gimp plugin, minor bugs
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:41 pm
firstly thanks for the gimp plugin. gutenprint is a well-designed interface but does not support my printer. I am very pleased to have the same interface in TP.
However, a couple of minor bugs to report.
1/ There seems to be an inconsistency between what the tp-monitor and the plug-in display for resolution. eg 1200-fine vs. 2400 tpi. Which is correct? Any reason that they don't show the same text?
2/ The plug-in seems incapable of reading paper type set up in monitor. I am aware that plugin keeps it's own record for each printer but if I load printer defaults I always get plain paper even though monitor sets up glossy.
This is minor but annoying since I have to reset paper avery time I do a print.
3/ If I switch printers it always jumps to 100% size. This seems independent of the resolution of each printer or any other details.
This is a problem since if one sets the print size then selects the destination printer without noticing it has altered the size settings, it causes a full A4 printout even if a small image size was selected. HUGE waste of ink and papaer results on photos.
In a system that has more than one printer (or two configurations for one physical printer) this is annoying having to redo the setting the image size.
Otherwise it works brilliantly and is a great addition to TP.
thanks.
PS I've just noticed that if I run tp monitor from the gimp plugin it shows the profile with (incorrect) plain paper and perception (instead of perception photo) . If I cancel out and run monitor from console I still have the correct settings.
There are some bugs in how plugin is handling these options.
Final note: turboprint-monitor command is not exiting clearly to prompt. I need to cntl-c to terminate it.
HTH
However, a couple of minor bugs to report.
1/ There seems to be an inconsistency between what the tp-monitor and the plug-in display for resolution. eg 1200-fine vs. 2400 tpi. Which is correct? Any reason that they don't show the same text?
2/ The plug-in seems incapable of reading paper type set up in monitor. I am aware that plugin keeps it's own record for each printer but if I load printer defaults I always get plain paper even though monitor sets up glossy.
This is minor but annoying since I have to reset paper avery time I do a print.
3/ If I switch printers it always jumps to 100% size. This seems independent of the resolution of each printer or any other details.
This is a problem since if one sets the print size then selects the destination printer without noticing it has altered the size settings, it causes a full A4 printout even if a small image size was selected. HUGE waste of ink and papaer results on photos.
In a system that has more than one printer (or two configurations for one physical printer) this is annoying having to redo the setting the image size.
Otherwise it works brilliantly and is a great addition to TP.
thanks.
PS I've just noticed that if I run tp monitor from the gimp plugin it shows the profile with (incorrect) plain paper and perception (instead of perception photo) . If I cancel out and run monitor from console I still have the correct settings.
There are some bugs in how plugin is handling these options.
Final note: turboprint-monitor command is not exiting clearly to prompt. I need to cntl-c to terminate it.
HTH