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I do not know 'papercut' except what I just looked up - printer management & tracking to discourage you printing off 1000's of your own posters
You are using OSX. Are you trying to print directly from Gimp ie. File -> Print or is some sort of drag-n-wish, a file into some sort of icon to sent to the printer.
I think you have that spot on. Gimps own .xcf format is very much a 'your-work-in-progress' format aimed at preventing loss of work. All layers are saved as well as masks, paths, guides etc. Very few applications will even view a .xcf file.
There is no advantage either way except convenience. In linux I print straight from Gimp using the gutenprint plugin. The printer is set up as a postscript device. So it is not .xcf, png or tiff being sent.
I could export to a png, jpg or tiff. Then use some other application (PaperCut?) to print.
Which format to use. a png file is lossless, it is one layer, the same as a flattened .xcf file.
I do not know 'papercut' except what I just looked up - printer management & tracking to discourage you printing off 1000's of your own posters
You are using OSX. Are you trying to print directly from Gimp ie. File -> Print or is some sort of drag-n-wish, a file into some sort of icon to sent to the printer.
Quote:Q1. Is it the file type and Paper Cut doesn't know what to do with it?
I think you have that spot on. Gimps own .xcf format is very much a 'your-work-in-progress' format aimed at preventing loss of work. All layers are saved as well as masks, paths, guides etc. Very few applications will even view a .xcf file.
Quote:Q2. Is there any print resolution advantage in printing directly from Gimp instead of .png?
There is no advantage either way except convenience. In linux I print straight from Gimp using the gutenprint plugin. The printer is set up as a postscript device. So it is not .xcf, png or tiff being sent.
I could export to a png, jpg or tiff. Then use some other application (PaperCut?) to print.
Which format to use. a png file is lossless, it is one layer, the same as a flattened .xcf file.