Re: [Gimp-user] The actual print size on paper is smaller

[Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net>]

On 05/21/2018 06:31 AM, alin33 wrote:
> I have an image inside of a4 document that should be printsd 2"x8" 300 dpi.
> The image is pasted to the a4 as a layer from another gimp document that was ser
> to "2X8". When I print the a4 document with the image embedded- the image is
> smaller then 2"x8" - I measured it with a ruler. Why is that and how I can fix
> it?

Although the GIMP can directly print images, getting accurate results in
placement/size on the page may require test runs, careful measurement, a
bit of math, rescaling, etc.  Importing PNG images made with the GIMP
into a desktop publishing application just works; set your page(s) up
exactly as you want them, including position and size of images.  Export
your page(s) as PDF and pretty much any printer will give you exactly
what you want.

I use Scribus, so far with uniformly good results.

Scribus is Free Software, see https://www.scribus.net/

Versions for more or less every recent operating system:
https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download

Windows users who want to avoid installing software from Sourceforge (a
good policy) can use this version from the PortableApps project:
https://portableapps.com/apps/office/scribus_portable

As usual with production software there is nothing "intuitive" about how
Scribus works, until a person gets used to it - then everything seems
intuitive.  Here's a good starting point for figuring Scribus out:

https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Get_Started_With_Scribus:4

:o)