iPhoto ’08 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

Chapter 6. Printing Photos

If I had to pick a single feature that sets iPhoto apart from most photo management programs, I’d choose the way iPhoto enables you to create professional-looking prints, cards, calendars, and photo books. Numerous programs can help you edit and organize photos. But iPhoto is the undisputed champion of creating high-quality printed products in an easy fashion.

Gutenprint/Gimp-Print Drivers

What your printer can do is determined by its driver, system-level software provided by Apple or the manufacturer. There’s also Gutenprint (formerly called Gimp-Print), an open source set of drivers for over 700 printers, which offers support for printer options that the manufacturers may not expose, such as printing on roll paper or ...