Unable to print correct paper size with Print Creator

[Stuart T Rogers]

Sorry that should have said "unable select anything other than STANDARD 
paper sizes"

Stuart

On 03/01/18 11:18, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
> The fix for this is available and does work but will take some time for 
> systems to get the QT release that contains it.
> 
> Please be aware that the fix is in QT and has nothing to do with 
> digikam. The issue which is fixed is that the Print Creator is unable to 
> select anything other than non-standard paper sizes, in my case I was 
> unable to select 5x7 borderless for my Canon iP7250 printer amongst 
> other non-standard sizes. This is because it calls QT to do this.This 
> bug affects any and all applications which use QT Printing Support.
> 
> The problem you have Melissa sounds to me like a problem in digikam and 
> this fix will do nothing for you. I suggest you start a new thread about 
> your issue and follow up through that.
> 
> Stuart
> 
> On 03/01/18 10:31, Simon Frei wrote:
>> Installing a new digikam version wont help you. As long as the issue in
>> QT I linked to before (https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-58733)
>> isn't resolved and released, it will persist. A solution is underway,
>> but it will still take a while for it to make it into a new QT release,
>> and then into the different distribution repos and/or our appimage. So
>> don't hold your breath on this...
>>
>> On 03/01/18 02:45, Melissa Mendelsohn wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have followed this thread and installed 5.8.0 but I still cannot 
>>> print anything but a thumbnail image.
>>> Is there anything you can suggest I do to change the size?
>>> I have tried resizing using GIMP to print as well to no avail
>>> Thanks in advance..
>>> Melissa
>>>
>>>> On Dec 28, 2017, at 5:47 AM, Simon Frei <freisim93 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This is still a problem with QT's print component:
>>>> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-58733
>>>> This hasn't seen any progress for a long time, but now there is a patch
>>>> in review, so hopefully we will see a fix released in the near future.
>>>>
>>>> On 28/12/17 11:40, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
>>>>> I decided to take a look at Print Creator using the latest 5.8
>>>>> appimage for 64 bit Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> Printing a single image via GIMP works fine as long as I use a
>>>>> standard paper size like A4 or Postcard. However when I want to print
>>>>> a non-standard paper size which my printer supports like 7x5 inches
>>>>> there is no option for that size and no custom paper size, at least
>>>>> I've not found a way to set a custom size.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is an issue for me and actually 7x5 photo paper is quite common
>>>>> especially for Canon printers (and maybe others as well). I know I can
>>>>> scale a photo in GIMP to be that size but by the time the photo
>>>>> reaches GIMP it is already scaled by Digikam so I'm not working with
>>>>> the original.
>>>>>
>>>>> The current implementation to print via GIMP is fine if using standard
>>>>> paper sizes but to print on non-standard paper it is still better to
>>>>> open the image in GIMP and scale and print from GIMP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stuart
>>
>>
> 

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