Re: [Gimp-print-devel] [Fwd: Printing from GIMP]

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> This appeared on the comp.os.linux.setup newsgroup this evening.  I was
> gonna answer, but I don't really know the answer.  I'm guessing this is
> from the 2.? version that went with Gimp 1.0.4.  If anyone can provide
> info, I'll forward it on.
> 
> From: rra...@ao...llllllll (RRALICIA)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup
> Subject: Printing from GIMP
> Date: 08 Feb 2000 00:58:08 GMT
> 
> I'm having trouble printing from Gimp. I can print fine from other apps(Star
> Office, Corel WP8, etc) I can choose my printer (Epson Stylus Color 500) but
> when I try to print, all I get is pages and pages of gibberish
> Rob

<shrug> It could be any number of things.  This post is so vague it's
hard to tell.  For all I know, he could be generating an ESCP2 file and
running it through a postscript interpretter he's set up as a filter.
That can't be a good thing.  I don't know anything about SO or WP8, I rarely
use non-free software if I can avoid it, but somehow I doubt they are
generating raw printer data files the way the gimp does.

Eric