Printing multiple pics in Linux

Hi all,
Under Windows I used to use HP Photo Printing software (not sure of the
exact name but it was a freebie with the Photosmart printer). This SW
allowed me to choose a paper size, then choose a print template that
would fit the paper (e.g. one 8x10 or three 5x7 or 12 passport etc....)
I could then drag and drop pictures into the templates and quickly print
several images per page.

I'm looking for somthing similar under Linux, I'm guessing there might
be something attached to one of the picture library packages but can't
find out for sure.

Does anyone know of anything available?

Note I'm not looking for Drivers, I can print single images, and if I
really wanted I could use GIMP to compose a single image from multiple
selections but I want something thats quick to use.

TIA for any advice

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Martyn wrote:
Hi all,
Under Windows I used to use HP Photo Printing software (not sure of
the exact name but it was a freebie with the Photosmart printer). This
SW allowed me to choose a paper size, then choose a print template that
would fit the paper (e.g. one 8x10 or three 5x7 or 12 passport etc....)
I could then drag and drop pictures into the templates and quickly print
several images per page.

I'm looking for somthing similar under Linux, I'm guessing there
might be something attached to one of the picture library packages but
can't find out for sure.

Does anyone know of anything available?

Note I'm not looking for Drivers, I can print single images, and if I
really wanted I could use GIMP to compose a single image from multiple
selections but I want something thats quick to use.

TIA for any advice


Well,
To answer my own query (in case anyone else is looking in future)
gnome-photo-printer (gpp) does what I'm looking for, it doesn't have
some of the more complex features of the HP software on Windows but it
does allow drag & drop of images and printing them a various common
sizes of print on various common paper sizes.

I'd still be gratefull for any other SW if anyone knows of any.

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Martyn wrote:
Hi all,
Under Windows I used to use HP Photo Printing software (not sure of
the exact name but it was a freebie with the Photosmart printer). This
SW allowed me to choose a paper size, then choose a print template that
would fit the paper (e.g. one 8x10 or three 5x7 or 12 passport etc....)
I could then drag and drop pictures into the templates and quickly print
several images per page.

I'm looking for somthing similar under Linux, I'm guessing there
might be something attached to one of the picture library packages but
can't find out for sure.

Does anyone know of anything available?

Note I'm not looking for Drivers, I can print single images, and if I
really wanted I could use GIMP to compose a single image from multiple
selections but I want something thats quick to use.

TIA for any advice


Well,
To answer my own query (in case anyone else is looking in future)
gnome-photo-printer (gpp) does what I'm looking for, it doesn't have
some of the more complex features of the HP software on Windows but it
does allow drag & drop of images and printing them a various common
sizes of print on various common paper sizes.

I'd still be gratefull for any other SW if anyone knows of any.

--
Speak to the Penguin, he is your friend.

Remove WINDOZE before replying by Email

Martyn writes:

Martyn wrote:
Hi all,
Under Windows I used to use HP Photo Printing software (not sure of the
exact name but it was a freebie with the Photosmart printer). This SW allowed
me to choose a paper size, then choose a print template that would fit the
paper (e.g. one 8x10 or three 5x7 or 12 passport etc....) I could then drag
and drop pictures into the templates and quickly print several images per
page.
I'm looking for somthing similar under Linux, I'm guessing there might be
something attached to one of the picture library packages but can't find out
for sure.
Does anyone know of anything available?
Note I'm not looking for Drivers, I can print single images, and if I
really wanted I could use GIMP to compose a single image from multiple
selections but I want something thats quick to use.
TIA for any advice


Well,
To answer my own query (in case anyone else is looking in future)
gnome-photo-printer (gpp) does what I'm looking for, it doesn't have some of
the more complex features of the HP software on Windows but it does allow drag
& drop of images and printing them a various common sizes of print on various
common paper sizes.

I'd still be gratefull for any other SW if anyone knows of any.

I tend to use montage from ImageMagick to do tiled views. The one catch is you
have to specify a -geometry option for the tile otherwise the defaults are real
low, but usually if you are dealing with uncropped files, you know the image
size of your camera. Here is a simple line:

$ montage -tile 2x2 -geometry 1600x1200 -bordercolor black \
-borderwidth 10 a.jpg b.jpg c.jpg d.jpg output.jpg
$ lpr output.jpg

Here is a slighty more complex line:

$ montage -tile 2x2 -geometry 1600x1200 -pointsize 20 -font gothic \
-bordercolor black -borderwidth 10 \
-label "This is A's picture" a.jpg \
-label "This is B rotated 90 degrees" -rotate 90 b.jpg \
c.jpg \
d.jpg \
output.jpg

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Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

Martyn writes:

Martyn wrote:
Hi all,
Under Windows I used to use HP Photo Printing software (not sure of the
exact name but it was a freebie with the Photosmart printer). This SW allowed
me to choose a paper size, then choose a print template that would fit the
paper (e.g. one 8x10 or three 5x7 or 12 passport etc....) I could then drag
and drop pictures into the templates and quickly print several images per
page.
I'm looking for somthing similar under Linux, I'm guessing there might be
something attached to one of the picture library packages but can't find out
for sure.
Does anyone know of anything available?
Note I'm not looking for Drivers, I can print single images, and if I
really wanted I could use GIMP to compose a single image from multiple
selections but I want something thats quick to use.
TIA for any advice


Well,
To answer my own query (in case anyone else is looking in future)
gnome-photo-printer (gpp) does what I'm looking for, it doesn't have some of
the more complex features of the HP software on Windows but it does allow drag
& drop of images and printing them a various common sizes of print on various
common paper sizes.

I'd still be gratefull for any other SW if anyone knows of any.

I tend to use montage from ImageMagick to do tiled views. The one catch is you
have to specify a -geometry option for the tile otherwise the defaults are real
low, but usually if you are dealing with uncropped files, you know the image
size of your camera. Here is a simple line:

$ montage -tile 2x2 -geometry 1600x1200 -bordercolor black \
-borderwidth 10 a.jpg b.jpg c.jpg d.jpg output.jpg
$ lpr output.jpg

Here is a slighty more complex line:

$ montage -tile 2x2 -geometry 1600x1200 -pointsize 20 -font gothic \
-bordercolor black -borderwidth 10 \
-label "This is A's picture" a.jpg \
-label "This is B rotated 90 degrees" -rotate 90 b.jpg \
c.jpg \
d.jpg \
output.jpg

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

Martyn writes:

Martyn wrote:
Hi all,
Under Windows I used to use HP Photo Printing software (not sure of the
exact name but it was a freebie with the Photosmart printer). This SW allowed
me to choose a paper size, then choose a print template that would fit the
paper (e.g. one 8x10 or three 5x7 or 12 passport etc....) I could then drag
and drop pictures into the templates and quickly print several images per
page.
I'm looking for somthing similar under Linux, I'm guessing there might be
something attached to one of the picture library packages but can't find out
for sure.
Does anyone know of anything available?
Note I'm not looking for Drivers, I can print single images, and if I
really wanted I could use GIMP to compose a single image from multiple
selections but I want something thats quick to use.
TIA for any advice


Well,
To answer my own query (in case anyone else is looking in future)
gnome-photo-printer (gpp) does what I'm looking for, it doesn't have some of
the more complex features of the HP software on Windows but it does allow drag
& drop of images and printing them a various common sizes of print on various
common paper sizes.

I'd still be gratefull for any other SW if anyone knows of any.

I tend to use montage from ImageMagick to do tiled views. The one catch is you
have to specify a -geometry option for the tile otherwise the defaults are real
low, but usually if you are dealing with uncropped files, you know the image
size of your camera. Here is a simple line:

$ montage -tile 2x2 -geometry 1600x1200 -bordercolor black \
-borderwidth 10 a.jpg b.jpg c.jpg d.jpg output.jpg
$ lpr output.jpg

Here is a slighty more complex line:

$ montage -tile 2x2 -geometry 1600x1200 -pointsize 20 -font gothic \
-bordercolor black -borderwidth 10 \
-label "This is A's picture" a.jpg \
-label "This is B rotated 90 degrees" -rotate 90 b.jpg \
c.jpg \
d.jpg \
output.jpg

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

Martyn writes:

Under Windows I used to use HP Photo Printing software (not sure of
the exact name but it was a freebie with the Photosmart printer). This
SW allowed me to choose a paper size, then choose a print template that
would fit the paper (e.g. one 8x10 or three 5x7 or 12 passport etc....)
I could then drag and drop pictures into the templates and quickly print
several images per page.

I'm looking for somthing similar under Linux

To answer my own query (in case anyone else is looking in future)
gnome-photo-printer (gpp) does what I'm looking for, it doesn't have
some of the more complex features of the HP software on Windows but it
does allow drag & drop of images and printing them a various common
sizes of print on various common paper sizes.

I'd still be gratefull for any other SW if anyone knows of any.

Digikam (http://digikam.sourceforge.net) has a print wizard which will do what
you're looking for (including outputting it to Gimp rather than to a printer),
plus lots of other nice features for photo cataloging and basic batch and
editing options.

Bill
--
@@@@@@@ If my laptop battery is almost empty,
* @@@ * shouldn't my laptop be lighter?
*@@*
-\*

Martyn writes:

Under Windows I used to use HP Photo Printing software (not sure of
the exact name but it was a freebie with the Photosmart printer). This
SW allowed me to choose a paper size, then choose a print template that
would fit the paper (e.g. one 8x10 or three 5x7 or 12 passport etc....)
I could then drag and drop pictures into the templates and quickly print
several images per page.

I'm looking for somthing similar under Linux

To answer my own query (in case anyone else is looking in future)
gnome-photo-printer (gpp) does what I'm looking for, it doesn't have
some of the more complex features of the HP software on Windows but it
does allow drag & drop of images and printing them a various common
sizes of print on various common paper sizes.

I'd still be gratefull for any other SW if anyone knows of any.

Digikam (http://digikam.sourceforge.net) has a print wizard which will do what
you're looking for (including outputting it to Gimp rather than to a printer),
plus lots of other nice features for photo cataloging and basic batch and
editing options.

Bill
--
@@@@@@@ If my laptop battery is almost empty,
* @@@ * shouldn't my laptop be lighter?
*@@*
-\*