Save multiple settings in GIMP TurboPrint plugin
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:10 am
One feature that is really lacking from the GIMP print plugin is the ability to save and recall multiple groups of settings. If you use different papers and/or sizes, it's very frustrating to have to manually change the settings every time you make a print (and risk forgetting an important setting).
I think this might be a limitation of the Gutenprint source code on which the TurboPrint plugin is based, but I haven't inspected the code to see if this is true.
My workaround for now is to enter a specific group of settings, save it, and then copy the file from the gpturboprintrc file, which on my Ubuntu 16.04 system is here: ~/.gimp-2.8
I was actually thinking of developing a very simple external 'settings manager' application that would allow selecting pre-configured settings files (the app would simply overwrite the gturboprintrc file the desired settings file).
Am I missing something? Is there some better way to manage these settings?
I think this might be a limitation of the Gutenprint source code on which the TurboPrint plugin is based, but I haven't inspected the code to see if this is true.
My workaround for now is to enter a specific group of settings, save it, and then copy the file from the gpturboprintrc file, which on my Ubuntu 16.04 system is here: ~/.gimp-2.8
I was actually thinking of developing a very simple external 'settings manager' application that would allow selecting pre-configured settings files (the app would simply overwrite the gturboprintrc file the desired settings file).
Am I missing something? Is there some better way to manage these settings?