units : cm Just set the scale to the required width and height and print. I have my printer configured in different ways. I use my 'photoprint' option where I also print with a resolution of 600 dpi. Marco -- "Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ?" "They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas." Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer *
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