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This is Gimp-Print version 4.0.4, a stable release in the 4.0 line.
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Gimp-print is the print facility for the Gimp, and in addition a suite
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of drivers that may be used with common UNIX spooling systems using
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GhostScript or CUPS. These drivers provide printing quality for
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UNIX/Linux on a par with proprietary vendor-supplied drivers in many
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cases, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks.
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Please read the release notes (RELNOTES) carefully, as this release
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has many incompatibilities with 3.1 and 4.0 alpha releases, and minor
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incompatibilities with 4.0b1.
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BASIC INSTALLATION
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If you have downloaded a .tar.gz file (tarball), you should follow
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these directions.
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To build and install the Gimp Print plug-in:
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./configure
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make
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make install
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This installs two programs: the print plugin itself (named "print") in
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your system Gimp plugin directory, and a utility named "escputil" for
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performing head cleaning, nozzle alignment, and other tasks on Epson
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Stylus inkjet printers. Type "escputil" for a description of the
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options and functionality.
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Please check our web site at http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net for
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details about what is and is not supported.
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Please report any problems to gimp-print-devel@sourceforge.net.
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If you have installed the Gimp as a precompiled package (e. g. from an
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RPM), you will need to install the gimp-devel package as well as the
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gimp package. The gimp package as supplied in most distributions only
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contains what's needed to run the Gimp. The gimp-devel package
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contains additional files required to actually build new plugins.
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If you have installed the Gimp from source on Linux: after running
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make install, you must run ldconfig as root before attempting to build
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this plugin.
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GHOSTSCRIPT
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This package includes a Ghostscript driver that may be built, allowing
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use of this software for general printing purposes. Please read
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Ghost/README for more information, including how to build and install
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it.
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The Ghostscript driver also includes everything necessary to configure
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use with Grant Taylor's Foomatic printing package (see
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http://www.linuxprinting.org for a description of this package).
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CUPS
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This package includes a CUPS driver that may be built, allowing use of
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this software for general printing purposes. Please read cups/README
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for more information, including how to build and install it.
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If you prefer Cups-o-matic, instructions may be found in Ghost/README.
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RECOMMENDED SETTINGS
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We recommend starting with all default settings for the slider
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adjustments in the Color Adjustment window. The settings can be
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adjusted as necessary for particular combinations of ink, paper, and
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subject material.
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We recommend use of the Adaptive Hybrid dithering algorithm in most
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cases. Users of four color printers may find that the Ordered
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dithering algorithm is faster and produces nearly as good output. Use
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of this method is strongly discouraged on six color (photo) printers.
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On most inkjet printers, 720 dpi will produce very high quality;
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1440x720 dpi will produce extremely high quality.
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SUPPORT
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There are four principal ways of requesting support for this package:
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1) There are public forums on Sourceforge dedicated to this package.
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Please see http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=1537 for more
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information. The Help forum is a good source of information.
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2) If you have a technical support issue that does not appear to be a
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bug in the software, you can use the Tech Support Manager. Please
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see http://sourceforge.net/support/?group_id=1537.
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3) If you have found a clear bug in the package, you may file a bug
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report at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=1537.
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4) You may send mail to the gimp-print-devel@sourceforge.net mailing
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list. This is recommended as a last resort only.
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USE OF THE CVS REPOSITORY
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If you have a copy of the source from the CVS repository, then prior
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to running configure, you must
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aclocal;autoconf;automake
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If you do run aclocal, beware that versions of the Gimp from 1.1.17
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and earlier have a version of gimp.m4 that will create an incorrect
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configure script. The patch is as follows:
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diff -u /usr/local/share/aclocal/gimp.m4~ /usr/local/share/aclocal/gimp.m4
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--- /usr/local/share/aclocal/gimp.m4~ Tue Mar 30 13:49:58 1999
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+++ /usr/local/share/aclocal/gimp.m4 Fri Feb 11 22:34:47 2000
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@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@
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AC_TRY_LINK([
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <libgimp/gimp.h>
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+GPlugInInfo PLUG_IN_INFO = /* Plug-in information */
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+{
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+ NULL, /* init_proc */
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+ NULL, /* quit_proc */
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+ NULL, /* query_proc */
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+ NULL, /* run_proc */
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+};
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], [ return 0; ],
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[ echo "*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means"
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echo "*** that the run-time linker is not finding GIMP or finding the wrong"
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If you wish to build the Ghostscript driver, you must run 'make ghost'
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from top level.
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If you wish to build the CUPS driver, you must run 'make cups'
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from top level.
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If you are building this from a release, you should not have any
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trouble because the configure script will already exist.
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Enjoy!
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