Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:37:12 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: fbsdlists@gmail.com Cc: bobo1009@mailtest2.eng.ufl.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to print photos Message-ID: <20060331.093712.44146841.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <54db43990603310652q1e40c699kd4f48702f27f33ab@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060330.230839.19965278.imp@bsdimp.com> <54db43990603310652q1e40c699kd4f48702f27f33ab@mail.gmail.com>
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"Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com> writes:
: On 3/31/06, M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> 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?
: >
:
: According to http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_5850,
: HP's HPIJS driver gives "excellent" photo quality with HP printers.
: One reviewer says that the quality at high resolution isn't quite as
: good as Windows, but it isn't clear whether that means high-resolution
: "normal" mode, or photo mode, or both.
:
: ports/print/foomatic-db-hpijs and /ports/print/hpijs
Bob,
Thanks for the tips. I have these ports installed, but am tripping
over something stupidly basic: what converts the pict0001.jpg into
something that can be fed to the hpijs driver that will print?
Warner
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