[digiKam-users] Print creator - Custom layouts: Units limits too restrictive

[Rafael Linux]

digikam-6.0.0-beta3-20181208T111552-x86-64.appimage
I'm trying to print several images at 23.5 x 17.25 cm. After selecting
"Personalized" (or "Customized", not sure, cause is not in English), I
select "Fit as many as possible". At this point, all is right. Problem begin
when trying to adjust "Photo size": It's not possible to adjust decimals,
only integer numbers, at least in centimeters and millimeters. I tried with
"." and with "," as decimal sign, but none of them are admitted.  

Why is not possible to put decimals at this point? Could this be implemented
for DK 6 release?
Thank you





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[Maik Qualmann]

Use mm input, then you can determine exactly one millimeter the photo size. At
17.25 cm you have to decide for 172 mm or 173 mm. I'll check tonight if double
values are possible and can be processed in the code.

Maik

Am Montag, 10. Dezember 2018, 03:54:25 CET schrieb Rafael Linux:

> digikam-6.0.0-beta3-20181208T111552-x86-64.appimage
> I'm trying to print several images at 23.5 x 17.25 cm. After selecting
> "Personalized" (or "Customized", not sure, cause is not in English), I
> select "Fit as many as possible". At this point, all is right. Problem begin
> when trying to adjust "Photo size": It's not possible to adjust decimals,
> only integer numbers, at least in centimeters and millimeters. I tried with
> "." and with "," as decimal sign, but none of them are admitted.
>
> Why is not possible to put decimals at this point? Could this be implemented
> for DK 6 release?
> Thank you
>
>
>
>
>
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[Rafael Linux]

Ok. I just did it using millimeters, however, I discovered two other things
not working fine in "Print creator". I'm trying to print to A3 format so
many photos as fit adjusted to 39x29cm. So I select A3 and select "Fit as
many as possible". However, I observed two issues:
- Print preview is not updated each time I change photos size (from 39x29 to
other sizes)
- The result of this operation is not working fine: You can see is inserting
3 images that are not resized to 39x29 and really must fit two of them per
page ... sometimes even it only shows one of the three images, at a smaller
size, and the other images are lost, never appear in final print.  :(

<http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/file/t376179/Digikam_-_Print_custom_-_No_updates%2C_no_right_print.png> 



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[Maik Qualmann]

Done with this commit:

https://cgit.kde.org/digikam.git/commit/?
id=0a7de027ef29e8fe2e8adbda15e51cacf1c0a06f

The possible resolution is now 0.1 mm.

Maik

Am Montag, 10. Dezember 2018, 03:54:25 CET schrieb Rafael Linux:

> digikam-6.0.0-beta3-20181208T111552-x86-64.appimage
> I'm trying to print several images at 23.5 x 17.25 cm. After selecting
> "Personalized" (or "Customized", not sure, cause is not in English), I
> select "Fit as many as possible". At this point, all is right. Problem begin
> when trying to adjust "Photo size": It's not possible to adjust decimals,
> only integer numbers, at least in centimeters and millimeters. I tried with
> "." and with "," as decimal sign, but none of them are admitted.
>
> Why is not possible to put decimals at this point? Could this be implemented
> for DK 6 release?
> Thank you
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from: http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/digikam-users-f1735189.html

[Rafael Linux]

I sent two days ago a reply to this thread, commenting about other related
issue .... but it doesn't appear, don't know why



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[Rafael Linux]

Well, for some reason, my previous reply was not accepted (don't know the
reason). Here is what I wrote:

mar., 11 dic. 9:09

Ok. I just did it using millimeters, however, I discovered two other thing
not working fine in "Print creator". I'm trying to print to A3 format so
many photos as fit adjusted to 39x29cm. So I select A3 and select "Fit as
many as possible". However, I observed two issues:
- Print preview is not updated each time I change photos size (from 39x29 to
other sizes)
- The result of this operation is not working fine: You can see is inserting
3 images that are not resized to 39x29 and really must fit two of them per
page ... sometimes even it only shows one of the three images, at a smaller
size, and the other images are lost, never appear in final print.  :(

http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/file/t376179/Digikam_-_Print_custom_-_No_updates%2C_no_right_print.png
<http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/file/t376179/Digikam_-_Print_custom_-_No_updates%2C_no_right_print.png>  



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[Maik Qualmann]

Your message has been sent. In landscape format you have to swap your two
values (29 <=> 39). Maybe we would have to do it internally here. If your
chosen photo size does not fit on the paper, the first photo size template
from the list will automatically be used. That's why the seemingly illogical
preview. Here we should perhaps insert a message box "Photo size does not fit
on paper".

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2018, 14:26:20 CET schrieb Rafael Linux:
> I sent two days ago a reply to this thread, commenting about other related
> issue .... but it doesn't appear, don't know why
>
>
>
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[Rafael Linux]

I think is a good idea to advice user that (if "Autorotated" is not enabled)
image will not fit in page size he selected. Even better if user is not
allowed to choose a image size that is larger than the maximum page side.

However, new issues here ...
- If after clicking "Finish" you click again in "Personalized", the
configuration windows will not appear again till you choose another images
layout and click again in "Personalized".

- Moreover, after click in "Finish", if you click in ">" button, to preview
each page, you will notice that some times corresponding image is not showed
(preview is not updated) and the same clicking "<" button.

At least, that is how is working for me .... or maybe I'm doing something
wrong  




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