Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 17:15:47 -0400 From: "Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com> To: "Greg Barniskis" <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> Cc: duncan.fbsd@gmail.com, bobo1009@mailtest2.eng.ufl.edu, freebsd@meijome.net, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to print photos Message-ID: <54db43990604031415p20102066ob514be31cd703b67@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4431863D.6020008@scls.lib.wi.us> References: <200603311221.26099.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <20060331.114603.116351942.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060401091713.5fa856c0@localhost> <20060403.132711.21331470.imp@bsdimp.com> <4431863D.6020008@scls.lib.wi.us>
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The HP 5850 is capable of borderless photo prints. - Bob On 4/3/06, Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> wrote: > 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.=09This filters .ps -> goo the printer groks > > (3) Install graphics/gimp.=09This 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. > [snip] > > Thanks very much for posting back a solution summary. I tried to > monitor this thread but it got to be more verbose than I could > digest. This is most helpful. > > > I'd love to know how to print borderless prints (right now I get 1/4" > > (8mm) boarder on the prints). > > Perhaps I'm not reading you right, but if you mean you want to print > your images all the way to the physical edge of the paper, I think > you are out of luck. > > As I understand it, most consumer model printers simply do not > (physically cannot) support that. In PDF terminology, you've got the > MediaBox (paper size) is one thing and the Bleedbox (printable area) > is another, smaller thing. Then there's the Trimbox, an even smaller > area where printing is thought to be reliably accurate. > > Of course, if you can print "borderless" on your particular printer > via Windows, then you should have a reasonable expectation of being > able to do that in FreeBSD as well. However, if you regressed your > setup I think you'd find that the hardware is the limiting factor. > > > -- > Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator > South Central Library System (SCLS) > Library Interchange Network (LINK) > <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348 > >
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