Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:34:48 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: duncan.fbsd@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to print photos Message-ID: <20060331.093448.54442455.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200603310711.17612.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> References: <20060330.230839.19965278.imp@bsdimp.com> <200603310711.17612.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com>
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In message: <200603310711.17612.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> writes: : On Friday 31 March 2006 00:08, M. Warner Losh wrote: : > Let us suppose that I have a HP DeskJet 5850 that I can talk to via : > CUPS. I can print test pages w/o any problem. : > : > What are my options to print photos and what kind of quality can I : > expect relative to Windows? : > : > Warner : > _______________________________________________ : : Hi Warner, Donnald, : The reviews of the 5850 say it prints pretty good pictures. So, the : printer is capable. The problem is the cups driver your using may not : be so capable, and you need to locate one that is capable of photo : quality printing. It prints absoultely fabulous picture, under windows. : A long (couple of years or so) I had an HP 2000c. The driver for windows : would print very good color pictures. Since this was a networked : printer and I had a FreeBSD computer connected to the LAN, I wanted to : be able to use it through FreeBSD. The cups driver did a very good job : with text and graphics that didn't need to be photo quality. On photos, : it just plain sucked. I think I was able to use the HP2000c PPD from : the Windows install - I can't say positively that's where I got it : from. I had to have the 2000c installed in cups twice, once as HP2000, : with the cups PPD; and once as PHOTO, with the photo capable PPD. You : don't want to use the photo PPD for plain text. With that setup it was : capable of print quality every bit as good as Windows. : : So, you should be able to print photos with the same quality as Windows, : if you locate a PPD that will do it. Let's assume for the moment that my PPD is good. I guess I'm looking for something more basic: how do I take the .jpg from my camera and get a photo on my printer. What's the conversion process? Warner
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