[scribus] Fwd: print driver

Gregory Pittman gpittman at iglou.com
Fri Oct 11 22:51:47 UTC 2013


On 10/11/2013 12:53 PM, ugajin at talktalk.net wrote:
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> From: ugajin at talktalk.net
> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
> Sent: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:35
> Subject: print driver
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> Hello
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> I have Scribus (1.4.1 and 1.4.3) installed from ready made pkg(s). Both run nicely on Mac OSX v10.6.8. 
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> I would like to be able to print direct from Scribus rather than export as PDF and to print via another application.
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> BUT, I do not understand the Printer Options as the parameter values are represented by numerical digits.
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> The Manual states: 
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> More Printing Features
> It’s probably safe to say that most of the features in the lower part of the Print Dialog are only important to professional users, which in turn means that the “average” user can ignore them. It also means that we don’t have to explain them in detail here, as they are (or at least should be) obvious to professional users. 
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> Hmmm!
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> I am using an Epson R1800 (at present). Attached is a screen grab (*removed as file was to big) showing the options. Many/most of the drop down options are quite meaningless, to me, but I need to be able to use them.
> Can someone point me in the right direction, please.

You're not giving us much information. Can you print at all?
What Printer Options are you trying to access in Scribus?

There aren't very many things to adjust in Scribus.

Greg



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