For printing photos we recommend the image editor “GIMP” and the drawing program “OpenOffice Draw” - see the chapter “ 13.1 Printing from applications” for a description of the print dialogs in these programs. Other programs that can be used are digiKam and eyeofGnome.
Borderless printing
To print photos without margins it is important to set all margins to zero in the application's page setup dialog.
In OpenOffice select the menu entry “Format” -> “Page...” to open the page setup dialog. Specify the page size (in portrait mode), then choose “portrait” or “landscape” depending on the photo. Finally, set all page margins to zero.
In GIMP, open the TurboPrint print dialog, select a borderless page size (e.g. “4x6 borderless”) and press the button “Borderless Image Size” to fit the photo on the page without any white margins.
Print settings
When printing photos make sure that the following print settings are correct:
Page size – select the size of the photo paper. For borderless printing, select a “borderless” size like “4x6 borderless”
Media type – select the type of paper used, e.g. matte inkjet paper or glossy photo paper. If your photo paper is not listed, choose a similar paper. For best quality, we recommend to create a new color profile using our profiling service (see ” 10.3 Creating individual color profiles ”).
Print quality – for printing photos, a high print quality is recommended. If the printout has visible grain or banding even in the highest print quality mode, you should check if the print head is working properly by printing a “Nozzle test page” from TurboPrint control center, function “Toolbox” (see chapter “ 7.3 Nozzle Check ”).