I have been preparing prints by creating a TIFF from darktable, and then opening it in GIMP. I open the Set Image Print Resolution dialog and see what standard aspect ratio the image is closest to. I change the print size, maintaining that ratio, to what I desire. I then open Set Image Canvas Size and resize the canvas to the desired actual, standard print size, e.g., 8x10, 12x18, and so on. Centering the image in the canvas then creates a border. Once I create a new JPEG, I am ready to send it to the printer.
I donāt see a way to do this directly in darktable. If it can be done with framing, would someone describe how?
No curses at all, GNU/Linux is free and certainly a far better OS that Windows. So just migrate to GNU/Linux and youāll have access to the great Print module
I must be stupid. Using Linux and Darktable 3.1.0+2511[ā¦] and having Cups 2.2.7 installed (localhost:631 says that), thereās nowhere a print module to be found.
Today I recompiled DT but the process stopped, complaining among other things that cups was not installedā¦
What Linux distro are you using?
I am on Manjaro/Gnome (rolling, latest),
and I am using dt 3.3.0+1266
My Cups says 2.3.3. Your 2.2.7 is from March 2018ā¦
Brilliant (?) thought: have you added a printer to your Cups?
(Cups / Administration / Add Printer)
Next thought: from where do you get your darktable source?
As far as I remember, there are no special build instructions/flags regarding
the print module (more than a check whether Cups is installed; if not, no print module).
Today I recompiled DT but the process stopped, complaining among other things that cups was not installedā¦
Dump, please. It might help us to find the culprit.
By the way: in darkroom, top right, do you have the other tab? What does it contain?
ā a little later ā
Here is what my machine reports during compilation of dt:
ā Found Cups: /usr/lib/libcups.so (found version ā2.3.3ā)
ā Print mode: enabled
Iām on Xubuntu 18.04.5 LTS. My cups is system installed, so it came with Xubu 18.04, dating from 2018 as well. I use a LTS version (long term support) because I donāt want to rebuild my system every 6 or 12 months, at the possible cost of missing the latest and greatest software features (darktableās print module perhaps?).
I recompiled darktable from scratch this morning, using this command:
One of the messages during compilation was that I could not use the printing module, please install cups-dev. So I installed libcups2-dev. Parts of the ./build.sh output are:
-- The following OPTIONAL packages have been found: * Cups -- Print mode: enabled
I donāt see your - āFound CUPSā msg and I still donāt see a print module in DT.
paul@graveyron:~/darktable$ darktable --version
this is darktable 3.1.0+2511~g4226ac17c-dirty
copyright (c) 2009-2020 johannes hanika
darktable-dev@lists.darktable.org
compile options:
bit depth is 64 bit
normal build
SSE2 optimized codepath enabled
OpenMP support enabled
OpenCL support enabled
Lua support disabled
Colord support enabled
gPhoto2 support enabled
GraphicsMagick support disabled
ImageMagick support disabled
OpenEXR support enabled
The āOtherā tab says only Slideshow and Dithering, I remember having seen a Print option there before.
And yes, I have two printers registered in Cups, they just show up on localhost:631.
I guess Iām missing one of more libs, or my Xubuntu 18.04 is too āoldā voor DTās printing module. Printing from other Linux apps is no problem btw.
I started in the mid-80s with a variant of DOS computer. Then I moved to a Windows 3.11 PC. After that was Windows 95 and all the rest. Were I starting out now, Linux might very well be my choice. At this point, I am not keen on climbing that learning curve, not to mention all the software, free and otherwise, I have invested in. But thanks for the invitation.
Hello @Claes, today I started DT and guess what I saw? The printing module in the Other tab! I definitely did not overlook that yesterday, it was simply not there.
Now itās time to explore how well this module works. Thanks for your help anyway.
