<p>You can set the DPI in the GIMP, too. At image creation time is the best bet.</p>
<p>Any time I create images in the GIMP, I create them at 600 dpi. I will crop and/or scale down as necessary for the final product. I always save as xcf (native GIMP format) for the original, and only ever save things as png/gif/jpeg/whatever when I am exporting a final graphic.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 28, 2011 12:43 PM, "Cornelis van Dijk" <<a href="mailto:cor.angela0@gmail.com">cor.angela0@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Thanks to all that replied. I tried Inkscape yesterday, but I am only<br>
> halfway with that. I appears that one can actually set the pixels per<br>> inch on Inkscape, so far I had it at 60, which gives the same<br>> miserable results as the gimp, at least on my regular hp printer. Not<br>
> tried to actually burn a label, The burner is Memorex lightscribe.<br>> Cor<br>> <br>> On 6/27/11, arxaaron <<a href="mailto:arxaaron@gmail.com">arxaaron@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> On 2011/06/27, at 14:24 , Lightner, Jeff wrote:<br>
>><br>>>> Not sure what LightScribe is...<br>>> [snip]<br>>><br>>> Light scribe drives (using Light Scribe media) let you<br>>> burn the disk labeling info into the top side of the disk<br>
>> (strictly gray scale) as well as burn the data into the<br>>> bottom side.<br>>><br>>> I've always gone with color ink jet printing for my disk<br>>> labeling using Epson printer models that support this<br>
>> as they provide good quality. The Light Scribe labeling<br>>> I've seen was pretty marginal in comparison. Kind of a<br>>> gimmick in my view, but still nice that there are printer<br>>> drivers under Linux that support it.<br>
>><br>>> With any printing, resolution of the image file you<br>>> start with is key to the quality. With the exception<br>>> of plotters, I imagine that any printer (or printer driver)<br>>> will be effectively working from a big bitmap for output,<br>
>> whether that is rendered from structured format like<br>>> Post Script or a scaled bitmap image.<br>>><br>>> peace<br>>> aaron<br>>><br>>><br>>>><br>>>> On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 13:46 -0400, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:<br>
>>>> Anyone familiar with LightScribe for Linux, such as "4L-gui"?<br>>>>> I have a hard time getting reasonably sharp lettering using the<br>>>>> "Gimp".<br>>>>> Problem is that "4L-gui" will only accept things like "gif", "jpeg",<br>
>>>> etc,<br>>>>> but no regular text or "postcript".<br>>>>><br>>>>> I know there are LightScribe forums, but they use Windows and Nero,<br>>>>> which I would like to avoid if possible.<br>
>>>><br>>>>> What image editor besides Gimp would work?<br>>>><br>>>> You could try InkScape.<br>>>><br>>>> However, I expect that you're actually running into one of two<br>
>>> problems:<br>>>><br>>>> 1. You are exporting the image from the GIMP in a low resolution,<br>>>> such as 72 dpi (a standard resolution for Web graphics, but not<br>>>> for print purposes).<br>
>>><br>>>> 2. Your drive is not capable of extremely high resolution on<br>>>> LightScribe imaging.<br>>>><br>>>> Try to create the image as a 300 dpi (or even 600 dpi) graphic, and<br>
>>> try<br>>>> using that graphic as the source for the process. Also make sure that<br>>>> you use the highest quality setting, which will take about 20 to 30<br>>>> minutes to create the lightscribe label.<br>
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