Digikam 5.7 and printing with Photoprint

[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
>>>
>>>
>>
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