Printing pictures

[Ron Morse]

> I'M SO CONFUSED.....
> 
> From reading this thread, it APPEARS that some (or all) of
> you have been able to get 4x6 pictures to print in Linux,
> but I'm still not sure *HOW*. Given that things aren't  
> what they need to be, could one (all? I'm easy) of you let 
> me know a way to do it. Then I'll be glad to join
> in the technical discussion of what works and what
> doesn't. 

Here's what I do... 

import images from the camera or card reader into a DigiKam 
album and adjust, color balance, fix, resize, etc. Use the 
transform aspect ratio crop tool with the aspect ratio set 
to 2:3 and crop as desired. Save. 

When I'm ready to print:

select the image
click print
click on printer settings
set paper size (4 X 6 photo index or photo with tab)
set orientation
click on margins tab and adjust as necessary for printer
click OK
make sure "print preview" box is enabled
click print
verify that what you see is what you want
click print. 

If your printer driver doesn't have a predefined setting for 
4 X 6 paper or photo paper with tab you may be screwed. You 
have to manually define a new custom paper size and 
associated settings.  This isn't hard, but the last time I 
tried to do it I couldn't make the custom paper 
definition "stick" and redoing it for each session got old.