From 16ca5d689ce9e940ceaa48451235bd8e68338c98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aliks <102143989+alikstimix@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update content/print/overview.md Simple update to test my understanding of the process. --- content/print/overview.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/print/overview.md b/content/print/overview.md index 9df53d7242..5309be2578 100644 --- a/content/print/overview.md +++ b/content/print/overview.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ draft: false author: "people" --- -This view allows you to print your images. Because printing is not easy, there are many technical aspects to be taken into account. +This view allows you to print your images. After selecting an image in the [lighttable view](../lighttable/_index.md) you can enter the [print settings](../module-reference/utility-modules/print/print-settings.md) module to adjust printer settings and initiate printing. From 2a2bb9fa82621365ac878bfd73f71e7046ebd149 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aliks <102143989+alikstimix@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:08:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Further Update of overview.md There is an outstanding issue that your target printer has to be active before you start dt. This issue may be fixed, but until then this change describes how print works today. Also added description of how to use the filmstrip --- content/print/overview.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/print/overview.md b/content/print/overview.md index 5309be2578..f7294bef9d 100644 --- a/content/print/overview.md +++ b/content/print/overview.md @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ author: "people" This view allows you to print your images. -After selecting an image in the [lighttable view](../lighttable/_index.md) you can enter the [print settings](../module-reference/utility-modules/print/print-settings.md) module to adjust printer settings and initiate printing. +Darktable only scans for printers at startup, so your target printer must be active when darktable starts in order to provide the print module with the target printer's ICC profile. -This module supports the printer's ICC profile, which is somewhat mandatory if you want to obtain a high quality print close to the image displayed on the screen. +The first step is to select an image in the [lighttable view](../lighttable/_index.md), then switch to the print view. The selected image will be displayed in the centre panel and the [print settings](../module-reference/utility-modules/print/print-settings.md) module will now allow you to adjust printer settings and initiate printing. -It is important to note that ICC profiles provided by the paper and/or printer manufacturers cannot be used on GNU/Linux as they are printer-driver dependent. The darktable print module uses CUPS and there are no ready-to-use ICC profiles available for this driver. +The [filmstrip](../module-reference/utility-modules/shared/filmstrip.md) at the bottom of the screen is active and you can drag-and-drop more images into the centre panel ready for printing. From 9640fe8679ac72a118a5cb0ac7739738788ff2dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aliks <102143989+alikstimix@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:48:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update overview.md Updated after comments from reviewers --- content/print/overview.md | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/print/overview.md b/content/print/overview.md index f7294bef9d..291c80b127 100644 --- a/content/print/overview.md +++ b/content/print/overview.md @@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ draft: false author: "people" --- -This view allows you to print your images. - -Darktable only scans for printers at startup, so your target printer must be active when darktable starts in order to provide the print module with the target printer's ICC profile. +This view allows you to select and print your images. The first step is to select an image in the [lighttable view](../lighttable/_index.md), then switch to the print view. The selected image will be displayed in the centre panel and the [print settings](../module-reference/utility-modules/print/print-settings.md) module will now allow you to adjust printer settings and initiate printing. -The [filmstrip](../module-reference/utility-modules/shared/filmstrip.md) at the bottom of the screen is active and you can drag-and-drop more images into the centre panel ready for printing. +The [filmstrip](../module-reference/utility-modules/shared/filmstrip.md) at the bottom of the screen is active and you can select more images into the centre panel ready for printing.