--- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is not a good day, I am trying to print some
> pictures from the gimp to fill my portfolio for some
> galleries I am to be visiting in Florida. I am
> leaving
> tomorrow and I just came across some horrible
> printing
> bugs. Unfortunately I have no time to track them
> down
> but I will give you some info.
> 
> I have a epson 1270 connected to a print server
> using
> cups. I have set it up using printdrake with the
> 1270
> drivers.
> 
> I am using gimp on another cooker system. Both have
> almost identical software installed although the
> print
> server was upgraded from 8.1.
> 
> The problem is, if I try to print several pictures
> at
> once, I am getting screwed up pictures. Some of the
> screwups will just be on the beginning edge and the
> ending edge of the print job (top/bottom), some of
> the
> screwups will involve huge chunks of the picture not
> being printed (each line printed would be correct
> but
> there would be lots of missing lines), some pictures
> would not even make it to the print que.
> 
> I have no idea what is causing this but the timing
> could not be worse.
> 
part of the problem could be how gimp creates a  cache
in the home directory. The cache is currently over
450mg straining my resources on the /home directory.
Why is this done? Could it not use ram/swap like every
other program?


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SI Reasoning
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A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change.  Creativity keeps
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