High definition photos printing from KDE
Tulear
tulear999 at wanadoo.fr
Mon Oct 18 22:14:52 CEST 2004
> Objet : RE: High definition photos printing from KDE
>
> > I tried to print (canon i865 with turboprint drivers) digital photos
> > (1600*1200 pixels) from KDE applications - mandrake 10.1 -
> > (konqueror,
> > digkam, kuishow ...) but result is not so good even choosing the best
> > printer definition (4800 dpi) : colors are fine but I can see
> > pixels on
> > 4"x6" or A4.
> >
> > It's not a driver problem : printing from Gimp 2.0 (with same
> > driver) give me perfect
> > results, as good as from Windows. It looks like KDE
> > applications have reduced the image
> > resolution ? Any idea about this curious pb ?
>
> The problem is that the application you use to print the photo probably
> doesn't use high resolution to generate print data (this is for sure
> the case with konqueror that generates print data at 72dpi). Using high
> resolution in the driver then doesn't help because the print data uses
> low res. So you should use an image app that prints at high resolution,
> like Gimp does.
> Did you try with kword? AFAIK kword prints at 600dpi.
>
> Michael.
I understand but it's very curious for an application such as digkam to not enable the best
definition because it is a digital photo management software ... ? I'll try to report this
problem to digikam team
thanks
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