On Sunday 25 April 2004 1:26 am, Stanley Long wrote: [snip]
This discussion proves that there are a lot of us who are trying to do high end graphics and photo production with Linux, and therefore there needs to be a LOT more effort put into this area.
Yep, I just took in a Calcomp ScanPlus 1000 (36" wide drawing scanner).
Hehehehe.......nice!
I could assemble some little window-box w/ a scsi card for it, but prefer that it run from one of my window-less Linux workstations. Does the VueScan guy read this list?
'Don't know, but hope so.
The "D" and "E" size construction project documents from my VariCAD go to an Oce' machine at http://www.digital-blueprint.com
There are serious things being produced on Linux desktop machines.
Yes, there are, and I'm excited about the future! Gimp has come a long way. There's much that can be done with it, even though more than 8-bit won't be supported for AT LEAST a year from now, from what I've been told. Gimp is also VERY slow in sending images to the printer. Fred -- "The only secure Microsoft software is what's still shrink-wrapped in their warehouse..." (Forno)