Re: [Gimp-print-devel] gimp and cups

[Robert L K. <rl...@al...>]

   From: Guido Socher <gu...@be...>
   Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 18:31:28 +0200

   I am running cups 1.1.6 and 1.1.8 on two computers and somehow the
   postscript generated by gimpprint is alway interpreted as ascii.
   That is, I do not get a color printout but postscript source code.

I take it you're using the Postscript output option from the GIMP
Print plugin?  Whatever's going on here, you'll get better results
using the appropriate driver for your printer.

   Is this a known problem (no, I don't use the -o raw option)?
   .... or shall I investigate what is going on?  I am a bit surprised
   by that as cups is mentioned as supported printing system on the
   gimp print pages.

There are two different meanings for "supported" here.  The GIMP Print
plugin should be able to print to any spooling system; in that sense,
it supports any spooler (lpd, CUPS, LPRng, etc.).  However, the same
code that makes up the plugin can also be used to drive printers from
within CUPS; that's what we mean by "supported" here.

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