Free print software for linux

Print Plug-In provides a basic printing capability for The GIMP.
The current release supports PostScript, PCL (HP LaserJet and DeskJet), and ESC/P2 (EPSON Stylus Color) printers. The PostScript printer drivers handle PPD (PostScript Printer Description) files if you have them.
Using the Print Plug-In:
The Printer option provides selections for many common printers. Currently the print plug-in supports the following printers:
- PostScript printers
- HP DeskJet 500, 500C, 520, 540C, 600C, 660C, 68xC, 69xC, 850C, 855C, 855Cse, 855Cxi, 870Cse, 870Cxi, 1100C, 1120C, 1200C, and 1600C printers
- HP LaserJet II, III, IIIp, IIIsi, 4, 4L, 4P, 4V, 4Si, 5, 5FS, 5L, 5P, 5SE, 5Si, 6L, 6P printers
- EPSON Stylus Color, Color Pro, Color Pro XL, Color 400, Color 500, Color 600, Color 800, Color 1500, Color 1520, and Color 3000.
The Output Type option controls whether the printed output is in color or B&W (grayscale). This option is silently forced to B&W for grayscale images and B&W-only printers.
The Media Size option controls the size of the output. By default images are printed to fit the page and are automatically rotated to fill the largest area possible.
The Media Type option tells the printer what type of media is being used (Plain, Coated, etc). Not all printers support the media type option.
The Media Source option tells the printer which paper tray to print from. Not all printers support the media source option.
The Resolution option controls the resolution of the output. Not all printers support the resolution option.
The Orientation option controls whether the output is automatically rotated for maximum page coverage (Auto) or set to a specific orientation (Portrait or Landscape).
The Scaling option controls how large the printed image is. The default is to scale to a percentage of the printable area of the page. You can also specify an image resolution in pixels-per-inch (PPI) by clicking on the PPI radio button. The image is centered by default, however you can adjust the position of the image on the page by dragging the preview image.
The Brightness option controls the overall printed image brightness. A brightness of 100 is usually good for most B&W and PostScript printers, while most inkjet printers need a brightness between 100 and 120 for acceptable results.
Printing to a File
If you want to print to a file, select File from the Printer list. A file chooser dialog is displayed when you press the Print button. Warning, when you print to a file any existing file will be silently overwritten by this release of the plug-in!
Layered Images
Like most plug-ins, the print plug-in only reads the image from the active layer. If you want to print a composite of all visible layers you need to merge the layers (CTRL-M) and then print.
Supported Printers/Features
Most of the printer drivers in the print plug-in use the highest supported resolution for a printer, with the following exceptions:
- EPSON Stylus Color 600, 800, 1520, and 3000 - Currently the driver only supports 720 DPI printing in "compatibility" mode. This makes the drivers extremely slow compared to the Windows and Mac drivers. Unfortunately, I cannot provide optimized drivers (nor drivers for 1440x720) because of our NDA with EPSON.
- EPSON Stylus Photo, Photo Ex, Photo 700 - Currently the driver only supports 720 DPI printing in "compatibility" mode. This makes the drivers extremely slow compared to the Windows and Mac drivers, and you dont get the use of the light cyan and magenta inks (again, because of NDA restrictions.)

Raw Print Server project is a "raw" print server that makes it possible for a computer to act as a "Socket API" or "AppSocket" print server.
This software would not exist without Sam Rushings excellent asyncore module, nor would it exist without Steve Holdens excellent explanation of that module (in his book "Python Web Programming" from New Riders, a truly outstanding book that I cant recommend enough) from which I learned enough to write this server. Im also indebted to Guido van Rossum for Python itself, which has made my life SO much easier, and to Mark Hammond for the win32all modules which are essential parts of the Windows version of the print server.
This is version 0.1 of the Raw Print Server. There are no installation instructions to speak of; I plan to write an install script to assist with getting the software up and running, but for now its all manual.
You will need a working Python 2.x system to run the print server itself, and if you are installing on Windows youll need a working set of the win32all modules from Mark Hammond (which you really ought to have anyway). To run the GUI properties program, youll need a working PyGTK module set, and on Windows that means finding a compatible GTK+ runtime also.
Finding all of the above is left as an exercise for the reader.
Okay. If you are on a recent Linux system, or any of the BSD family, you should be able to install all of the above from your original installation media, or download them from the appropriate website for your distribution.
If you are running Windows, start by getting a recent Python build from www.python.org; follow the links from that site to the win32all downloads (currently somewhere on Sourceforge).
After that, go to www.pygtk.org and follow their links to the downloads you need for Windows. Note that as of this time (October 2005), the GTK libraries normally used for the Gimp dont work with PyGTK (despite notes on the PyGTK for Windows site saying that they do), at least, not on Win9x.
Get the runtime or development libraries referenced from the PyGTK for Windows site. If you already have the Gimp installed, uninstall the GTK+ libraries you got with it before installing the alternate runtime. My Gimp still works, so it must be okay, right?
Enhancements:
- close printer when done

Print OpenOffice 2 documents is a service menu that enables the user to right click on an OpenOffice 2 document and print it.

Dream Print Tracking System is a powerful and user-friendly system for tracking print distribution and circulation.
It uses many principles from customer relationship management (CRM) systems, but in a way specific to print publishers.
The Media Development Loan Fund commissioned Dream based on its experience in working with print publishers in more than 30 countries worldwide, where it provides support to independent media in the form of financing, training and technology.
In many of these countries, print distribution is one of the biggest difficulties independent publishers face because it is tightly controlled. Many countries have print distribution monopolies or cartels, which are either politically tied to the government, corrupt or incompetent.
Dream is a tool for tracking print circulation. In a similar way to customer relationship management (CRM) systems such as Campwares Cream software, Dream allows you to maintain a clear picture of your distribution business based on regularly entered contracts, orders, and shipment information. This is handled primarily through Dreams Report functions. Dream is designed to look and feel like an email application. Its inbox is used for tracking inbound communications such as new customer e-mails and customer phone calls.
Because Dream works with any standard SMTP mail server, it also manages outbound customer communications and keeps records of your responses.
Dream does two things: It is a database that stores all the relevant information you supply about the publications you produce, who distributes, who sells it, and how you connect with these people.
It is also a tool for retrieving and presenting this information in several different ways. It contains utilities for tracking products, promotions, and communications.
Dream handles four types of information:
1. Information about what you produce and the people to whom you provide it. This information is entered on the Options tab of the screen and appears primarily in the menus on the Main tabs screens. One example is a product category in which you describe a periodical you produce.
2. Information about specific products such as books or individual issues of what you produce, specific distributors and specific sellers, and tracking of these items from contract to order to shipment to return.
3. Communications, including records of incoming messages from various sources, outgoing emails to individuals, and newsletters.
4. User information including usernames, passwords, preferences and permissions.
Enhancements:
- Minor bugfixes were made.
- A Russian localization was added.

Hints is a Perl extension for parsing /etc/printcap.

SYNOPSIS

use Print::Printcap;

my $printcap = new Print::Printcap;

print join ,,$printcap->printers();

Simple parser for /etc/printcap.

THE PRINT::PRINTCAP CLASS

new

Constructor create instance of Print::Printcap class and parse /etc/printcap. Optional argument is -file => filename for specifying alternate printcap file.

my $printcap = new Print::Printcap;

printers

Return list of printers from /etc/printcap.

my @printers = $printcap->printers();