Version: 0.3.0 (using KDE KDE 3.5.0) Installed from: Gentoo Packages OS: Linux When I open a 2 Megapixel photograph in showFoto and create a print preview, Showfoto generates 54 MB of postscript data, which takes 15 minutes to display on the screen. Not exactly practical. When I print the same image to a Postscript file from the print dialog, showFoto generates 2 MB of postscript data which takes 30 seconds to display on the screen. This 2 MB postscript file is 30% *smaller* than the original PNG image, and has lost a lot of details. What is going on here?
I would like to add that DigiKam (0.8.0-beta2) has the same problem.
On Sunday 29 January 2006 19:25, Dik Takken wrote: > This 2 MB postscript file is 30% *smaller* than the original PNG image, and > has lost a lot of details. Maybe it uses screen resolution, which is usually < 100 dpi.
Yes maybe, but why? I expect to get exactly the same result when printing to a printer or to a file. I tried other applications, and all of them generate similar postscript files, both when sending it to the printer and when writing it to a file. One weird thing is that the applications I tried generated a wide variety of postscript file sizes. It seems that printing an image to a postscript file involves more than simply wrapping the original bitmap into a postscript file...
Disk, are you tried another KDE applications ? The print interface under showfoto use KDE API directly. So, the same behaviours must be appear with konqueror or gwenview for ex. In fact, I think this problem is releavant of KDE print interface, not showfoto directly. Gilles Caulier
Dik, With KDE4, Qt4 printing interface is used everywhere. Please take a look if problem still exist. Thanks in advance Gilles Caulier
Gilles, I think we should close this one. We haven't actually received an answer in 3 1/2 years. Andi
fine for me... Gilles Caulier