I am now, at home, a mostly exclusive Linux user. There are now only 2 or 3 things that I boot Windows for. And I’m finding now that for many things, Windows is now a burden and in fact less powerful and (which is more significant) less easy than Linux.
Now I know what you’re thinking: you’re thinking I’m talking about compiling a GTK library, or sorting my email, or bittorrenting, or any one of a hundred other geeky tasks that I do. You’re thinking: he can’t mean something that normal people do, like playing videos, listening to music, browsing the web, etc.
Or like printing pictures from a digital camera…?
How do Windows users cope with this? These dialogs are from the same piece of software! Yet Windows is very lacking in control over the printing.
Windows print options are a function of the printer, and the printing software/drivers. The better the printer I buy, the more powerful/numerous my options. I currently have a sweet 1200×1200 B&W laser printer, and it has many options.
ACDSee image viewer's 4 option screen tabs:
Opera's option screen tabs with an older inkjet printer selected:
(http://livejournal.com/users/greatbiggary)
Click properties, and you should get most of what's in the Gimp options, possibly more.
No – perhaps I should have mentioned that this printer is networked through a print server?
Windows print options are a function of the printer, and the printing software/drivers. The better the printer I buy, the more powerful/numerous my options. I currently have a sweet 1200×1200 B&W laser printer, and it has many options.
I think the drivers are the point here. And I think your “older inkjet” pics are comparable to my situation. So perhaps the answer to my question is: Windows users cope by buying things until they find one that (arbitrarily) has good options?
(http://livejournal.com/users/elbeno)
I might also add that although the dialogs refer to printing graphics, I find printing text easier from Linux too. KPDF has many print options, and the crucial one for me (which IIRC I couldn't find in acrobat) is the ability to print odd or even page sets. Vital for duplex printing on a single-sided printer.
(http://livejournal.com/users/elbeno)