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Photo printing on HP Deskjet 5150 using Ubuntu Linux and Picasa
I’ve already spent a long time and a lot of ink and photo paper trying to get my Deskjet 5150 to produce photos under Ubuntu as beautiful as the ones it used to produce under Windows. So here’s my revenge: A fully documented method of producing half-decent photo prints with the HP Deskjet 5150 using Ubuntu Linux, for beginners:
Before you start, you need to install your Deskjet 5150, using the hpijs driver, and install Picasa from Google. This is documented elsewhere online, so I won’t cover it here, unless any asks for it. I was using HP Premium Photo Paper, 10x15cm.
Then follow these steps to prepare your printer for photo printing:
(You may wish to write down the previous settings if you wish to set your printer back later)
- System > Administration > Printing > Deskjet 5150 > Paper
Set Paper Size = Photo with tear-off tab - System > Administration > Printing > Deskjet 5150 > Advanced
Set PageRegion = Photo with tear-off tab
Set Resolution, Quality, Ink Type, Media Type = 1200 dpi, Photo, Full Bleed, Black + Color Cartr., Photo Paper
Set Printout Mode = Photo (on photo paper)
Then to print a photo:
- Applications > Graphics > Picasa
- Select photo(s) for printing, crop to 6×4 if required and press Print
- Select Full Page, Crop to fit, Deskjet 5150 and then press ‘Printer Setup’ button
- Select ‘Photo with tear off tab’ (this may override step 1, not sure), Portrait, Duplex off and hit OK
- Press Print
- Wait (possibly for a very long time!)
However, I have run across several problems even after following the above steps. I’ll try and update this post with soloutions if I find any.
Known issues:
- Print Quality: I don’t believe the print quality is as good as it was under Windows. For some photos, I couldn’t get a quality I was happy with – but for others it was passable. I’ve not discovered how to refine it yet – or even if it can be further refined. I was not able to tell any difference between having the ‘full bleed’ setting on and off.
- Printing Time: Using Ubuntu, the time taken to send the job to the printer and for the print to happen is much longer than it was in Windows. This problem gets worse if you are trying to print multiple pages. It can take several minutes to start printing if you want four or five copies. It also pauses during printing for long enough to worry you, particularly when printing multiple copies. The photo job appears to be disproportionately huge, in the region of 130MB per page, which may explain the long transfer time.
- Odd Glitches: I have had some wierd ones, including once the first 2cms of the previous photo was printed, followed by the photo I actually requested on the next sheet. I have no idea how that happened – and had already had all the copies of the previous photo I requested. Before I refined the setup method detailed above I has some freaky stuff happen, such as photos positioned 90% off the page, photos appearing 3x larger than requested, and so on. I have yet to get a method of printing that works using any software other than Picasa, although I have wasted much time and ink trying.
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Oops – we seem to have invaded Liechtenstein
The Swiss army is not renowned for its aggressive expeditionary adventures – but it does appear to have accidentally invaded Liechtenstein.
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So much for that then – AI Cited for Unlicensed Practice of Law
Two years ago this very blog reported on “Robot lawyers set for trial against humans“.
Now the creator of a very similar looking system has been charged with “practicing law without a license”.
As a commentor on the wired blog notes; this conclusion is only valid while the creator of the program can be easily blamed for its operation. Arguably, the creator of the software did not practice law in this case – he only made it possible for a computer to ‘practice law’. This kind of thing it going to become a lot more common as services are increasingly provided by computerised systems; and one a day a crime like this will be commited without an obvious culprit. I wouldn’t like to be the judge or jury on that one.
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