Gutenprint
Gutenprint
- Subject: Gutenprint
- From: " Mark Rice" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 15:54:05 -0400
Hi Steve - this sounds intriguing, but is there a reason this is better than
the AdobePS print driver, or the PS downloader?
Message: 3
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 07:27:57 -0700
From: Steve Upton <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Gutenprint as poor man's RIP ?
To: "edmund ronald" <email@hidden>,
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At 12:25 PM +0200 6/6/06, edmund ronald wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>Hi -
>
>I'd like to use Gutenprint on my Mac (Tiger) as a poor man's RIP. How
>do I send CMYK files directly to print ? Is there a way to get at the
>various curves ? I'd be creating my own profiles of course -
unless you need Postscript you don't need Gutenprint.
Create a new printer using the GIMP-Print driver and then go into CUPS by
entering http://localhost:631 into Safari. Then check out all the options
and note that you can setup the printer for CMYK output.
Then print a test CMYK print from Photoshop with a K-only ramp and see if it
is clean. It's been a while since I did this so you might also so need to
create an additional printer that prints to the first printer's queue. If
you create it with the postscript driver then you can ensure you have CMYK
access to it.
Yes, this means you can print Postscript and CMYK to a desktop printer
without a RIP. We have one of these set up in our office and we print to it
across the network using postscript drivers (!) NO RIP. Tiger has a built-in
PS->PDF convertor that handles the conversion on the fly. It works quite
well for us...
Regards,
Steve
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