gimpprint-inktypes(7)

NAME

       gimpprint-inktypes - Gimp-Print inkset types

DESCRIPTION

       Gimp-Print supports many different inksets, which are printer type spe-
       cific.  The option names are case sensitive.  Two names are listed  for
       each  resolution; the first (short) name is the inktype, and the second
       (long) name is descriptive.  Not all ink types  are  supported  on  all
       printers.

INK TYPES

   Epson and Lexmark (other than the 4076) printers
       Six  color  printers can print using four color inks or all six colors.
       Six color mode is recommended for photographs.  Four color mode may  be
       useful when printing text with embedded graphics to reduce ink consump-
       tion, or to print higher quality  with  Ordered,  Fast,  or  Very  Fast
       dithering (see below).

       The  "Composite"  modes  use  only color inks (no black) to produce all
       colors and black.  These ink types are rarely useful,  but  on  certain
       types  of paper they may produce a smoother image than that produced by
       mixing black ink in.  The Epson Stylus Color 1500 cannot mix black  ink
       with colored inks; on this printer, Three Color Composite must be used.

       Ink Type    Description
       -----------------------------------------------------
       Photo7      Seven Color Photo (CcMmYKk, for the
                   Epson Stylus Photo 2100 and 2200, and
                   Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600)
       PhotoCMYK   Six Color Photo
       PhotoCMY    Five Color Photo Composite
       CMYK        Four Color Standard
       RGB         Three Color Composite
       Quadtone    Quadtone grayscale inks  (special  third
                   party  inksets designed to produce supe-
                   rior results for grayscale images)
       Gray2       Two Level Grayscale (Kk, for  the  Epson
                   stylus  Photo  2100 and 2200, and Stylus
                   Pro 7600 and 9600)

   Canon printers
       Ink Type    Description
       ------------------------
       Gray        Black
       RGB         Color
       CMYK        Black/Color
       PhotoCMY    Photo/Color
       PhotoCMYK   Photo

   PCL (Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark 4076) color printers
       Ink Type   Description
       -----------------------------------------------------------
       CMYK       Color + Black Cartridges
       Photo      Color + Photo Cartridges (For Deskjet 69x only)

       Black and white PCL printers (laser printers,  in  particular)  do  not
       allow any value to be specified for the ink type.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (C)  2001 Michael Sweet (mike@easysw.com) and Robert Krawitz
       (rlk@alum.mit.edu)

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at  your
       option) any later version.

       This   manual   page   was   written  by  Roger  Leigh  (roger@whinlat-
       ter.uklinux.net)

SEE ALSO

       gimpprint-color(7),   gimpprint-dithers(7),    gimpprint-imagetypes(7),
       gimpprint-mediasizes(7),   gimpprint-mediasources(7),   gimpprint-medi-
       atypes(7), gimpprint-models(7), gimpprint-resolutions(7).

Version 4.2.7                     15 Jul 2004            GIMPPRINT-INKTYPES(7)