Print to JPEG?
March 27, 2006 7:39 AM Subscribe
Recommendation for free windows virtual printer driver that outputs JPEGs? Like PDF Creator but creates jpegs instead.
Yahoo photos hides the original image but provides a way to print the image directly to a printer. Right now I'm pointing the print utility to PDF Creator, opening the PDF, extracting each bitmap from the PDF, then batch converting the .BMPs to JPEGS. I'd rather just Print -> Save .jpg
Yahoo photos hides the original image but provides a way to print the image directly to a printer. Right now I'm pointing the print utility to PDF Creator, opening the PDF, extracting each bitmap from the PDF, then batch converting the .BMPs to JPEGS. I'd rather just Print -> Save .jpg
Even printing to a save-to-jpeg target would probably decompress the image and compress it again, resulting in a quality loss. Why not use something like mozilla/firefox's page info → media → save as... and cut out the printing?
posted by fvw at 8:23 AM on March 27, 2006
posted by fvw at 8:23 AM on March 27, 2006
Best answer: Try Paperless Printer it will print in all types of formats, jpeg included. It functions as a printer to your system.
posted by slavlin at 8:29 AM on March 27, 2006
posted by slavlin at 8:29 AM on March 27, 2006
If you can see it on the screen, just hit PrintScreen and it is saved to clipboard as an image. Paste in a favorite image editor, crop/etc, save as JPG...
posted by vanoakenfold at 8:42 AM on March 27, 2006
posted by vanoakenfold at 8:42 AM on March 27, 2006
For most text or simple pictures/diagrams, a GIF may provide better quality *and* better compression than JPEG.
posted by amtho at 9:28 AM on March 27, 2006
posted by amtho at 9:28 AM on March 27, 2006
Response by poster: fvw writes "Why not use something like mozilla/firefox's page info → media → save as... and cut out the printing?"
Yahoo only makes a ~640X480 sized slide available, even if the original is 2592X1944. But you can get the full resolution out of their HomePrint function.
slavlin PaperlessPrinter works, thanks. It keeps on asking to confirm license eligibility which I can live with.
amtho writes "For most text or simple pictures/diagrams, a GIF may provide better quality *and* better compression than JPEG."
These are full colour photographs, besides which even though the Canadian patent on LZW expired 19 months ago I still won't use it unless I have to. Who knows when Unisys's "improvements" are going to make a bunch of software illegal again? Especially since PNG does everything GIF does.
posted by Mitheral at 9:40 AM on March 27, 2006
Yahoo only makes a ~640X480 sized slide available, even if the original is 2592X1944. But you can get the full resolution out of their HomePrint function.
slavlin PaperlessPrinter works, thanks. It keeps on asking to confirm license eligibility which I can live with.
amtho writes "For most text or simple pictures/diagrams, a GIF may provide better quality *and* better compression than JPEG."
These are full colour photographs, besides which even though the Canadian patent on LZW expired 19 months ago I still won't use it unless I have to. Who knows when Unisys's "improvements" are going to make a bunch of software illegal again? Especially since PNG does everything GIF does.
posted by Mitheral at 9:40 AM on March 27, 2006
Best answer: Have you tried this Yahoo! full-size photo grabber?
posted by misterbrandt at 9:51 AM on March 27, 2006
posted by misterbrandt at 9:51 AM on March 27, 2006
Response by poster: I have now, 'tis a thing of beauty misterbrandt. I wonder how he's doing that? It would be sweet to have the same funtionality via greasemonkey.
posted by Mitheral at 10:21 AM on March 27, 2006
posted by Mitheral at 10:21 AM on March 27, 2006
Yeah, it's a suggestion/request on the userscripts "ideas page" already. No hint of how long it's been up there though.
posted by misterbrandt at 11:39 AM on March 27, 2006
posted by misterbrandt at 11:39 AM on March 27, 2006
Response by poster: Elpoca writes "PDF Creator can print JPEGs! Just change the file type to JPEG when it asks for the file name. "
Well how about that, it can. Though it is limited to single pages.
posted by Mitheral at 6:40 AM on March 28, 2006
Well how about that, it can. Though it is limited to single pages.
posted by Mitheral at 6:40 AM on March 28, 2006
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posted by null terminated at 7:48 AM on March 27, 2006