| Gina help editing Gimp script. | |
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| Gina | Oct 15 2009, 01:07 PM Post #41 |
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Right... Re-did the layout for the smaller middle and increased the contrast to give a good looking image on the screen - the images were copied from the net and were a bit dull. Then printed a test on A4 paper. Finally, printed onto the DVD. The good news... The ink and paper settings you suggested seem fine ![]() The bad news... The image printed offset by about half the diameter of the disc ![]() I'm going for a lie down in a darkened room
Edited by Gina, Oct 15 2009, 01:10 PM.
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| Gina | Oct 15 2009, 02:37 PM Post #42 |
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Cracked it!! Tried again and now have a beautifully printed DVD complete with nice, sharp, colourful pictures and text in various fonts in black and blue on a pale blue background ![]() BOOTIFUL!!! |
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| Phaedrus | Oct 15 2009, 02:43 PM Post #43 |
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![]() Ok Gina what were your Image Quality settings? |
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| Gina | Oct 15 2009, 03:11 PM Post #44 |
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File>Page Setup - Paper size: CD - Custom File>Print>Page Setup tab - Paper type: Photo Paper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Paper source: Print to CD - - - - - - - - Image Quality tab - Resolution: 1440 x 1440 DPI I'll attach the Advanced printer settings
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| Phaedrus | Oct 15 2009, 03:42 PM Post #45 |
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Thanks Gina.
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| Gina | Oct 15 2009, 05:06 PM Post #46 |
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This time I took a blank disc and printed it first then copied three TV progs on to it. Another failure The first won't play at all - just a few blocks of picture and straight on to the second ![]() So next thing is to see where the hardware problem is ![]() That's two out of three failures with the new discs - the super reliable Verbatim ones! I've not had any failures with Verbatim before. Maybe the drive needs a clean. Anyway, I'm trying a Tesco DVD-R ATM just for fun really ![]() CD/DVD printing perfected - now I just need to get data on the discs
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| Gina | Oct 15 2009, 06:01 PM Post #47 |
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Hmmm.... Tesco DVD fine - no visible errors. So I now have two copies of the progs - one with a half printed label with just part of a picture on it and another on a non-printable. I also have a perfectly printed one with duff data!!! Think I'll take up knitting again
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| Phaedrus | Oct 15 2009, 06:07 PM Post #48 |
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I would check for a firmware update for your dvd writer. |
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| Gina | Oct 15 2009, 07:05 PM Post #49 |
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It's a DVD standalone TV recorder. I don't think it has upgradable firmware but I'll check. |
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| Gina | Oct 15 2009, 07:22 PM Post #50 |
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Just checked the menu and there's "Software Update in Standby" and it's turned on! It's also got "Software Update Search Now" which I've just done and after some time it's said it's up to date. So I'm told it's up to date but just how it works I don't know. "DVB Version: 1.16"
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| Phaedrus | Oct 20 2009, 01:42 PM Post #51 |
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Did a couple of discs today. Tweaking the print settings a little each time. Both discs printed well. The first came out a little wet. The second one was better. Latest Gimp printer settings are: Page Setup - CD Custom Print options: Page Setup - Plain Paper Image Quality - 1440 x 1440 DPI Advanced Tab: Color Precision = Normal Print Quality = Photo CD Hub Size = Print To Hub CD Size (Custom) 118.2mm CD Hub Size (Custom) 21.5mm |
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| Gina | Oct 20 2009, 02:37 PM Post #52 |
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I was about to ask you if you'd tried printing optical discs since we last "spoke" ![]() Thank you for the latest settings
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| Phaedrus | Nov 15 2009, 11:33 AM Post #53 |
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Gina my CD prints have gone pear shaped. I went to print a disc and the image wasn`t placed correctly on the disc. The whole image is printing onto a corner section of the disc (showing where the center hole is in the image)? My printer got knocked off the table and I`m wondering if that has caused it. From the look of it though It seems the driver isn`t working properly? Maybe there`s been a print driver update that has screwed things up. Is yours still printing discs ok Gina? |
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| Gina | Nov 15 2009, 11:58 AM Post #54 |
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I had the same thing a while back and haven't tried since but hoping to get around to looking at it again soon. Storm damage repairs and a few other outdoor jobs are taking precedence today. Plus meals etc. ![]() Sitting down with a mug of coffee now
Edited by Gina, Nov 15 2009, 12:13 PM.
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| Phaedrus | Feb 7 2010, 02:23 PM Post #55 |
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Dunno what happened with Ubuntu, but my cd prints went pear shaped. Now I`m in Mint its all working perfectly again
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| Gina | Feb 7 2010, 08:07 PM Post #56 |
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Great Trev
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