Simple application to print part of an image - suggestions?

[Chris G]

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 10:20:30PM -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
> > Or simply print to a cups-pdf printer for testing first..
> 
> That works.
> 
> > Note that one might think that imagemagick is a standalone program that
> > you just run, it's not. Info is here:
> > http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageMagick
> 
> It's multiple stand-alone programs.
> 
> > While imagemagik is indeed probably one of the best _command line_ set
> > of graphic programs out there, I doubt that it is what the OP is looking
> > for:
> 
> If you read the OP, he emphasized simple and quick, for a limited task.
>  You can't beat ImageMagick for that.
> 
> > Subject:  Simple application to print part of an image - suggestions?
> > <quote>
> > I just want to view the image, select a bit of it with a marquee and
> > then print.  I guess the Gimp will do it but it's a bit OTT just for
> > printing something.
> > </quote>
> > 
> > None of which can be done with imagemagick by itself.
> 
> What?  It sounds like you're severely underestimating IM.  Assuming you
> want the GUI, do:
> 
> display myimage.png
> 
> Click the image
> 
> Click Transform, then Crop.
> 
> Select the marquee you want.
> 
> Click Crop.
> 
> Click File-Print.
> 

Quite simple, yes, but unfortunately fails completely in doing what I
want.  Having selected the section of the image that I want to print,
which I did quite easily thanks to your instructions, when I printed
it the result was a *tiny* image in the corner of my A4 sheet of
paper. I want the section I have selected to print scaled up to fill
the A4 sheet.

> > gthumb is probably the simpilest
> 
> I think you'll find IM is simpler.
> 
IM is ideal, especially as it's already installed. But I need to know
how to print the image to fit an A4 sheet.

-- 
Chris Green