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The User's Guide to the Gimp-Print Top Quality Printer Drivers

Andy Stewart

The Gimp-Print Top Quality Printer Drivers (hereafter called Gimp-Print) are a set of printer drivers written to take advantage of the full capabilities of a wide range of printers. These drivers should work on any POSIX compliant operating system (e.g. Linux, Solaris, IRIX, etc). This document will explain how to use the Gimp-Print software to achieve high quality printouts from the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) and CUPS (Common Unix Printing System).

Please note that in addition to using the Gimp-Print software as a print plugin for the GIMP, and as a set of printer drivers for CUPS, this software can also be compiled and used with the Ghostscript software and with the Foomatic software.

Regardless of whether the Gimp-Print software is used with the GIMP, CUPS, Ghostscript, or Foomatic, the print quality and printer settings remain the same. However, use of the Gimp-Print with Ghostscript and Foomatic is not covered in this document. These topics may be covered in a future revision of this document.

This document corresponds to version 4.2.0 and later of the Gimp-Print software. This document will serve as a guide to the user, and as such will not explain how to install Gimp-Print, CUPS, GIMP, Ghostscript, Foomatic, or any other related software.

Andy Stewart, the author, is the founder of the Worcester Linux Users' Group in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. The group was founded in July 1997 and has approximately 140 people on its mailing list. Monthly meetings are held and all are invited.

In terms of "code", this is the author's first contribution to the open source community, and definitely his first experience with DocBook. Constructive comments, praise, words of encouragement, and the like will be most appreciated if e-mailed to the author.


Table of Contents
1. Project History
2. GIMP and Gimp-Print
Running the GIMP
The Gimp-Print Graphical User Interface
Printer Settings
Preview
Position
Size
Image/Output Settings
Printing and Saving Settings
3. CUPS and Gimp-Print
Introduction
CUPS Printer Installation
Configuring your Printer in CUPS
Using CUPS from the Command Line
4. Gimp-Print Utilities
escputil
Determining Ink Level
Error During Ink Level Determination
Nozzle Check
Clean the Print Head
Align the Print Head
Printer Identification
More Information
A. GNU Free Documentation License
0. PREAMBLE
1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
2. VERBATIM COPYING
3. COPYING IN QUANTITY
4. MODIFICATIONS
5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
8. TRANSLATION
9. TERMINATION
10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
How to use this License for your documents
List of Figures
2-1. The Startup Window for The GIMP
2-2. A Sample Image Displayed by The GIMP
2-3. The Gimp-Print Graphical User Interface 1 (GUI)
2-4. The Gimp-Print Graphical User Interface 2 (GUI)
2-5. The Setup Printer Window
2-6. The New Printer Window
2-7. The Print Color Adjust Window
3-1. The CUPS Startup Window
3-2. The CUPS Printers Window
3-3. The CUPS Admin Window
3-4. The CUPS Admin Device Window
3-5. The CUPS Admin Model/Driver Window
3-6. The 2nd CUPS Admin Model/Driver Window
3-7. The CUPS Admin Success Window
3-8. The CUPS Window for Your Printer
3-9. The CUPS Printer Cofiguration Window