[Gimp-user] 2.4 Print dialog

[norman]

> Is there any way to get the print dialog in 2.4 to work like the old  
> Gimp-Print one? The new one is hopeless: doesn't list my printers (which  
> the old one didn't either but at least I could tell it about them), won't  
> take a .ppd file to set printable area or indeed any other feature of the  
> printers, refuses to remember ANY details of any sort so when printing a  
> series of images of the same size, for example, I have to select "ignore  
> printer margins" for each one (and I have no idea what those print margins  
> are nor where they originate) and type the name of the printer manually  
> every time, which gets tedious very quickly.

I believe a lot depends on which version of Gimp one uses so an
indication of the operating system could be helpful. I am unfortunate in
that I haven't yet got Gimp 2.4.1 installed as there is nothing yet for
non-techies using Ubuntu. However, according to the image in Akkana
Peck's book it looks the same as in earlier versions of Gimp as does the
page in Gimp 2.4 rc3.
> 
> I assume that the print dialog in 2.4 is a placeholder for soemthing else  
> but I don't know what. Should I be using Gutenprint now?

I believe that printing in Gimp is via a plugin which on Linux systems
is Gutenprint.

Norman