Digikam 5.7 and printing with Photoprint

[fotografie]

I just checked it again. The Tools Menue  - Print Creator is available in
- preview,
- photo processing
- lighttable.

Did you accidentally close the menu bar? Hit CTRL - M (STRG - M on a
german keyboard) and the menu bar should appear or disappear.

Best regards Ulf

Am 24.09.2017 um 12:21 schrieb fotografie:
> Hello,
>
> I use the german version of DK 5.7 and 5.8.0.1 appimage for Ubuntu and
> the function is available in both versions under
> Tools - Print Creaqtor
> in my german version it is:
> Extras - Print Creator
>
> Gimp is installed on my machine and DK uses Gimp for printing the images
>
> Best regards Ulf
>
> Am 24.09.2017 um 11:46 schrieb Stuart T Rogers:
>> I just tried the 5.8 appimage and cannot see it in there either.
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>> On 24/09/17 10:12, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
>>> Gilles
>>>
>>> I have just looked at the Tools menu at the top of the screen in
>>> 5.7.0 and there is no Print Creator menu entry. Also cannot find it
>>> in any other menu either which is why I thought the print function ha
>>> been removed.
>>>
>>> Stuart
>>>
>>> On 24/09/17 10:02, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>> But we don't remove print feature at all...
>>>>
>>>> Print must be avaialble everywhere in 5.7.0 release. Look for ex in
>>>> Tools menu, there is an entry named "Print Creator" that you can
>>>> send data to print to Gimp engine to process work on printer device.
>>>>
>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>
>>>> 2017-09-24 10:47 GMT+02:00 Stuart T Rogers
>>>> <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>>:
>>>>
>>>>     My apologies I can see it in the right click menu on an image.
>>>>     Obviously this is there because I have it installed. I had assumed,
>>>>     wrongly, it was there because the print function has been removed
>>>>     from digikam.
>>>>
>>>>     One of my main uses of digikam is to print my photos and prior
>>>> to it
>>>>     using QT this was what I always used for printing. Because of
>>>> the QT
>>>>     bug it was not possible to use the printing facilities of digikam.
>>>>
>>>>     Now I realise that the print function problems are not digikam's
>>>>     fault but it is so frustrating that QT are ignoring the paper size
>>>>     selection bug (QTBUG-58733), this has been open since February this
>>>>     year and nothing has been done by the QT devs.
>>>>
>>>>     If the printing capabilities of QT are not fixed and the print
>>>>     options of digikam restored I will need to try to find another
>>>> image
>>>>     management tool which allows me to both manage and print
>>>>     successfully which is a great shame since I do like its management
>>>>     capabilities. It is a huge shame that applications like digikam
>>>> have
>>>>     to remove useful options because of a bug elsewhere.
>>>>
>>>>     Stuart
>>>>
>>>>     On 24/09/17 08:42, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         What do you mean by "photoprint" ? Where do you see any
>>>>         reference of photoprint in digiKam ?
>>>>
>>>>         2017-09-24 9:33 GMT+02:00 Stuart T Rogers
>>>>         <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>
>>>>         <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk
>>>>         <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>>>:
>>>>
>>>>              I noticed that printing now is accomplished by using
>>>> Photoprint
>>>>              rather than the original tools. However this does not work
>>>>         for me.
>>>>              Photoprint is quite old and seems not to be actively
>>>> supported
>>>>              although the website still exists. It looks like it works
>>>>         and seems
>>>>              to send data to my Canon iP7250 (over wireless) but
>>>> nothing
>>>>         happens
>>>>              at the printer. Has anyone here actually printed
>>>>         successfully using
>>>>              Photoprint and if so how? Was the printer wireless or USB
>>>>         connected?
>>>>              I am using the latest available version of Photoprint.
>>>>
>>>>              Sadly the QT paper size bug preventing successful use of
>>>>         printing
>>>>              seems to be being ignored by the QT developers.
>>>>
>>>>              Stuart
>>>>              --     Website: http://www.stella-maris.org.uk
>>>>              or: http://www.broadstairs.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     --     Website: http://www.stella-maris.org.uk
>>>>     or: http://www.broadstairs.org
>>>>
>>>>