Hello linux@lemmy.world!

I’ve completely switched from dual boot to full Linux last year and I’ve been struggling to find the one tool that could replace the printer software that came with my Canon printer.

My printer came with an application that allows me to print border-less photos and apply fixes such as colour correction, remove red eyes, etc. So far I haven’t found any application that allows me to print photos properly.

I’m using Kubuntu 24.04 and I tried using Gwenview to print my photos. While the dialog allows me to configure my printer to print on 4x6 border-less photo paper, it still prints with ~4mm borders.

I’m also asking myself, is this more of a KDE Plasma printing issue or an application printing issue?

Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: I’m even considering using paid software at this point. Any solution is welcome.

  • Domi@lemmy.secnd.meEnglish
    1·
    4 days ago

    The application you print with should not affect the borderless printing unless the application itself adds a margin around the image. Gwenview has a print preview which shows how it thinks it will look.

    Stupid questions first: After selecting a borderless print profile, did you set the margins all the way to 0?

    Can you check if the print is cut off by ~3mm or if is just rescaled?

    • Cyborganism@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      I tried this, here’s an example of what I got.

      Setting up borderless paper in the print preview:

      The result after:

      And then when I print, I can’t get landscape photos to print properly. Not only do I get the 4mm white border, but I get half of a landscape photo in portrait mode… like wtf.

      • Domi@lemmy.secnd.meEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Weird.

        You can set the paper profile twice, once by hitting Page setup in the Print preview and once after hitting print. Do you get different results when setting the profile to 4x6 and borderless twice? There’s also scaling options in the Advanced tab in the printing dialog.

        If that doesn’t help you could ask the experts at https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues .

        Make sure to read their reporting guidelines here: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/blob/master/REPORTING_ISSUES.md

        • Cyborganism@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          The advance tab only lets me choose the kind of paper (Glossy photo paper in my case) and to enable/disable grayscale printing.

          The Job options has the following:

          Then the page tab:

          As you can see, even when I select borderless, margins are still there. And I can’t set them all to 0. If I try, I still get two margins that I can’t set to 0.

          As someone else mentioned, this could be a driver problem. I’m gonna try installing the CUPS driver instead of the manufacturer provided one.