Digital BW, The Print

Gimp has a number of short comings but is generally a usable photo editor.
The problem has been that one can not print with QTR directly from it. I am
in the process of trying a windows emulator called Cross Over Office that
allows Photoshop, amongst a number of other core windows programs, to run in
Linux. So far the editing part works just fine. It is possible to print from
Photoshop using a QTR defined printer but the controls are largely lacking.
They can be set externally from Webmin. On the other hand it is actually no
more difficult to bring up a second window, which is a snap in Linux, and
print from a command line using either David Wroblewski's qpr or a variant
of it. Vuescan has a Linux version which should take care  of the scanning
problems.

The bottom line is that with  very little kludging Linux is a more than
viable way to go for B&W rip printing with a machine designed for windows. A
dual boot set up would be good as would a single purpose Linux box. Not
quite as elegant as a Mac for QTR but if you are a windows person and don't
want to change platforms or spend a lot of money it is a  more than
reasonable alternative.

Roger

Roger L Sopher
rlsopher@...
http:\\deCorrales.com



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