Gutenprint and CUPS
Gutenprint and CUPS
- Subject: Gutenprint and CUPS
- From: J Richter <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 15:24:28 -0400
Subject: Re: Re. inkjets: An open letter... Gutenprint and CUPS
Robert Krawitz sends:
> I guess by "control slug" you mean "data sheet" or something like that.
Jim M replied...
snip... My reticence comes from the fact most people run sheetfed inkjets.
snip... Joe User runs 8-1/2 x 11, or maybe 11 x 17 if
he's feeling saucy today, and doesn't want to cut any of his print
off. He stands to gain the most from closed-loop CM, but he'll
never gain anything from it because he won't turn it on.
As an advanced Joe (Jurgen) user, I could see that as an option that could be selected. If you look at some of the Adobe print menus you have the option of printing crops and color bars, etc... and yes of course that requires a bigger sheet. I run up to A2 size. When I need that information the requisite paper would be used. When I have satisfactory results from the diagnostics/test print, I would choose to turn them off and print full sheet on the smaller paper as needed. Sure would be nice to have that option.
And going back to Adobe issues - why not have one consistent print menu between the Suite of applications? It could be as complex as the Acrobat one or simple as the Photoshop one. If it were consistent, Adobe Creative Suite users could in fact expect consistent results. Now I have to rasterize everthing in Photoshop to get consistent output between the applications. But then again, CUPS and Gutenprint does the same thing (rasterize) with a different engine. I wish the interface was simpler (as simple as the Photoshop print menu for example, with an "expert" button that gives you advanced options such as ink control, etc.), but I can see that with the myriad printer/paper combinations possible, that is not going to happen at the current "cost" of Gutenprint.
- Jurgen
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