I'm running FC3 and Gimp 2.2.4 and can not print from Gimp, instead of the expected image I get what looks like a set of text instructions to the printer?
Beginning with: %!PS-Adobe-3.0
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:56:01AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I'm running FC3 and Gimp 2.2.4 and can not print from Gimp, instead of the expected image I get what looks like a set of text instructions to the printer?
Beginning with: %!PS-Adobe-3.0
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia
Can you print other postscript documents? Has your printer been configured to deal with postscript documents?
akonstam@trinity.edu wrote:
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:56:01AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I'm running FC3 and Gimp 2.2.4 and can not print from Gimp, instead of the expected image I get what looks like a set of text instructions to the printer?
Beginning with: %!PS-Adobe-3.0
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia
Can you print other postscript documents? Has your printer been configured to deal with postscript documents?
I'm not sure, how can I tell? As far as I know other applications print as expected. System-config-printer yields a reasonable looking jpeg test page ...
But I don't see anything configuring postscript. I've gone through the CUPS manual but may have missed something with my deteriorating eyesight!
Bob
akonstam@trinity.edu írta:
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:56:01AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I'm running FC3 and Gimp 2.2.4 and can not print from Gimp, instead of the expected image I get what looks like a set of text instructions to the printer?
Beginning with: %!PS-Adobe-3.0
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia
Can you print other postscript documents? Has your printer been configured to deal with postscript documents?
I always had the same problem, both with older GIMP 1.x and LPD and/or CUPS, and newer GIMP 2.x, I tried it on RedHat 7.3, 8.0, 9, FC1, FC2 and FC3.
The only solution I found is to print to .ps file first, view it in GV and print from there. GIMP produces v3.0 Postscript files, GV converted it to a more printer- (or printfilter?) friendly v2.0 Postscript file...
The printer(s) I tried were not PS capable (I tried HP Laserjets and compatibles, DeskJets, a Canon BJC-250, etc), so a printer driver always processed the file first. Same error: direct printing from GIMP was not successful.
Best regards, Zoltán Böszörményi
Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
akonstam@trinity.edu írta:
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:56:01AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I'm running FC3 and Gimp 2.2.4 and can not print from Gimp, instead of the expected image I get what looks like a set of text instructions to the printer?
Beginning with: %!PS-Adobe-3.0
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia
Can you print other postscript documents? Has your printer been configured to deal with postscript documents?
I always had the same problem, both with older GIMP 1.x and LPD and/or CUPS, and newer GIMP 2.x, I tried it on RedHat 7.3, 8.0, 9, FC1, FC2 and FC3.
The only solution I found is to print to .ps file first, view it in GV and print from there. GIMP produces v3.0 Postscript files, GV converted it to a more printer- (or printfilter?) friendly v2.0 Postscript file...
The printer(s) I tried were not PS capable (I tried HP Laserjets and compatibles, DeskJets, a Canon BJC-250, etc), so a printer driver always processed the file first. Same error: direct printing from GIMP was not successful.
Best regards, Zoltán Böszörményi
Yes Zoltán, that works. Not exactly what we want but at least I can print what I've done in gimp!
Thanks for the help.
BobG
On Sunday 01 May 2005 11:56, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I'm running FC3 and Gimp 2.2.4 and can not print from Gimp, instead of the expected image I get what looks like a set of text instructions to the printer?
Beginning with: %!PS-Adobe-3.0
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia
%!PS indicates that it is a postscript file. Is your printer a PS printer?
Don
Bob Goodwin wrote:
I'm running FC3 and Gimp 2.2.4 and can not print from Gimp, instead of the expected image I get what looks like a set of text instructions to the printer?
Beginning with: %!PS-Adobe-3.0
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia
I am no gimp expert but I have gotten all my printers to print from gimp.
It may require changing the printer settings in the gimp printer setup. In some cases you have to remove some of the control codes or add codes to get it to work with you printer.
Gimp has it's own settings.
Check linuxprinting.org
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:56:01AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I'm running FC3 and Gimp 2.2.4 and can not print from Gimp, instead of the expected image I get what looks like a set of text instructions to the printer?
Beginning with: %!PS-Adobe-3.0
What am I doing wrong?
Nothing, but you'll need to take '-oraw' out from the command line GIMP uses for printing (it's in the print dialog).
Tim. */
Tim Waugh wrote:
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:56:01AM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I'm running FC3 and Gimp 2.2.4 and can not print from Gimp, instead of the expected image I get what looks like a set of text instructions to the printer?
Beginning with: %!PS-Adobe-3.0
What am I doing wrong?
Nothing, but you'll need to take '-oraw' out from the command line GIMP uses for printing (it's in the print dialog).
Tim. */
Very Good!
Thank you, that solves the printing problem.
I can print to my Epson C-62 without any "work arounds."
Again thanks.
BobG