From kde-print Mon Oct 18 20:14:52 2004 From: Tulear Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:14:52 +0000 To: kde-print Subject: Re: RE: High definition photos printing from KDE Message-Id: <24122324.1098130492106.JavaMail.www () wwinf0101> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-print&m=109813053411520 > 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 _______________________________________________ kde-print mailing list kde-print@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-print