Re: [Gimp-user] Printing

[Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri gmail com>]

* Richard E Arns <rridgeback55 comcast net> [01-12-17 14:40]:
> Hello
> How do I get Gimp to print larger than postage stamp picts?
>
> I have tried to research on line and just keep going in circles. Give me the good old printed manual over 
> these on line things. Updates online are OK, but I am a book reader and due to injuries I cannot sit at the 
> CPU for long periods of time. Have to keep shifting and walking around often.
>
> Haven't used the program for long but I need a the very least 4x6" and larger when an image is worth 
> printing larger. Got about 3000 4x6" sheets! Use this size for general stuff. 
>
> Wanted to print larger today with Gimp, but after three postage stamps and no obvious instruction to print 
> larger, I quit. Grabbed my home  shop made 4x5" film view camera and set off to do some coastal scenes. 
> It's still more challenging and fun than digital! You really have to have a knowledge of light and other 
> conditions to shoot film.
>
> The late and great Ansel Adams saw this coming many years before it all took place...the digital age. But, 
> even he felt that there would always be a place for the film enthusiasts who preferred the challenge. If 
> memory serve me he constructed a huge view camera in his Carmel, CA home that used film sheets that were 
> either 11x14 inches or 16x20 inches in size!
>
> I, as I said, am a reader of books. The computer would not even be in my home if I hadn't needed it back in 
> the '80s when I was still teaching and it became an (expensive) necessity in my life. I am slowly drifting 
> away more and more from digital and back to my old faithful film darkroom. Got enough film, paper and 
> supplies for at least 30 years. And more companies are selling them again. Sorry, did not mean to sound 
> preachy!
>
> Can you tell I was a teacher? Just keep babbling on! Ha!

What operating system?
What version of gimp?
Where did you get gimp?

just for starters.

ps: your chosen mail client/editor fails to wrap lines.
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