How to Print Large Posters in Ubuntu / Debian Linux

Posted by Tux De Luxe at 10:03 01/12/2009
How to Print Large Posters in Ubuntu / Debian Linux: "




PosteRazor cuts a raster image into pieces which can afterwards be printed out and assembled to a poster. As input, the PosteRazor takes a raster image. The resulting poster is saved as a multipage PDF document. An easy to use, wizard like user interface guides through 5 steps.



It is a nice utility with lot of features and easy to use. it having a great file format support.



Supported Formats

BMP, DDS, Dr. Halo, GIF, ICO, IFF, JBIG, JPEG/JIF, KOALA, LBM, Kodak PhotoCD, PCX, PBM, PGM, PNG, PPM, PhotoShop PSD, Sun RAS, TARGA, TIFF, WBMP, XBM, XPM

Image Types

Monochrome, Grayscale, 4 Bit palette, 8 Bit palette, 24 Bit RGB, 48 Bit RGB (only via TIFF and PNG), 32 Bit CMYK (only via TIFF)

Dimension Unitsm, mm, cm, inch, ft, pt(72th inch)



It supports the following page Lay outs

DIN A4, DIN A3, Legal, Letter, Tabloid



Output Format

PDF



How to Install PosteRazor in ubuntu/debian Linux



open a terminal and type

$ sudo apt-get install posterazor



or use Synaptic Package Manager for Installation.
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