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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 -- Speak to the Penguin, he is your friend. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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? *@@* -\* |
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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? *@@* -\* |
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