From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 3 21:15:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 226A216A42B for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 21:15:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8717143D49 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 21:15:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 36so1296980wra for ; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:15:48 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=X5IfRIcmEVj5dLmb3QcubWUGMKHl9OKmx2icNL4KJ6awOObJ53oN2j4ldY8jCZjYtmKcn77bRXhJLA7i3CcH8D3GwU3AJmQAQaA1CgxowhfyuMAvkXYm3szvmfV8dSVAlc9x7n2P7L5Q43tNDUiwzE+9ih7MSG4ewrvqlqf28P4= Received: by 10.65.186.9 with SMTP id n9mr885999qbp; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:15:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.206.4 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:15:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <54db43990604031415p20102066ob514be31cd703b67@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 17:15:47 -0400 From: "Bob Johnson" To: "Greg Barniskis" In-Reply-To: <4431863D.6020008@scls.lib.wi.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <200603311221.26099.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <20060331.114603.116351942.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060401091713.5fa856c0@localhost> <20060403.132711.21331470.imp@bsdimp.com> <4431863D.6020008@scls.lib.wi.us> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:54:29 +0000 Cc: duncan.fbsd@gmail.com, bobo1009@mailtest2.eng.ufl.edu, freebsd@meijome.net, "M. Warner Losh" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to print photos X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:15:49 -0000 The HP 5850 is capable of borderless photo prints. - Bob On 4/3/06, Greg Barniskis wrote: > M. Warner Losh wrote: > > OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten > > borderless printing working, alas. > > > > The key points I learned: > > > > (1) Install print/cups. > > (2) Install graphics/hpijs.=09This filters .ps -> goo the printer groks > > (3) Install graphics/gimp.=09This makes .ps files > > (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups. > > (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot > > (6) Remove lp* binaries > > (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with > > NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR > > (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface. > > (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing > > (9) Use firefox to generate test prints. > > (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command > > line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the > > raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups' > > postscript filter for the printer. > > (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup > > interface. > [snip] > > Thanks very much for posting back a solution summary. I tried to > monitor this thread but it got to be more verbose than I could > digest. This is most helpful. > > > I'd love to know how to print borderless prints (right now I get 1/4" > > (8mm) boarder on the prints). > > Perhaps I'm not reading you right, but if you mean you want to print > your images all the way to the physical edge of the paper, I think > you are out of luck. > > As I understand it, most consumer model printers simply do not > (physically cannot) support that. In PDF terminology, you've got the > MediaBox (paper size) is one thing and the Bleedbox (printable area) > is another, smaller thing. Then there's the Trimbox, an even smaller > area where printing is thought to be reliably accurate. > > Of course, if you can print "borderless" on your particular printer > via Windows, then you should have a reasonable expectation of being > able to do that in FreeBSD as well. However, if you regressed your > setup I think you'd find that the hardware is the limiting factor. > > > -- > Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator > South Central Library System (SCLS) > Library Interchange Network (LINK) > , (608) 266-6348 > >