Bug#323172: gimp-print: missing documentation on new "Output" control tab for gimp printing
Package: gimp-print
Version: 4.3.99+cvs20050801-1
Severity: important
The new version of the Output tab for printing from gimp is *anything* but
self-explicative, and the documentation has not been upgraded yet. Other
than reading the source, how is one supposed to understand exactly what
"Image type" does (i.e. what are the presets?) and the Manual control mode
becomes trial and error without the documentation (especially for the Color
correction control).
Wrong settings on that dialog results in extremely poor printing (e.g. if
you send any sort of dirthered output to a HP high-quality 1200DPI inkjet
such as those supported by HPLIP/HPIJS, instead of the non-dirthered data,
the printout will be unusable, because the device will try to dirther the
already dirthered data). Thus, proper documentation for this stuff is very
important.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.4-debian0+atapassthru+bluesmoke+imq
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.ISO-8859-1, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.ISO-8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages gimp-print depends on:
ii gimp 2.2.8-8 The GNU Image Manipulation Program
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.1-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgimp2.0 2.2.8-8 Libraries necessary to Run the GIM
ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.6-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.9-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgutenprint2 4.3.99+cvs20050801-1 runtime for the Gutenprint printer
ii libgutenprintui2-1 4.3.99+cvs20050801-1 runtime for the Gutenprint printer
ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.2-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
gimp-print recommends no packages.
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