Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Width and Height OK with stc740

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

   Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 09:51:33 -0500
   From: Karl Heinz Kremer <kh...@kh...>

   On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 09:17:53AM -0500, Robert L Krawitz wrote:
   > Does this happen in both 720 and 1440 dpi modes?  I have a suspicion
   > that it's specific to 720, and that 1440 will work correctly.

   720dpi softweave (variable dot size):
	   I'm printing a 1"x1" image at position 1"/1"
	   -> it prints in the correct size, but about 2 1/4 " down
	      and 2 1/8" from the left edge

   1440 dpi (variable dot size):
	   Same image, same position
	   -> it prints in the correct size, but about 2 1/4" down
	      and 1 1/8" from the left edge.

   So if I ignore the 1/8", the horizontal position of the 1440dpi image
   is correct.=20

One last thing -- could you try printing it at position 2"/2"?
Evidently my theory's correct about the horizontal position, but I'm
surprised the vertical position is off.  I want to make sure that it's
really off by a factor of 2 and there's not a 1" border somehow
getting in there.

   BTW: How's the scaling supposed to work? The PPI setting does work, but
   the % setting IMHO does not. If I specify 100%, I assume that the image
   is printed in the size I've specified in the Image Scale dialog. Is my
   assumption wrong?

Yup, but you're not alone here.  The scale factor is relative to the
page size, not the Image Scale.  Someone on the gimp-developer list
commented on the fact that we ignore the Image Scale size.  I think we
need a third sizing mode that scales relative to the image scale.

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