High definition photos printing from KDE

[Tulear]

> Objet : RE: High definition photos printing from KDE 
>  
> > 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. 
 
I understand but it's very curious for an application such as digkam to not enable the best 
definition because it is a digital photo management software ... ? I'll try to report this 
problem to digikam team 
 
thanks