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Bug 311338 - GThumb, what am I printing here ?
GThumb, what am I printing here ?
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gthumb
Classification: Other
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Paolo Bacchilega
Paolo Bacchilega
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-07-23 16:04 UTC by Ali Akcaagac
Modified: 2005-12-25 11:24 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Illustration #1 (401.29 KB, image/png)
2005-07-23 16:06 UTC, Ali Akcaagac
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Illustration #2 (563.62 KB, image/png)
2005-07-23 16:11 UTC, Ali Akcaagac
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Illustration #3 (293.93 KB, image/png)
2005-07-23 16:13 UTC, Ali Akcaagac
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Illustration #4 (573.88 KB, image/png)
2005-07-23 16:17 UTC, Ali Akcaagac
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Description Ali Akcaagac 2005-07-23 16:04:09 UTC
I have some printing usability issues with GThumb that I like to explain.
Comment 1 Ali Akcaagac 2005-07-23 16:06:48 UTC
Created attachment 49620 [details]
Illustration #1

As you can see on this image, I've been trying to print a picture on a
100x150mm card (the cards you can buy in big chunks to print pictures suitable
for putting in picture frames. You can see that I made a CUSTOM papersize with
the values 100x150mm which is one of a couple of standard sizes existing.
Comment 2 Ali Akcaagac 2005-07-23 16:11:57 UTC
Created attachment 49621 [details]
Illustration #2

After pressing 'printing' I am prompted with the GNOME printerUI and I felt
quite irritated once I get DIN A4 shown. I thought I made some customized paper
format within GThumb. Now what's going on ? Am I printing on a A4 paper or on a
100x150mm customized card format paper ready made for my picture frame ? And
where is the origin of that paper ? Bottom Left ? Top Right ? How do I put it
in my printer so it get's printed correctly ? From that image and from the
slots of my printer I must put the paper TOP RIGHT in the printer (there is
even an extra adaptor that takes such papers) but from your preview (because of
DIN A4) I must put it BOTTOM LEFT ? I am confused.
Comment 3 Ali Akcaagac 2005-07-23 16:13:15 UTC
Created attachment 49622 [details]
Illustration #3

Print preview once shown doing the steps 1 & 2 (Illustration 1 & 2)
Comment 4 Ali Akcaagac 2005-07-23 16:17:07 UTC
Created attachment 49623 [details]
Illustration #4

Strange thing is after I am redoing steps 1 & 2 again with the same instance of
GThumb and the same shown A4 paper in the GNOME printerUI dialog I will get a
small print preview image. But still I am not sure how to put the paper in the
printer to print this image correctly ?

I am also a bit irritated what scale 100% means 100% of what ? How figure I out
if I want 80x120mm instead of 100x150mm picture printed ? Why can't I rotate
the image on the paper so it comes out the way I want. There is a landscape and
portreit mode but this is not really giving the hit.
Comment 5 Ali Akcaagac 2005-09-11 18:06:58 UTC
Paolo, are you actually reading bugreports for GThumb or giving at least some
feedback so we know that we didn't waste our time in filing stuff ?
Comment 6 Paolo Bacchilega 2005-09-11 20:10:26 UTC
>But still I am not sure how to put the paper in the printer to print this image
correctly ?

I guess a simple arrow as in the gimp print dialog can fix this.

>I am also a bit irritated what scale 100% means 100% of what ?

100% of the available space.

>How figure I out if I want 80x120mm instead of 100x150mm picture printed ?

you can change the paper size to 80x120

>Why can't I rotate the image on the paper so it comes out the way I want.

you can click on the image to rotate it
Comment 7 Kjartan Maraas 2005-12-02 14:20:53 UTC
Maybe adding a tooltips that lets the user know that it's possible to rotate
would be a nice addition.
Comment 8 Paolo Bacchilega 2005-12-25 11:24:53 UTC
there is already a note in the dialog, no need for a tooltip.