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[ale] printing
- Subject: [ale] printing
- From: jim.kinney at gmail.com (Jim Kinney)
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:20:56 -0400
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Foomatic! That's the extra printers package I was trying to remember. Not
gutenprint. foomatic is a giant collection of printers and specs for cups.
On Sep 10, 2016 5:13 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> You are quite correct! I now recall only installing it for use with gimp
> work in the past.
>
> On Sep 10, 2016 3:59 PM, "Solomon Peachy" <pizza at shaftnet.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 02:55:56PM -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> > Some benefit from the gutenprint tool to get max resolutions and paper
>> use.
>>
>> That's not quite right -- Gutenprint is all about high quality image
>> printing, and only supports B&W on PCL-enabled printers.
>>
>> Alas, the PCL code hasn't seen any love in quite some time now.
>>
>> (And now, back to my quiet afternoon attempting to reverse-engineer
>> a high-end Mitsubishi dyesub photo printer...)
>>
>> - Solomon
>> --
>> Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org
>> Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^
>> Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
>>
>
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