Digikam 5.7 and printing with Photoprint
Stuart T Rogers
stuart at stella-maris.org.uk
Sun Sep 24 17:58:14 BST 2017
Gilles
Firstly let me apologise for the printphoto thing again.
I have removed the directory as describe and yes I can now find the
Print Creator.
Unless I am doing something wrong it does not work correctly for
selecting the paper sizes exactly as before. I can it comes up with A$
which is the default but I am unable to change the value to 5x7 or many
others as well. This is exactly the issue with QT. I do have gimp
installed by the way.
Stuart
On 24/09/17 14:44, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> It's a hidden bug. Thanks Maik to discover the origin of the problem.
>
> Let's me few days to update the 5.8.0 pre release bundle. I will upload
> files when it's will be ready.
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2017-09-24 12:58 GMT+02:00 Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com
> <mailto:metzpinguin at gmail.com>>:
>
> Stuart,
>
> rename/remove $HOME/.local/share/kxmlgui5/digikam to get all new
> menu entries
> This bug is now fixed in digikam-5.8.0 (today).
>
> Maik
>
> Am Sonntag, 24. September 2017, 12:29:25 CEST schrieb 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>
> <mailto: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>>
> > >>>> <mailto: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
>
>
> --
> Gruß Maik
>
>
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