Centered Printing

[TOMBUG]

How do I center the printing of a cropped image? Thanks.

[rich2005]

(05-25-2020, 01:51 PM)TOMBUG Wrote: How do I center the printing of a cropped image? Thanks.

Is this for printing at home - Inkjet printer ...or...some other ?
or
You want to set up an image for sending off to a printing company and make sure what is printed is the layout you intended.

[TOMBUG]

(05-25-2020, 05:41 PM)rich2005 Wrote:

(05-25-2020, 01:51 PM)TOMBUG Wrote: How do I center the printing of a cropped image? Thanks.

Is this for printing at home - Inkjet printer ...or...some other ?
or
You want to set up an image for sending off to a printing company and make sure what is printed is the layout you intended.

Printing at home.

[rich2005]

(05-25-2020, 05:49 PM)TOMBUG Wrote: Printing at home.

Starting at the beginning: screenshots https://i.imgur.com/LUCxzCa.jpg

Before the crop, have a look at the X / Y resolution and print size using Image -> Print size (1)
After the crop check again and set the resolutions to 300 ppi - the rule-of-thumb for quality printing (2) Now, does the size look reasonable for what you intend.

more screenshots: https://i.imgur.com/n9fxNF3.jpg

Go into the Gimp print dialogue. File -> Print If necessary increase the resolutions to give suitable margins. Tick 'Ignore Page Margins' and use Center 'Both' (3)
The bottom margin for an Inkjet printer will always be there, needed for paper feed ,usually about 10 - 12 mm ( 1/2 inch) If your image encroaches that margin it will be cropped.
Not able to see those settings ? You are using the horrible Gimp black theme, which still hides the bottom of the print dialogue.

Hit the print key and hope. It might work or it might print full sheet ignoring your settings. The gimp-print plugin has been broken for years.

My advise: Use something else. Export your image to png or jpeg format.
Try XNViewMP Download from here: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=40464

Printing a bit easier to set up: screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/88aYWMT.jpg

[TOMBUG]

(05-25-2020, 06:58 PM)rich2005 Wrote:

(05-25-2020, 05:49 PM)TOMBUG Wrote: Printing at home.

Starting at the beginning: screenshots https://i.imgur.com/LUCxzCa.jpg

Before the crop, have a look at the X / Y resolution and print size using Image -> Print size (1)
After the crop check again and set the resolutions to 300 ppi - the rule-of-thumb for quality printing (2) Now, does the size look reasonable for what you intend.

more screenshots: https://i.imgur.com/n9fxNF3.jpg

Go into the Gimp print dialogue. File -> Print If necessary increase the resolutions to give suitable margins. Tick 'Ignore Page Margins' and use Center 'Both'  (3)
The bottom margin for an Inkjet printer will always be there, needed for paper feed ,usually about 10 - 12 mm ( 1/2 inch) If your image encroaches that margin it will be cropped.
Not able to see those settings ? You are using the horrible Gimp black theme, which still hides the bottom of the print dialogue.

Hit the print key and hope. It might work or it might print full sheet ignoring your settings. The gimp-print plugin has been broken for years.

My advise: Use something else. Export your image to png or jpeg format.
Try XNViewMP Download from here: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=40464

Printing a bit easier to set up: screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/88aYWMT.jpg

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Thanks. Wow, that's a bit laborious. Photpshop (at least old CS versions) centered image on page automatically.

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(05-25-2020, 08:08 PM)TOMBUG Wrote:

(05-25-2020, 06:58 PM)rich2005 Wrote:

(05-25-2020, 05:49 PM)TOMBUG Wrote: Printing at home.

Starting at the beginning: screenshots https://i.imgur.com/LUCxzCa.jpg

Before the crop, have a look at the X / Y resolution and print size using Image -> Print size (1)
After the crop check again and set the resolutions to 300 ppi - the rule-of-thumb for quality printing (2) Now, does the size look reasonable for what you intend.

more screenshots: https://i.imgur.com/n9fxNF3.jpg

Go into the Gimp print dialogue. File -> Print If necessary increase the resolutions to give suitable margins. Tick 'Ignore Page Margins' and use Center 'Both'  (3)
The bottom margin for an Inkjet printer will always be there, needed for paper feed ,usually about 10 - 12 mm ( 1/2 inch) If your image encroaches that margin it will be cropped.
Not able to see those settings ? You are using the horrible Gimp black theme, which still hides the bottom of the print dialogue.

Hit the print key and hope. It might work or it might print full sheet ignoring your settings. The gimp-print plugin has been broken for years.

My advise: Use something else. Export your image to png or jpeg format.
Try XNViewMP Download from here: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=40464

Printing a bit easier to set up: screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/88aYWMT.jpg

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Thanks. Wow, that's a bit laborious. Photpshop (at least old CS versions) centered image on page automatically.

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By the way, doesn't work. Prints image in top left corner of page regardless of aIgnore Print Margins checked or unchecked, with Center Both specified.

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Further research revealed that the GIMP print facility for Windows systems is faulty (supposedly okay for Linux systems). This has been posted multiple times in multiple ways in the Bugs area, starting a fairly long time ago, but nothing hasp been done to correct the problem. Poor response.

[rich2005]

No good complaining here. No Gimp developers come to this forum.

I did warn you that the Windows gimp-print plugin is broken. Use some other application for printing. I suggested XNViewMP. Did you try that?