This printing problem is a bug in Windows version of Gimp 2.4.6 and
2.4.7. The only way I've been able to print from these versions is to
experiment with the dpi setting in the printer dialog that comes up when
printing. I posted the problem with 2.4.6 on the Gimp bug reporting list
and it was verified as a bug. How the bug manifests itself during
printing is a little different in 2.4.7, but it is still there.
Cline
Tor Lillqvist wrote:
>
> > changed the resolution from 90dpi to 300dpi, whereupon the
> millimetre dimensions
> > reduced sufficiently to fit the paper.
>
> I doubt that is necessary. The "dpi" (should be ppi) information
> inside image files is just for information, no software needs to
> actually use it. Any software that is good at printing will have
> options to ignore any "dpi" setting in the file anyway, and offer
> possibilities to scale the image to fit the paper, etc. (I assume this
> is possible in GIMP, too, but then printing in GIMP on Windows is
> broken anyway, read on.)
>
> > Eventually I had to use (blush!) Microsoft Photo Editor, a freebie that
> > comes with Windows XP.
>
> Nothing to blush about. If it works, use it. Printing on Windows is
> known to be broken in various ways in GTK+ 2.12 (GTK+ is the toolkit
> that GIMP uses). It is hopefully better in GTK+ 2.14. Until you have a
> GIMP where printing works reliably, by all means, use another
> application to print your images. If printing out images is the main
> thing you use GIMP for, and you print several times a day, GIMP is
> probably the wrong application for you anyway.
>
> --tml
>
>
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