PhotoPrint
PhotoPrint is a utility for printing your digital photos and images. It allows you to print one or multiple images on one page. You can print 8x10, 5x7, or wallet sized photos very easily. Photoprint is an excellent solution for printing your photos because it is simple to use and has a lot of features. Below is a list of features that lists the things that you can do with PhotoPrint.
Features:
PhotoPrint can do the following:
PhotoPrint can do the following:
- Print photographs 1-up, 2-up, 4-up or with any user-selectable number of rows and columns.
- Create posters, split over several pages.
- Arrange images into a sort of Carousel, fading from one to another. (Ideal for CD labels)
- Crop images to fit a specific frame.
- Apply a decorative border to an image.
- Make use of ICC color profiles to provide accurate output.
- Send 16-bit data to the printer, to avoid "contouring" problems in smooth gradients.
- Apply a handful of effects to an image, including sharpening, removing color and adjusting color temperature (ideal for cooling or warming black-and-white prints).
How to Install PhotoPrint: (Ubuntu 22.04 or newer systems)
You must first download and install libgutenprint2_5.2.13-2_amd64.deb.
https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/18.04/ubuntu-main-amd64/libgutenprint2_5.2.13-2_amd64.deb.html
Next, download and install photoprint_0.4.2~pre2-2.5_amd64.deb.
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/photoprint/ or
https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/18.04/ubuntu-universe-amd64/photoprint_0.4.2~pre2-2.5_amd64.deb.html
You must first download and install libgutenprint2_5.2.13-2_amd64.deb.
https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/18.04/ubuntu-main-amd64/libgutenprint2_5.2.13-2_amd64.deb.html
Next, download and install photoprint_0.4.2~pre2-2.5_amd64.deb.
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/photoprint/ or
https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/18.04/ubuntu-universe-amd64/photoprint_0.4.2~pre2-2.5_amd64.deb.html
How to Install PhotoPrint: (Ubuntu 20.04 or older systems)
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo apt-get update
3. Press Enter or Return and type in your password
4. Type the following command: sudo apt-get install photoprint
5. Type Y and press Enter or Return
You can also download and install it via the .deb file from:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/photoprint/
You can install different versions of the program from the developer's website:
https://blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software%2F01PhotoPrint
How to Uninstall PhotoPrint:
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove photoprint
3. Press Enter or Return and type in your password
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo apt-get update
3. Press Enter or Return and type in your password
4. Type the following command: sudo apt-get install photoprint
5. Type Y and press Enter or Return
You can also download and install it via the .deb file from:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/photoprint/
You can install different versions of the program from the developer's website:
https://blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software%2F01PhotoPrint
How to Uninstall PhotoPrint:
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove photoprint
3. Press Enter or Return and type in your password
To start PhotoPrint, click on the Applications menu, highlight Graphics, and then select PhotoPrint.
After a few seconds the program will load.
The first thing you will want to do the first time you run the program is to make sure it found and setup the correct printer. To do that you'll need to click on the File menu and then select Print Setup...
A Print Setup dialog pop will appear to allow you to setup your printer and make changes to your color settings. I have an Epson WF-3520 connected to this desktop computer. If your model is not displayed next to Print Queue then click the drop down arrow and find and select your model. Epson did appear in the Printer Model; however, my exact moodel was missing from the next colum. I selected several models and test them out and they didn't work, but I did find a solution.
If your model is not displayed in the list then select Printer Model: Adobe and PostScript Level 2. The settings you see below worked perfect for my settup.
I left the General, Colour (Basic ), Colour (Fine-tuning), and Colour (Extra) set to their default settings. You can tweak the setting to get the best quality for the images you print. Click OK to close the Printer Setup dialog box.
If you find yourself making changes to the print settings on a regular basis, then you can save your settings to prevent doing a repetitive tedious task. Click the File menu and select Save As...
Then give your preset setting a name that you'll remember and click the Save button.
The default layout is set to print 2 columns and 2 rows, which prints out 4 pictures. The default Paper Size and Margins is set to Letter. If you live in the US you will need to change the Units from Millimeters to Inches. Millimeter is a unit of length in the metric system used in the UK and most other countries and the inch is a unit of length used primarily in the imperial and U.S. customary measurement systems. To change the Units from Millimeters to Inches, click on the Options menu, and select Units...
Click the dropdown arrow in the Units dialog box and select inches.
Then click the OK button to close the Units dialog box.
You are now ready to set your margins. I changed my left and right margins to 0.75 or 3/4 inch sides and my top and bottom margins to 0.50 or 1/2 inch. I kept the Columns at 2 and I changed the Rows to 5 with both Gaps set to 0. This is the setting for printing ten business cards on one sheet or you can print 10 very small photos.
Then I clicked File menu, Save As..., then I named this setting business-cards-10 and then clicked the Save button.
You can drag images and drop them in the empty spaces. I don't have a business card photo on this computer, so I'll use pictures my brother Donny sent me from Hearts of Reality. I dropped the group of images on the first empty space and it placed them for me.
You can print your business cards on your printable business cards cardstock. As you can see in the pictures below, each picture is centered in the center of each grid. White space is used in areas where the photo doesn't cover in the grid.
If you want to get rid of the white space or blank space then select the photo or photos that have blank space and click on the Image menu. Then select Allow Cropping to get rid of the blank space.
You can rotate selected photos by clicking on the Image menu, highlight Rotation, and select the type of rotation that meets your needs. Remember, it doesn't matter if an image appears up-side-down because after you print them you will more than likely cut them apart.
If you want to duplicate or copy an image, then load the image you want to dulicate in PhotoPrint. Next right-click the image and select Duplicate Image in the pop-up menu.
It will duplicate the image in the next available empty space. You cannot skip empty spaces when adding images to PhotoPrint.
You can remove an image by right-clicking on the image you want to remove and select Remove Image from the pop-up menu.
If you would have removed the first image, all the other images in the list would have moved up one space to fill in the missing space. Since I had two of the same photos, you wouldn't have noticed that feature.
If you would like to quickly fill an entire page with the same photo, then load the first photo and then right-click and choose Duplicate to Fill Page.
Your page will immediately contain the same photo in every space.
You don't have to worry if you load more images than a page can handle because PhotoPrint will start a new page.
You can click the up and down arrows next Page option in the lower right corner of the program. This will navigate foward and backwards through your pages of images. If you have a lot of pages then you can type in the page number and press the Enter key to move immediately to that page.
You can change the settings on the right to make adjustments on the number and size of images you want to print. Remember in the US, letter size equals 8.5 x 11 inches. So if you wanted to print an image 7 inches long, you would have to remove 2 inches from the top and bottom.
If you wanted to tweak your settings a bit more you could create a standard 4 x 6 inch photo that are commonly used in framing, postcards, flyers, and more. I left the Column: 2 and Rows: 1 but I changed my Cloumns Gap: 0.10 and left the Rows Gap: 0.00. I left my W: 8.50 (Width) and Height: 11.00 (Height). I changed my Left and Right margins to 0.15 and my Top and Bottom margins to 2.50. If you look in the Dimensions settings you should notice that each photo will print at a standard size of 4 x 6 or a Resolution of 250 x 250 dpi.
If you print a lot of 4 x 6 photos, then you might want to click File, Save As..., and type in 4x6-pic.preset when the Save preset... dialog box appears and then click the Save button. This will save that preset settings so that you can use it as you 4 x 6 template each time you decide to print some 4 x 6 images.
It just takes a little math skills to calculate your image sizes so that you get the desired print size. Remember as you name your predefined or preset settings that you'll need to use a name that properly identifies what the size or how you normally use the image(s). The hearts-of-reality-2018.preset, in my example above, is a terrible naming scheme to help me identify the size of images I will be printing. If you use preset names like 3x5, 4x6, 5x7, 8x8, 8x10, 8.5x11, and etc it will help you select the correct size template much sooner. Also, don't forget that if you use different size photo print paper that you'll need to select Custom under Page Size and Margins and change your Width and Height to match your paper size.
Below are my settings for a 5 x 7 image. The Dimensions shows 7.0 x 5.0 in, which is the same as 5 x 7. 5 x 7 is the measure with the picture in an up-right position. The images below are sideways.
Below are my settings for a 5 x 7 image. The Dimensions shows 7.0 x 5.0 in, which is the same as 5 x 7. 5 x 7 is the measure with the picture in an up-right position. The images below are sideways.
I added this setting to my Save preset... file list.
Below are the settings for printing an 8 x 10 image. I set Columns and Rows to 1 and Cloumns Gap and Rows Gap to 0, Left and Right margins to 0.25, and Top and Bottom margins to 0.50. If you look in the Dimensions section the image will print at a size of 8.0 x 10.0 in.
Then I clicked the File menu, selected Save As..., and named it 8x10-pic.preset to add the 8x10 template to my saved template list.
You can click on the Layout menu and select Carousel to create a CD or DVD coverart.
PhotoPrint comes with several common preset settings that can be accessed via the Shortcuts menu.
PhotoPrint is a small, but very powerful little program. It provides you with a lot of options for printing your images.
I was Shocked when I realized how many options I had with PhotoPrint.
I hope this helps you get started in printing a lot of those nice looking photos you have taken over the past several years.
Happy Printing!!!
Happy Printing!!!
Aug 29, 2018