Re: printing image full page

[Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com>]

On 07/05/11 19:09, T o n g wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:10:56 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>
> > > I'm looking for a script-able way to print any arbitrary image onto a
> > > full printer page (letter, A4, etc). . .
> >
> > Mmmm, not sure if you are looking for something like "lp file.jpg -o
> > fitplot" :-?
>
> Can you do that? ... I can't wait to try it out ...
> OMG, OMG, exactly what I wanted!
> Thanks a billion, Camaleón!
I also tried it, with a few modifications.  I created the following one 
line script, named photoprint:

lp $1 -d photo -o scaling=$2


Now, the command:

	photoprint filename ##

where filename is the name of the file that I want to print, and ## is 
the percentage of the page to use.

This allows me to print fullpage with:

	photoprint filename 100

or any other percentage that I want.  According to the manpage, using 
'200' for the percentage will print across 4 pages (2 x 2).  The "-d 
photo" sends the output to the printer configured through CUPS to print 
at higher resolution and colordepth than I normally use so that I can 
get good image prints when I need them, but not waste time and ink for 
my normal printing.

I have not tried printing at more than 100%, but it works perfectly at 
50% and 25%.

Marc