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Re: Gimp-Print + Linux = B&W Heaven?

2003-02-04 by Steven Karafyllakis <stevek@evcom.net>

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington 
<roy@h...>" <roy@h...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven 
> Karafyllakis <stevek@e...>" <stevek@e...> wrote:
> > Hi all;
> > 
> > Do any of the folks using Gimp-print have any news? Is it soup 
> yet? 
> > I'm looking for a B&W rip I can afford, and I'm seriously 
> > considering installing Linux in a Windows environment so I 
> can try 
> > Gimp-print, does anyone have any idea if this will work? 
> 
> Hi Steve and anyone else interested in gimp-print,
> 
> This isn't Linux but it ought to work on any system using
> cups and gimp-print.  It requires at least a little knowledge
> of using a Unix shell to set it up otherwise its quite simple.
> 
> -----------------------------
> 
> I finally got around to investigating some of my ideas about 
> quadtone 
> printing with gimp-print OS X.  I think I come up with just about 
> the 
> easiest solution that works with very little effort.  You get 
> complete 
> control of the four CMYK inks and have no extra workflow.
> 
> I've packaged it all up with a ReadMe that explains the details.
> 
> Download:
> http://www.harrington.com/QuadGimp.tar.gz
> 
> Hope I've explained in well enough.  The Curves need work but I 
> figured
> most people would have different printers and different inks.
> 
> Roy Harrington
> www.harrington.com

Thanks Roy I'll download it and check it out. I guess I'm assuming 
that Gimp-print will work on any Unix-based platform, I hope that's 
true.

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