<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >GIMP and Gimp-Print</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.64 "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="The User's Guide to the Gimp-Print Top Quality Printer Drivers" HREF="book1.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Project History" HREF="c29.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="The Gimp-Print Graphical User Interface" HREF="x85.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="CHAPTER" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >The User's Guide to the Gimp-Print Top Quality Printer Drivers</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="c29.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x85.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="CHAPTER" ><H1 ><A NAME="CH-GIMP-AND-GIMP-PRINT" >Chapter 2. GIMP and Gimp-Print</A ></H1 ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="ch-gimp-and-gimp-print.html#AEN63" >Running the GIMP</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="x85.html" >The Gimp-Print Graphical User Interface</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN63" >Running the GIMP</A ></H1 ><P > This section assumes that you have the GIMP version 1.2 installed and working properly on your computer, and that you have an image of some type that you desire to print. To get started quickly, log into your system, start the X window system, and bring up your favorite terminal window. At the $ prompt, type: <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" > $ gimp & </PRE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > This should start the GIMP for you. If it does not, check that you have installed the GIMP properly, and that its binary is located in one of the directories listed in your $PATH environment variable. On the assumption that this worked, the screen should now look something like this: <DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="AEN67" ></A ><P ><B >Figure 2-1. The Startup Window for The GIMP</B ></P ><DIV CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" ><P ><IMG SRC="figures/gimp_startup.png" ALT="Startup window for The GIMP" ></IMG ></P ></DIV ></DIV > </P ><P > At this point, you should use the <SPAN CLASS="GUIMENU" >File</SPAN >-><SPAN CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" >Open</SPAN > menu option to open your favorite picture. We will print this picture shortly. Your picture should be displayed next to the GIMP startup window, perhaps looking similar to the following (sssh! Don't tell anybody the secret!): <DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="AEN78" ></A ><P ><B >Figure 2-2. A Sample Image Displayed by The GIMP</B ></P ><DIV CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" ><P ><IMG SRC="figures/gimp_image.png" ALT="A Sample Image displayed by The Gimp" ></IMG ></P ></DIV ></DIV > </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="c29.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="book1.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x85.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Project History</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >The Gimp-Print Graphical User Interface</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >