High definition photos printing from KDE

[Goffioul Michael]

> 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.