Best way to print photos
Vayu
vayu at sklinks.com
Tue Apr 4 04:59:34 UTC 2006
On Monday 03 April 2006 12:27, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten
> borderless printing working, alas.
>
> The key points I learned:
>
> (1) Install print/cups.
> (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps -> goo the printer groks
> (3) Install graphics/gimp. This makes .ps files
> (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups.
> (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot
> (6) Remove lp* binaries
> (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with
> NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR
> (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface.
> (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing
> (9) Use firefox to generate test prints.
> (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command
> line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the
> raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups'
> postscript filter for the printer.
> (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup
> interface.
>
For someone who has just been struggling with CUPS this is helpful.
Would you mind elaborating the steps on how to accomplish 5, 6 and 7 above?
I've got most everything working, now I'd like to switch to the CUPs lp
commands.
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