Hi all,

Just wondered if anyone could give some guidance to print a photo onto the glossy HP paper?

Everytime I go to print using either F-Spot / Gimp / Shotwell / Picasa I get nearly the same issue whereas the photo is very off-centered and only prints a corner onto the paper for example.

Not sure if I have every had this working but would like to as I have converted the wife from longtime windows and this is annoying her.

Any ideas would be awesome.

Oh and I use ubuntu 10.10 and she uses ubuntu 11.04 - we both have the same problem.

Try sticking the photo in a page on Scribus, the DTP program. You can size & place photos that way. It sounds like you're not using a previewer. I thought people did this with gimp-print and never looked back.

in gimp to print a photo you MUST set the print DPI or print size
it is in the same menu as the image size
basic gimp 101
please read the gimp instructions
http://www.gimp.org/docs/
or
http://www.gimp-tutorials.com/

or

use the cups interface and set that
see the cups users guide

Buy smaller sized paper

It's a little cumbersome, but the technique that gives me the most control is to insert the picture(s) into a LibreOffice/OpenOffice document, then print the document.

why put it in a office document ???
set the print size .
then set the border size in cups ( default is about 1/2 in. )
simple , very simple .

I didn't say it was the best way. (grin) I said it's what works for me.