Digikam 5.7 and printing with Photoprint

Stuart T Rogers stuart at stella-maris.org.uk
Sun Sep 24 17:59:41 BST 2017 

That should have said A4 for paper size not A$! My bad....

Stuart

On 24/09/17 17:58, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
> 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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