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| author | Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org> | 2008-10-26 17:28:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org> | 2008-10-26 17:28:54 +0000 |
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| parent | 9d82a443d65ea3e4e015ba6988208231fa8fdc77 (diff) | |
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@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@ -Welcome to Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta2 (5.1.98.2)! Please read these -release notes carefully. +Welcome to Gutenprint 5.2.1, the initial release of Gutenprint 5.2. +Please read these release notes carefully. Gutenprint is a suite of printer drivers that may be used with most common UNIX print spooling systems, including CUPS, lpr, LPRng, or -others. These drivers provide high quality printing for UNIX, Linux, -and Macintosh OS X (10.2 and above) systems. Gutenprint includes CUPS -and Foomatic drivers, and an enhanced Print plug-in for GIMP that -replaces the print plug-in packaged with the GIMP distribution. +others. Gutenprint currently supports over 1400 printer models. +These drivers provide high quality printing for UNIX, Linux, and +Macintosh OS X (10.3 and above) systems. Gutenprint includes CUPS and +Foomatic drivers, and an enhanced Print plug-in for GIMP that replaces +the print plug-in packaged with the GIMP distribution. -Gutenprint currently supports almost 900 printer models. +Gutenprint 5.2 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.2. -Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta1 is the first beta release of Gutenprint 5.2. - -*** NOTE TO PACKAGERS: This is a beta release of the forthcoming 5.2 - stable release. As of 5.2 and until further notice, Gutenprint - will no longer deliver separate "development" and "stable" release - series. +*** NOTE TO PACKAGERS: Please read the file README.package for issues + that are of interest to distributors and packagers of Gutenprint. + It is not necessary for end users of Gutenprint to read this file. These release notes contain the following sections: I) General Requirements -II) Changes from Previous Releases - * Changes from Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta1 - * General changes from Gutenprint 5.0 - * Changes from Gutenprint 5.0.2 and 5.1.7 - * Changes from Gutenprint 5.0.2 only - * Changes from Gutenprint 5.1.7 only -III) Exceptions and Workarounds +II) Critical Upgrade Note +III) Changes from Previous Releases + * Changes from 5.2.0-rc1 + * Changes from 5.2.0-beta4 +IV) Overall changes from 5.0.2 to 5.2 + A) General User-visible Changes + B) New Functionality + C) Changes to the Enhanced Print plugin for GIMP + D) Changes to the CUPS interface + E) Changes to the Foomatic interface + F) Quality Improvements + G) Architectural Changes + H) New Printers Supported in this Release +V) Exceptions and Workarounds A) General Issues B) Build/Installation Issues @@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ III) Exceptions and Workarounds I) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Gutenprint will run on any reasonably modern computer running Linux, -Macintosh OS X (10.2 or above), Solaris, or any other UNIX-like +Macintosh OS X (10.3 or above), Solaris, or any other UNIX-like operating system. If you plan to compile this package from source, you will also need an ANSI C compiler, such as gcc (recommended). A compiler is not required if you are installing a pre-compiled package. @@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ For general use, you should have the Common UNIX Printing System, CUPS Please the rest of the release notes, in particular the Exceptions and Workarounds, for full details on installation, as there is important information to be aware of. CUPS is the printing system used on -Macintosh OS X 10.2 and above, and many other systems use it. The +Macintosh OS X 10.3 and above, and many other systems use it. The combination of CUPS and Gutenprint provides a flexible, general purpose printing system capable of producing the highest quality output with any of the printers supported by this package. We @@ -79,18 +84,12 @@ create a driver that may be built much more easily than traditional Ghostscript drivers. This driver should be used in conjunction with Foomatic to configure printers. -Users of Macintosh OS X 10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger), -and 10.5 (Leopard) can use this package, as the printing system is -based on CUPS. For ease of installation, a pre-built package with -installer is normally supplied a few days after the release of the -source package. We strongly recommend that OS X users use the -pre-built package rather than attempt to build it themselves. - -NOTE: This package will not work with any version of OS X 10.0 and -10.1 (such as 10.1.5). The printing system used with these versions -of OS X is not compatible with Gutenprint. OS X 10.2 and above use -CUPS as the basis of the printing system, which is compatible with -Gutenprint. +Users of Macintosh 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger), and 10.5 (Leopard) +can use this package, as the printing system is based on CUPS. For +ease of installation, a pre-built package with installer is normally +supplied a few days after the release of the source package. We +strongly recommend that OS X users use the pre-built package rather +than attempt to build it themselves. The README file included with this package provides full instructions for building and installing Gutenprint. @@ -98,21 +97,290 @@ for building and installing Gutenprint. ================================================================ -II) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES +II) CRITICAL UPGRADE NOTE + +If you are using CUPS with Gutenprint on a non-Macintosh system, and +are upgrading from an earlier version of Gutenprint or Gimp-Print, +please read this note carefully as there are special procedures that +you should follow in addition to the normal procedure of running +cups-genppdupdate. + +Background: older versions of Gutenprint distributed CUPS backends, +named "epson" and "canon", that we have determined have compatibility +problems on certain systems. The symptom of this problem is that the +last page of each print job does not complete; it prints almost to the +end of the page, and the printer stops. The only way to clear this +condition is to power the printer off and back on after each job. + +A CUPS "backend" is a special program whose purpose is to transfer +data from the printer driver to the printer itself. CUPS provides a +number of general purpose backends. The "epson" and "canon" backends +previously provided with Gutenprint are capable of retrieving ink +level information from Epson and Canon inkjet printers respectively. +These backends are no longer needed in CUPS 1.2, and are not strictly +necessary in CUPS 1.1. Therefore, these backends have been removed +from Gutenprint as of 5.2. + +Due to a subtle issue, these backends may not correctly send all of +the data to the printer on some systems. While we have not fully +characterized the systems on which this happens, it appears likely +that it is on certain operating system versions. The backend believes +that all data has been sent, but the way it does I/O results in some +data not being sent on all systems. As a result, the printer +continues to wait for more data to be received. + +We recommend that if you have any printer queues using these backends +that you modify the queues to use a different backend. Even if you +are not currently having problems, we recommend that you do this, as a +future operating system upgrade may result in this problem becoming +visible. If this is the first version of Gutenprint or Gimp-Print you +have installed on your system, you should not have these backends +present. Here are the steps we recommend that you follow. + +1) Determine whether any printers on your system use the epson or + canon backends. + + This can be determined via "lpstat -v". This may be done without + administrator privileges: + + $ lpstat -v + device for EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R300_USB_1: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R300 + device for espr300-ez: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R300 + device for r300-test: epson:/dev/usb/lp0 + device for HP_LaserJet_1022_USB_1: usb://HP/LaserJet%201022 + + Inspect each device line for a device that begins with "epson:" or + "canon:". These are the queues you must modify. In this case, the + only queue that must be modified is "r300-test". The other queues + all have devices that begin with "usb:"; these queues use the + standard CUPS USB backend that does not have this problem. + +2) For each queue that uses the epson or canon backend, modify it to + use an appropriate backend. + + If your system provides a user interface for administering + printers, we recommend that you use that interface. If you're + comfortable with the KDE or GNOME print manager, you may use that + interface. However, we recommend using the CUPS web interface + (http://localhost:631/printers) to modify the printer. The steps + you should follow (assuming that you are using the CUPS web + interface) are: + + i) Click "Modify Printer", to start leading you through a series of + screens allowing you to change the printer properties. + + ii) The first screen, entitled "Modify Printer r300-test" (the + printer name, of course, will vary), will display the name of + the printer, along with the location and description. You may + modify these if you wish, but it isn't necessary. Click + "Continue". + + iii) The next screen, entitled "Device for r300-test", is the + important one. This provides you a drop-down list of devices. + These devices typically include "AppSocket/HP JetDirect", + "LP#1", and so forth. It is critical that you select the + correct device at this point. + + The entries that you want are of the form + + EPSON Stylus Photo R300 USB #1 (EPSON Stylus Photo R300) + + or + + EPSON Stylus Photo EX Parallel #1 (EPSON Stylus Photo EX) + + Make sure to select the one that's appropriate for your printer + model. + + You will likely also see entries such as "Gutenprint USB Printer + #1 (EPSON USB2.0 Printer (Hi-speed)". These are the entries + corresponding to the "epson" and "canon" backends, and you must + avoid these. + + iv) The next screen, entitled "Make/Manufacturer for r300-test", + allows you to select the manufacturer of the printer. Normally, + the correct manufacturer (Epson or Canon) will be highlighted, + and you can click Continue. + + v) The next screen, entitled "Model/Driver for r300-test", allows + you to select the precise model of the printer. Normally, the + correct model (which will be named something like "Epson Stylus + Photo R300 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.0-rc1") will already be + highlighted, and you can click "Modify Printer". Otherwise, you + must find and select the correct printer model before clicking + Modify Printer. You will likely need to provide your + administrator username and password to continue here. + + After this, you should see a message "Printer r300-test modified + successfully". + +3) Remove the epson and canon backends. + + On most systems, the backends will be named + /usr/lib/cups/backend/canon and /usr/lib/cups/backend/epson. On + some systems, the backends will be named + /usr/lib64/cups/backend/canon and /usr/lib64/cups/backend/epson. + They may be present in other locations, but these are the most + common locations. If these files are present, you should create a + directory named /usr/lib/cups/old-backend or + /usr/lib64/cups/old-backend, and move the epson and canon backends + there just in case you later need them. + + % cd /usr/lib/cups + % sudo mkdir old-backend + Password: <type your administrator password> + % cd backend + % sudo mv canon epson ../old-backend + Password: <retype your administrator password if prompted> + +The specific underlying technical problem appears to be that when at +least certain devices are in non-blocking mode (O_NONBLOCK or +O_NDELAY) with certain operating system versions (Linux 2.6.25 appears +to be suffer this problem, and most likely some other versions also +do), the close() call does not result in all data being flushed to the +device. We have determined that the data is in fact written by the +"epson" process, but it's never getting to the printer. -* CHANGES FROM GUTENPRINT 5.2.0-BETA1: +================================================================ - This release fixes a fatal bug that causes Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta1 - to not initialize correctly. +III) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES + +* Changes from 5.2.0-rc1 + + 1) Preliminary support for the following printers. These printers + may be retuned for improved quality or performance in future + releases. + + Epson inkjet printers: + + Epson PictureMate 215 + Epson PX 101 + Epson PX 201 + Epson PX 601F + Epson Stylus CX9300F + Epson Stylus CX9400F + Epson Stylus CX9475F + Epson Stylus DX9400F + Epson Stylus NX200 + Epson Stylus NX400 + Epson Stylus Photo R290 + Epson Stylus Photo RX610 + Epson Stylus Photo RX690 + Epson Stylus Office B30 + Epson Stylus Office B33 + Epson Stylus Office B40W + Epson Stylus Office T30 + Epson Stylus Office T33 + Epson Stylus Office T40W + Epson Stylus Office BX300F + Epson Stylus Office BX600FW + Epson Stylus Office SX600FW + Epson Stylus Office TX300F + Epson Stylus Office TX600FW + Epson Stylus SX200 + Epson Stylus SX205 + Epson Stylus SX400 + Epson Stylus SX405 + Epson Stylus TX200 + Epson Stylus TX400 + Epson ME Office 70 + Epson ME Office 80W + Epson ME Office 700FW + Epson WorkForce 30 + Epson WorkForce 40 + Epson WorkForce 500 + Epson WorkForce 600 + + 2) Experimental support for the following printers. These printers + may not function correctly, and may be retuned for improved + quality or performance in future releases. + + Epson inkjet printers: + + Epson Artisan 700 + Epson Artisan 800 + Epson Stylus NX100 + Epson Stylus NX300 + Epson Stylus PX700FW + Epson Stylus PX800FW + Epson Stylus S20 + Epson Stylus SX100 + Epson Stylus SX105 + Epson Stylus T20 + Epson Stylus TX100 + Epson Stylus Photo TX700W + Epson Stylus Photo TX800W + + 3) The ChangeLog, NEWS, AUTHORS, COPYING, and README files are + installed into the documentation directory. + + +* Changes from 5.2.0-beta4 + + 1) cups-genppdupdate now preserves the language of the original PPD + file, even if the PPD file is being converted to a globalized + PPD file. This enables use of cups-genppdupdate -loriginal to + restore the previous language of the PPD file. Note that + cups-genppdupdate -l<language> changes the stored language of + the PPD file. + + 2) The CUPS driver correctly prints page sizes larger than letter + on PCL printers (this was broken in 5.2.0-beta4 only). + + 3) The CD position on the R1900 has been corrected. + + 4) Printing on the Epson Stylus DX8400/DX8450 has been corrected + (the CX8400 was corrected in the previous release). Previously, + these printers fed paper endlessly without printing. + + 5) The user manual has been updated. + + 6) Color and tonal correctness at low and medium resolutions has + been fixed on many Epson Stylus multi-function devices, + including + + Stylus CX3500, Stylus CX3600, Stylus CX3650, Stylus CX5100, + Stylus CX4200, Stylus CX4500, Stylus CX4600, Stylus CX4700, + Stylus CX4800, Stylus CX4900, Stylus CX5000, Stylus CX5000F, + Stylus CX5700, Stylus CX5800, Stylus CX6000, Stylus CX7000F, + Stylus CX7800, Stylus CX8300, Stylus CX8400, Stylus CX9400, + Stylus DX4200, Stylus DX4250, Stylus DX4800, Stylus DX7000F, + Stylus DX8400, Stylus DX8450, PX A650 + + This issue affected printing at 720 DPI and below. This issue + was fixed for the Stylus CX7400, Stylus DX7400, and Stylus + DX7450 in Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta4, but not on other printers at + that time. Since then, we have determined that the same fix is + needed on these printers. + + Output will be quite grainy at these resolutions, but colors + will be correct. ----------------- -* GENERAL CHANGES FROM GUTENPRINT 5.0: +================================================================ + +IV) OVERALL CHANGES FROM 5.0.2 TO 5.2 + +A) GENERAL USER-VISIBLE CHANGES 1) Gutenprint 5.2 and beyond no longer support GIMP 1.2. Please ensure that you are using GIMP 2.0 or above. - 2) The PostScript driver has been rewritten, offering enhanced + 2) Gutenprint 5.2 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.2; it now + requires 10.3 (Panther) or higher. This is due to a new library + requirement (for the iconv library) that is not present in 10.2. + + 3) Color Correction is now shown on the basic output adjustment + menu rather than the advanced menu. + + 4) We recommend that any profiles created against Gutenprint 5.1 or + earlier releases be checked, and if necessary, re-created for + use with Gutenprint 5.2. + + +B) NEW FUNCTIONALITY + + 1) The PostScript driver has been rewritten, offering enhanced functionality approaching that of the native printer drivers. This driver is used by the enhanced Print plugin for the GIMP, and by other packages (such as PhotoPrint) that utilize @@ -127,14 +395,106 @@ II) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES the native CUPS driver, not from Foomatic) and presents floating point options correctly. - Note that this driver does not offer the curve options offered - by the native drivers. + Note that this driver does not offer the curve options offered + by the native drivers. If no PPD file is selected, a basic set + of options is provided. ----------------- + 2) Envelope paper sizes are now offered in both portrait and + landscape form factor, as some printers expect envelopes to be + fed long edge first while some expect them to be fed short edge + first. + + 3) PCL laser printers now offer paper trays with adjustable guides. + Many laser printers use adjustable guides for manual feed of + papers narrower than letter size. + + 4) In addition to support for specific laser printers listed below, + support for generic large format PCL laser printers has been + added. Note that all PCL laser printers are supported in black + and white only. + + 5) Quality presets have been added to the PCL driver (HP inkjets + and HP and other laser printers). + + 6) L-size photo paper (3 1/2x5 inches) has been added. -* CHANGES FROM GUTENPRINT 5.0.2 AND 5.1.7: - 1) cups-genppdupdate is no longer versioned, as it was in 5.0 and +C) CHANGES TO THE ENHANCED PRINT PLUGIN FOR GIMP + + 1) The GIMP plugin now offers additional options for many Epson + inkjet printers, allowing precise specification of drop sizes if + desired. + + 2) A problem with determining the system printer queues in the GIMP + plugin on certain systems using languages other than English has + been fixed. + + 3) The GIMP plugin now offers reset buttons for individual + settings, so it is possible to reset a single setting to its + default without resetting all settings. + + +D) CHANGES TO THE CUPS INTERFACE + + 1) PPD files generated by cups-genppd and the CUPS driver interface + (gutenprint.5.2) now include, by default, all localizations in a + single file. This is referred to as "globalized PPD files". + This functionality is supported by CUPS 1.2 and higher. + Single-language PPD files are still generated on request, or if + CUPS 1.1 is in use. The CUPS driver is now localized using + built-in code, eliminating problems with PPD files not always + being translated properly. + + cups-genppdupdate will normally upgrade all PPD files to + globalized ones if CUPS 1.2 or higher is in use or if + pregenerated PPD files are used, but will otherwise generate + single-language files. This behavior can be controlled as + follows: + + - If -l<language> is passed to cups-genppdupdate, it will be + honored no matter what release of Gutenprint is in use. This + may be used if applications have issues with globalized PPD + files. We would like reports of any such applications. The + list of languages accepted is as follows: + + C English (US) + cs Czech + da Danish + de German + el Greek + en_GB English (UK) + es Spanish + fr French + hu Hungarian + ja Japanese + nb Norwegian + nl Dutch + pl Polish + pt Portuguese + sk Slovak + sv Swedish + zh_TW Simplified Chinese + + - If -loriginal is passed, the original language of the PPD file + will be honored. + + - If no -l option is passed, the original language will be + honored if -r5.0 or -r5.1 is passed (i. e. if cups-genppdupdate + is used to downgrade to an older version of Gutenprint), or if + CUPS 1.1 is in used. + + - A new configure option --enable-globalized-cups-ppds (or if not + desired, --disable-globalized-cups-ppds) has been added to + enable or disable pre-generating globalized PPD files. This + option is only used if --enable-cups-ppds is set. It defaults + to "yes" if CUPS 1.2 or above is in use or "no" if CUPS 1.1 is + in use. + + 2) The CUPS driver is now localized using built-in code, hopefully + eliminating problems with PPD files not always being translated + properly. + + 3) cups-genppdupdate is no longer versioned, as it was in 5.0 and 5.1 (cups-genppdupdate.5.0 and cups-genppdupdate.5.1). It also supports the following options: @@ -145,136 +505,108 @@ II) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES -i Interactively ask whether to update each PPD file. - 2) The performance of cups-genppdupdate has been improved + -l Specify the language in which to generate PPD files, as + described above. + + 4) The performance of cups-genppdupdate has been improved significantly. - 3) cups-genppdupdate no longer updates PPD files that differ only + 5) cups-genppdupdate no longer updates PPD files that differ only in case of the file extension (e. g. printer.ppd and printer.PPD). This avoids updating PPD files twice on filesystems that are case insensitive, such as OS X. - 4) cups-genppdconfig has been removed from this release. This + 6) cups-genppdconfig has been removed from this release. This command was used to configure CUPS printer queues, but is not necessary as there are ample other tools available to configure printer queues. - 5) Support for generic large format PCL laser printers has been - added. + 7) The CUPS driver will no longer attempt to find a matching + predefined page size when a custom page size is passed in. This + yields more accurate printing sizes for custom paper sizes. In + addition, it avoids a problem with unnecessary margins being + imposed when the paper size is approximately 4.7x6.8" (120x173 + mm) due to a specific defined page size with those dimensions and + tear-off borders. - 6) Many translations have been updated. + 8) Certain legacy applications (most notably Microsoft Office) did + not print correctly on printers capable of high resolution, due + to inability to handle the specified resolutions. This release + works around that issue by not advertising very high resolutions + in a way that these applications will fail on. - 7) The Canon iPixma 4500 has been fixed. + 9) Progress and error messages produced by the CUPS raster driver + are now localized. - 8) L-size photo paper (3 1/2x5 inches) has been added. + 10) The CUPS driver now provides an Output Order option, where + appropriate, in all cases. This worked prior to 5.2.0-beta3 and + was broken in that release only. ----------------- + 11) A problem whereby the CUPS driver could consume excessive + amounts of CPU and generate no output with Epson PictureMate and + E-series compact photo printers has been fixed. -* CHANGES FROM GUTENPRINT 5.0.2 ONLY: - - 1) New printers supported in this release: - - * Epson inkjet printers: - - EPSON PictureMate 100 - EPSON PictureMate 210 (Corrected) - EPSON PictureMate 240 (Corrected) - EPSON PictureMate 250 (Corrected) - EPSON PictureMate 260 - EPSON PictureMate 270 - EPSON PictureMate 280 (Corrected) - EPSON PictureMate 290 - EPSON PictureMate 500 - EPSON PictureMate 2005 - EPSON PictureMate Dash - EPSON PictureMate Flash (Corrected) - EPSON PictureMate Pal (Corrected) - EPSON PictureMate Snap (Corrected) - EPSON E 150 (Corrected) - EPSON E 300 - EPSON E 520 - EPSON E 500 - EPSON E 720 - EPSON E 700 - EPSON Stylus D92 - EPSON Stylus DX4400 - EPSON Stylus DX4450 - EPSON Stylus DX7000F - EPSON Stylus DX7400 - EPSON Stylus DX7450 - EPSON Stylus DX8400 - EPSON Stylus DX8450 - EPSON Stylus Photo R280 - EPSON Stylus Photo R285 - EPSON Stylus Photo RX585 - EPSON Stylus Photo RX680 - EPSON Stylus Photo RX685 - - (Note that a number of the PictureMate printers that were - previously included generated grossly incorrect output. Not - all of the PictureMate printers have been fully tuned at this - point.) - - * Canon inkjet printers: - Canon PIXMA MP520 (#1872394) - Canon PIXMA iP6000D - - 2) Printing for the Canon PIXMA iP4500 has been fixed (#1834153). - - 3) Printing near the bottom of the page has been improved for many - modern Epson inkjet printers. In addition, we have determined - that most of these printers can print with consistent high - quality at 2880x2880 and 5760x2880 DPI. Therefore, these - resolutions will be used for Ultra Photo and Best qualities - respectively on these printers. - - Printers affected include: - - * Stylus Photo R800, R1800, PM-G820 - - * Stylus Photo R2400 - - * All printers using Claria ink - - 4) Full bleed printing now works properly on the Epson Stylus Photo - R2400. - - 5) The Epson Stylus C120 now allows printing at 2880x2880 and - 5760x2880. However, print quality near the bottom of the page - may be poor, and these settings are therefore not used for Ultra - Photo and Best quality. - - 6) The ink drop sizes on the Epson Stylus Photo printers using - Claria ink have been retuned, yielding improved quality at lower - resolutions. - - 7) A problem with determining the system printer queues in the GIMP - plugin on certain systems using languages other than English has - been fixed. - 8) Envelope paper sizes are now offered in both portrait and - landscape form factor, as some printers expect envelopes to be - fed long edge first while some expect them to be fed short edge - first. +E) CHANGES TO THE FOOMATIC INTERFACE - 9) PCL laser printers now offer paper trays with adjustable guides. - Many laser printers use adjustable guides for manual feed of - papers narrower than letter size. + 1) The Foomatic-based driver will only attempt to find a precisely + matching page size when a custom page size is passed in. This + yields more accurate printing sizes for custom paper sizes. - 10) The GIMP plugin now offers reset buttons for individual - settings, so it is possible to reset a single setting to its - default without resetting all settings. - 11) A new dither algorithm, Ordered New, has been added. This +F) QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS + + 1) A number of improvements have been made to the Epson driver: + + - Borderless printing and in general printing near the bottom of + the page has been improved for many Epson inkjet printers. + + - Additional very high resolutions (2880x2880 and 5760x2880 DPI) + have been added for many modern (post-2005) printers. These + resolutions may be useful when one desires the absolute best + print quality. + + - Additional enhanced low and intermediate resolutions have been + added for some Epson printers to reduce banding while still + achieving good output performance and quality. + + - Printing speed, and in some cases quality, has been improved + on many modern Epson printers. + + - Ink drop size has been retuned on printers using Claria inks, + yielding improved quality at lower resolutions. + + - Borderless support has been added to the Epson Stylus Pro + 7600/9600 and the margins have been corrected. + + - Epson printers will now correctly handle color output if + quadtone inks are in use by printing in grayscale even though + color is specified. + + - The Epson Stylus CX8300 and CX8400 now print correctly, although + the colors may be retuned before final release. + + - The Epson Stylus CX7400, DX7400, and DX7450 now print correctly + at all resolutions. Previously, printing at 720x360 DPI or below + was incorrect. Output will be rather grainy. + + - A problem whereby some rows are not printed in color on the Epson + Stylus CX3700 and related printers has been fixed. + + 2) Output quality has been improved for certain Canon printers, in + particular the PIXMA iP4500 and related printers. + + 3) A new dither algorithm, Ordered New, has been added. This dither algorithm is most likely to improve output at low resolutions, particularly when printing black and white. It will only help on printers offering multiple drop sizes. - 12) Various new controls and settings have been added to assist in + 4) Various new controls and settings have been added to assist in printer calibration. While the tools for using these controls are not yet created, these tools will assist in calibrating printers in the future. - * The Epson driver now offers additional controls for adjusting + - The Epson driver now offers additional controls for adjusting the relationship between light and dark ink: + The Value parameters (such as Light Cyan Value) specify the @@ -288,11 +620,11 @@ II) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES used (essentially the density of the light ink). This is the same as the parameters previously called Cutoff. - * The Epson driver now exposes as defaults the actual GCR + - The Epson driver now exposes as defaults the actual GCR settings used for the printer, paper, and ink combination in use. - * The Epson driver now allows passing low level settings such as + - The Epson driver now allows passing low level settings such as printer base resolution, ink drop size selection, and relative ink drop size as parameters. The ink drop size can be accessed in the GIMP plugin, while the base resolution and ink @@ -300,7 +632,7 @@ II) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES generator or other application that allows setting integer parameters. - * Two new dither algorithms, Segmented and Segmented New, have + - Two new dither algorithms, Segmented and Segmented New, have been added. These are not intended for normal use, and will normally behave like Ordered and Ordered New. However, if Raw color correction is selected and a printer with multiple drop @@ -317,7 +649,7 @@ II) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES This is intended to assist in tuning ink drop sizes and is not normally useful otherwise. - * A new parameter allowing dumping out of color correction state + - A new parameter allowing dumping out of color correction state (lookup tables, GCR data, curves, etc.) has been added, and is accessible in the GIMP plugin. At present, this data cannot be used directly, but it is intended that in the future this @@ -325,206 +657,703 @@ II) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES and restored. ----------------- - -* CHANGES FROM GUTENPRINT 5.1.7 ONLY: - - 1) The following HP inkjet printers are now supported. Support for - these printers was dropped in 5.1.4, but is now restored as some - users have no alternative options. We recommend that where - possible users switch to the HPIJS driver package (the printer - part of HPLIP), available from http://hplip.sourceforge.net. - The HPIJS package is licensed under the GPL and BSD licenses. - - HP Business Inkjet 2200 - HP Business Inkjet 2230 - HP Business Inkjet 2250 - HP Business Inkjet 2250TN - HP Business Inkjet 2280 - HP Color Inkjet Printer CP1160 - HP Color Inkjet Printer CP1700 - HP Color LaserJet 2500 - HP Color LaserJet 4500 - HP Color LaserJet 4550 - HP Color LaserJet 4600 - HP Color LaserJet 5 - HP Color LaserJet 5000 - HP Color LaserJet 5500 - HP Color LaserJet 8550GN - HP DeskJet 400 - HP DeskJet 420C - HP DeskJet 450 - HP DeskJet 500 - HP DeskJet 500C - HP DeskJet 505J Plus - HP DeskJet 510 - HP DeskJet 520 - HP DeskJet 540C - HP DeskJet 550C - HP DeskJet 5550 - HP DeskJet 5551 - HP DeskJet 560C - HP DeskJet 600 - HP DeskJet 600C - HP DeskJet 610C - HP DeskJet 610CL - HP DeskJet 6122 - HP DeskJet 6127 - HP DeskJet 612C - HP DeskJet 640C - HP DeskJet 648C - HP DeskJet 660C - HP DeskJet 670C - HP DeskJet 670TV - HP DeskJet 672C - HP DeskJet 680C - HP DeskJet 682C - HP DeskJet 690C - HP DeskJet 692C - HP DeskJet 693C - HP DeskJet 694C - HP DeskJet 695C - HP DeskJet 697C - HP DeskJet 810C - HP DeskJet 812C - HP DeskJet 815C - HP DeskJet 816C - HP DeskJet 825C - HP DeskJet 830C - HP DeskJet 832C - HP DeskJet 840C - HP DeskJet 841C - HP DeskJet 842C - HP DeskJet 843C - HP DeskJet 845C - HP DeskJet 850C - HP DeskJet 855C - HP DeskJet 870C - HP DeskJet 880C - HP DeskJet 882C - HP DeskJet 890C - HP DeskJet 895C - HP DeskJet 916C - HP DeskJet 920C - HP DeskJet 9300 - HP DeskJet 930C - HP DeskJet 932C - HP DeskJet 933C - HP DeskJet 934C - HP DeskJet 935C - HP DeskJet 940C - HP DeskJet 948C - HP DeskJet 950C - HP DeskJet 952C - HP DeskJet 955C - HP DeskJet 957C - HP DeskJet 959C - HP DeskJet 960C - HP DeskJet 970C - HP DeskJet 975C - HP DeskJet 980C - HP DeskJet 990C - HP DeskJet 995C - HP DeskJet 1100C - HP DeskJet 1120C - HP DeskJet 1125C - HP DeskJet 1200C - HP DeskJet 1220C - HP DeskJet 1600C - HP DeskJet 1600CM - HP DeskJet 2000 - HP DeskJet 2500 - HP DeskJet 2500CM - HP DeskJet 340C - HP DeskJet 3810 - HP DeskJet 3816 - HP DeskJet 3820 - HP DeskJet 3822 - HP OfficeJet 300 - HP OfficeJet 330 - HP OfficeJet 350 - HP OfficeJet 500 - HP OfficeJet 520 - HP OfficeJet 570 - HP OfficeJet 580 - HP OfficeJet 590 - HP OfficeJet 600 - HP OfficeJet 610 - HP OfficeJet 625 - HP OfficeJet 630 - HP OfficeJet 635 - HP OfficeJet 700 - HP OfficeJet 710 - HP OfficeJet 720 - HP OfficeJet 725 - HP OfficeJet 5105 - HP OfficeJet 5110 - HP OfficeJet 5110xi - HP OfficeJet 6105 - HP OfficeJet 6110 - HP OfficeJet 7110 - HP OfficeJet 7130 - HP OfficeJet 7140 - HP OfficeJet D125 - HP OfficeJet D135 - HP OfficeJet D145 - HP OfficeJet D155 - HP OfficeJet G55 - HP OfficeJet G85 - HP OfficeJet G95 - HP OfficeJet K60 - HP OfficeJet K60xi - HP OfficeJet K80 - HP OfficeJet K80xi - HP OfficeJet LX - HP OfficeJet Pro 1150C - HP OfficeJet Pro 1170C - HP OfficeJet Pro 1175C - HP OfficeJet R40 - HP OfficeJet R45 - HP OfficeJet R60 - HP OfficeJet R65 - HP OfficeJet R80 - HP OfficeJet T45 - HP OfficeJet T65 - HP OfficeJet V40 - HP OfficeJet V40xi - HP OfficeJet - HP PSC 370 - HP PSC 380 - HP PSC 500 - HP PSC 750 - HP PSC 950 - HP PSC 950xi - HP PSC 2110 - HP PSC 2150 - HP PSC 2210 - HP PhotoSmart 7150 - HP PhotoSmart 7345 - HP PhotoSmart 7350 - HP PhotoSmart 7550 - HP PhotoSmart P100 - HP PhotoSmart P130 - HP PhotoSmart P230 - HP PhotoSmart P1000 - HP PhotoSmart P1100 - HP PhotoSmart P1115 - HP PhotoSmart P1215 - HP PhotoSmart P1218 - HP PhotoSmart P1315 - HP e-printer e20 +G) ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES + + 1) The Epson driver has been significantly rewritten to use data + stored in external files external to the binary library. This + allows making improvements, adding new features, and adding new + printers without recompiling the source code. + + 2) Test coverage has been increased. + + +H) NEW PRINTERS SUPPORTED SINCE GUTENPRINT 5.0.0 + + 1) Epson inkjet printers: + + B-300 + B-308 + B-500DN + B-508DN + E 150 + E 300 + E 500 + E 520 + E 700 + E 720 + ME Office 70 + ME Office 700FW + ME Office 80W + Offirio PX-B300 + Offirio PX-B500 + PM 670C + PM A820 + PM D870 + PM G4500 + PM G850 + PX 101 + PX 201 + PX 601F + PX V780 + PictureMate 100 + PictureMate 2005 + PictureMate 210 + PictureMate 215 + PictureMate 240 + PictureMate 250 + PictureMate 260 + PictureMate 270 + PictureMate 280 + PictureMate 290 + PictureMate 500 + PictureMate Dash + PictureMate Flash + PictureMate Pal + PictureMate Snap + Stylus C110 + Stylus C120 + Stylus C79+ + Stylus C87+ + Stylus CX4400 + Stylus CX4900 + Stylus CX5000 + Stylus CX5000F + Stylus CX5500 + Stylus CX5600 + Stylus CX6000 + Stylus CX7000F + Stylus CX7400 + Stylus CX9300F + Stylus CX9400 + Stylus CX9400F + Stylus CX9475F + Stylus D120 + Stylus D92 + Stylus DX4050 + Stylus DX4400 + Stylus DX4450 + Stylus DX7000F + Stylus DX7400 + Stylus DX7450 + Stylus DX8400 + Stylus DX8450 + Stylus DX9400F + Stylus NX200 + Stylus NX400 + Stylus Office B30 + Stylus Office B33 + Stylus Office B40W + Stylus Office BX300F + Stylus Office BX600FW + Stylus Office SX600FW + Stylus Office T30 + Stylus Office T33 + Stylus Office T40W + Stylus Office TX300F + Stylus Office TX600FW + Stylus Photo 1400 + Stylus Photo 1410 + Stylus Photo R230 + Stylus Photo R240 + Stylus Photo R245 + Stylus Photo R260 + Stylus Photo R265 + Stylus Photo R270 + Stylus Photo R280 + Stylus Photo R285 + Stylus Photo R290 + Stylus Photo R350 + Stylus Photo R360 + Stylus Photo R380 + Stylus Photo R390 + Stylus Photo R1900 + Stylus Photo RX560 + Stylus Photo RX580 + Stylus Photo RX585 + Stylus Photo RX590 + Stylus Photo RX595 + Stylus Photo RX610 + Stylus Photo RX640 + Stylus Photo RX680 + Stylus Photo RX685 + Stylus Photo RX690 + Stylus SX200 + Stylus SX205 + Stylus SX400 + Stylus SX405 + Stylus TX200 + Stylus TX400 + WorkForce 30 + WorkForce 40 + WorkForce 500 + WorkForce 600 + Artisan 700 (experimental) + Artisan 800 (experimental) + Stylus NX100 (experimental) + Stylus NX300 (experimental) + Stylus PX700FW (experimental) + Stylus PX800FW (experimental) + Stylus Photo TX700W (experimental) + Stylus Photo TX800W (experimental) + Stylus Pro 7800 (experimental) + Stylus Pro 7880 (experimental) + Stylus Pro 9800 (experimental) + Stylus Pro 9880 (experimental) + Stylus Pro 11880 (experimental) + Stylus S20 (experimental) + Stylus SX100 (experimental) + Stylus SX105 (experimental) + Stylus T20 (experimental) + Stylus TX100 (experimental) + + 2) Canon inkjet printers: + + BJC5100 + BJC5500 + BJC8500 + PIXMA MP150 + PIXMA MP170 + PIXMA MP180 + PIXMA MP500 + PIXMA MP520 + PIXMA MP610 + PIXMA MP700 + PIXMA MP710 + PIXMA MP730 + PIXMA MP740 + PIXMA MP750 + PIXMA MP760 + PIXMA MP770 + PIXMA MP780 + PIXMA MP790 + PIXMA MP830 + PIXMA Pro 9500 + PIXMA iP2000 + PIXMA iP3000 + PIXMA iP3100 + PIXMA iP4100 + PIXMA iP4200 + PIXMA iP4300 + PIXMA iP4500 + PIXMA iP5000 + PIXMA iP5200 + PIXMA iP5300 + PIXMA iP6000D + PIXMA iP6700 + PIXMA iP8500 + PIXMA iX5000 + PIXUS iP3100 + PIXUS iP4100 + i560 + i80 + i850 + i860 + i865 + + 3) Dye sublimation printers + + Canon CP-10 + Canon SELPHY ES1 (*) + Canon SELPHY ES2 (*) + Canon SELPHY ES20 (*) + Fujifilm FinePix NX-500 + Kodak Easyshare Printer + Olympus P-S100 + Shinko CHC S9045 + Sony DPP-EX5 + Sony UP-DR100 + + (*) Note that these printers may not work on all systems due to + communication requirements. + + 4) Lexmark inkjet and compatible printers: + + Compaq IJ1200 + Lexmark X73 + + 5) Laser printers (black and white only): + + Brother DCP-8045D + Brother HL-1430 + Brother HL-1450 + Brother HL-1470N + Brother HL-1650 + Brother HL-1670N + Brother HL-1850 + Brother HL-1870N + Brother HL-2060 + Brother HL-2460 + Brother HL-2460N + Brother HL-5030 + Brother HL-5040 + Brother HL-5050 + Brother HL-5070N + Brother HL-5140 + Brother HL-5150D + Brother HL-5170DN + Brother HL-7050 + Brother HL-7050N + Epson EPL-N2050 + Epson EPL-N2050+ + Epson EPL-N2050PS + Epson EPL-N2050PS+ + Epson EPL-N2120 + Epson EPL-N2500 + Epson EPL-N2500PS + Epson EPL-N2750 + Epson EPL-N2750PS + Gestetner 10512 + Gestetner 2212 + Gestetner 2712 + Gestetner 3212 + Gestetner 3502 + Gestetner 3532 + Gestetner 4235g + Gestetner 4245g + Gestetner 4502 + Gestetner 4532 + Gestetner 6002 + Gestetner 7502 + Gestetner 9002 + Gestetner DS645G + Gestetner DSm415 + Gestetner DSm416 + Gestetner DSm615 + Gestetner DSm616 + Gestetner DSm618 + Gestetner DSm618d + Gestetner DSm620 + Gestetner DSm620d + Gestetner DSm622 + Gestetner DSm625 + Gestetner DSm627 + Gestetner DSm635 + Gestetner DSm635G + Gestetner DSm645 + Gestetner DSm651 + Gestetner DSm660 + Gestetner DSm675 + Gestetner DSm7110 + Gestetner DSm7135 + Gestetner DSm716 + Gestetner DSm721d + Gestetner DSm725 + Gestetner DSm725e + Gestetner DSm730 + Gestetner DSm730e + Gestetner DSm735 + Gestetner DSm735G + Gestetner DSm735e + Gestetner DSm745 + Gestetner DSm745G + Gestetner DSm745e + Gestetner DSm755 + Gestetner DSm765 + Gestetner DSm775 + Gestetner DSm790 + Gestetner MP 161 + Gestetner MP 1100 + Gestetner MP 1350 + Gestetner MP 1600 + Gestetner MP 2000 + Gestetner MP 2500 + Gestetner MP 2510 + Gestetner MP 2550 + Gestetner MP 2550B + Gestetner MP 3010 + Gestetner MP 3350 + Gestetner MP 3350B + Gestetner MP 3500 + Gestetner MP 4000 + Gestetner MP 4000B + Gestetner MP 4500 + Gestetner MP 5000 + Gestetner MP 5000B + Gestetner MP 5500 + Gestetner MP 6500 + Gestetner MP 7500 + Gestetner MP 9000 + HP LaserJet 1022 + HP LaserJet 1160 + HP LaserJet 1320 + HP LaserJet 2410 + HP LaserJet 2420 + HP LaserJet 2430 + HP LaserJet 3015 + HP LaserJet 3020 + HP LaserJet 3030 + HP LaserJet 3050 + HP LaserJet 3052 + HP LaserJet 3055 + HP LaserJet 3380 + HP LaserJet 3390 + HP LaserJet 3392 + HP LaserJet 4240 + HP LaserJet 4250 + HP LaserJet 4345 mfp + HP LaserJet 4350 + HP LaserJet 5200 + HP LaserJet 5200L + HP LaserJet 9040 + HP LaserJet 9040 MFP + HP LaserJet 9050 + HP LaserJet 9050 MFP + HP LaserJet M3027 MFP + HP LaserJet M3035 MFP + HP LaserJet M4345 MFP + HP LaserJet M5025 MFP + HP LaserJet M5035 MFP + HP LaserJet P2010 + HP LaserJet P2015 + HP LaserJet P3004 + HP LaserJet P3005 + Infotec 4353 MF + Infotec 4452 MF + Infotec IS 2015 + Infotec IS 2018 + Infotec IS 2018D + Infotec IS 2022 + Infotec IS 2027 + Infotec IS 2032 + Infotec IS 2035 + Infotec IS 2045 + Infotec IS 2060 + Infotec IS 2075 + Infotec IS 2090 + Infotec IS 2105 + Infotec IS 2122 + Infotec IS 2127 + Infotec IS 2132 + Infotec IS 2135 + Infotec IS 2145 + Infotec IS 2151 + Infotec IS 2160 + Infotec IS 2175 + Infotec IS 2215 + Infotec IS 2216 + Infotec IS 2220 + Infotec IS 2220D + Infotec IS 2225 + Infotec IS 2230 + Infotec IS 2235 + Infotec IS 2245 + Infotec IS 2255 + Infotec IS 2265 + Infotec IS 2275 + Infotec IS 2316 + 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+ Lanier LD425 + Lanier LD425B + Lanier LD433 + Lanier LD433B + Lanier LD0105 + Lanier LD1100 + Lanier LD1135 + Lanier MP 161 + Lanier MP 1100 + Lanier MP 1350 + Lanier MP 1600 + Lanier MP 2000 + Lanier MP 2500 + Lanier MP 2510 + Lanier MP 2550 + Lanier MP 2550B + Lanier MP 3010 + Lanier MP 3350 + Lanier MP 3350B + Lanier MP 3500 + Lanier MP 4000 + Lanier MP 4000B + Lanier MP 4500 + Lanier MP 5000 + Lanier MP 5000B + Lanier MP 5500 + Lanier MP 6500 + Lanier MP 7500 + Lanier MP 9000 + Lexmark Optra E220 + Lexmark Optra E321 + NRG 2205 + NRG 2212 + NRG 2238 + NRG 2705 + NRG 2712 + NRG 2738 + NRG 3205 + NRG 3212 + NRG 3238 + NRG 3502 + NRG 3508 + NRG 3518 + NRG 3525 + NRG 3532 + NRG 3545 + NRG 4502 + NRG 4508 + NRG 4518 + NRG 4525 + NRG 4532 + NRG 4545 + NRG 6002 + NRG 6005 + NRG 6008 + NRG 7502 + NRG 7505 + NRG 7508 + NRG 9002 + NRG 9005 + NRG 9008 + NRG 10512 + NRG 10515 + NRG 10518 + NRG DSm415 + NRG DSm615 + NRG DSm616 + NRG DSm618 + NRG DSm618d + NRG DSm620 + NRG DSm620d + NRG DSm622 + NRG DSm627 + NRG DSm632 + NRG DSm635 + NRG DSm645 + NRG DSm651 + NRG DSm660 + NRG DSm675 + NRG DSm725 + NRG DSm730 + NRG DSm735 + NRG DSm745 + NRG MP 161 + NRG MP 1100 + NRG MP 1350 + NRG MP 1600 + NRG MP 2000 + NRG MP 2500 + NRG MP 2510 + NRG MP 2550 + NRG MP 2550B + NRG MP 3010 + NRG MP 3350 + NRG MP 3350B + NRG MP 3500 + NRG MP 4000 + NRG MP 4000B + NRG MP 4500 + NRG MP 5000 + NRG MP 5000B + NRG MP 5500 + NRG MP 6500 + NRG MP 7500 + NRG MP 9000 + Ricoh Aficio 220 + Ricoh Aficio 1022 + Ricoh Aficio 1027 + Ricoh Aficio 1032 + Ricoh Aficio 1035 + Ricoh Aficio 1045 + Ricoh Aficio 1060 + Ricoh Aficio 1075 + Ricoh Aficio 1515 + Ricoh Aficio 2015 + Ricoh Aficio 2016 + Ricoh Aficio 2018 + Ricoh Aficio 2018D + Ricoh Aficio 2020 + Ricoh Aficio 2020D + Ricoh Aficio 2022 + Ricoh Aficio 2027 + Ricoh Aficio 2032 + Ricoh Aficio 2035 + Ricoh Aficio 2035e + Ricoh Aficio 2045 + Ricoh Aficio 2045e + Ricoh Aficio 2051 + Ricoh Aficio 2060 + Ricoh Aficio 2075 + Ricoh Aficio 2090 + Ricoh Aficio 2105 + Ricoh Aficio 3025 + Ricoh Aficio 3030 + Ricoh Aficio 3035 + Ricoh Aficio 3045 + Ricoh Aficio MP 161 + Ricoh Aficio MP 1100 + Ricoh Aficio MP 1350 + Ricoh Aficio MP 1600 + Ricoh Aficio MP 2000 + Ricoh Aficio MP 2500 + Ricoh Aficio MP 2510 + Ricoh Aficio MP 2550 + Ricoh Aficio MP 2550B + Ricoh Aficio MP 3010 + Ricoh Aficio MP 3350 + Ricoh Aficio MP 3350B + Ricoh Aficio MP 3500 + Ricoh Aficio MP 4000 + Ricoh Aficio MP 4000B + Ricoh Aficio MP 4500 + Ricoh Aficio MP 5000 + Ricoh Aficio MP 5000B + Ricoh Aficio MP 5500 + Ricoh Aficio MP 6500 + Ricoh Aficio MP 7500 + Ricoh Aficio MP 9000 + Samsung ML-1250 + Samsung ML-1450 + Samsung ML-1450PS + Samsung ML-1650 + Samsung ML-1651N + Samsung ML-1750 + Samsung ML-2150 + Samsung ML-2150PS + Samsung ML-2151N + Samsung ML-2151NPS + Samsung ML-2152W + Samsung ML-2152WPS + Samsung ML-2250 + Samsung ML-2550 + Samsung ML-2551N + Samsung ML-2552W + Samsung ML-7300 + Samsung ML-7300N + Savin 2235 + Savin 2245 + Savin 2522 + Savin 2527 + Savin 2532 + Savin 2535 + Savin 2545 + Savin 2560 + Savin 2575 + Savin 3515 + Savin 40105 + Savin 4015 + Savin 4018 + Savin 4018d + Savin 4022 + Savin 4027 + Savin 4035 + Savin 4035e + Savin 4045 + Savin 4045e + Savin 4051 + Savin 4060 + Savin 4075 + Savin 4090 + Savin 4135eG + Savin 4135g + Savin 4145eG + Savin 4145g + Savin 7025 + Savin 8016 + Savin 8020 + Savin 8020d + Savin 8025 + Savin 8025e + Savin 8030 + Savin 8030e + Savin 8035 + Savin 8035e + Savin 8035g + Savin 8045 + Savin 8045e + Savin 8045g + Savin 8055 + Savin 8065 + Savin 8075 + Savin 8090 + Savin 8110 + Savin 8135 + Savin 816 + Savin 9016 + Savin 9021d + Savin 9025 + Savin 9025b + Savin 9033 + Savin 9033b + Savin 9040 + Savin 9040b + Savin 9050 + Savin 9050b + Sharp AR-M257 + Xerox WorkCentre M118 ================================================================ -III) EXCEPTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS +V) EXCEPTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS A) GENERAL ISSUES 1) The Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, and dye sublimation drivers do not offer all of the additional options and improvements that the Epson driver does. Please contact us if you would like to - assist with this. + assist with making these options available (requires C + programming skills). ---------------- @@ -603,150 +1432,10 @@ B) BUILD/INSTALLATION ISSUES iii) Edit cups-config to remove the reference to the run path. - 2) There is a known translation problem building the PPD files used - by the CUPS driver such that on many systems all of the PPD - files are in the English language. This causes CUPS tools, such - as KUPS or http://localhost:631 to display many copies of each - PPD file, all in the English (en) language. In fact, the PPD - files should be translated into many different languages. - - The PPD files are created by a program named "genppd" in the - src/cups directory. This program is called once for each - language, and creates all of the PPD files for the language in - one shot. - - The command 'zgrep' can be used to determine if genppd is - creating the PPD files correctly, as follows: - - src/cups$ zgrep LanguageVersion ppd/*/pcl-4.ppd.gz - ppd/C/pcl-4.ppd.gz:*LanguageVersion: English - ppd/da/pcl-4.ppd.gz:*LanguageVersion: Danish - ppd/en_GB/pcl-4.ppd.gz:*LanguageVersion: English-GB - ... - - If the PPD file for each language has a different language - version, the genppd program operated correctly. If instead the - output looks like this: - - src/cups$ zgrep LanguageVersion ppd/*/stp-pcl-4.5.1.ppd.gz - ppd/C/stp-pcl-4.5.1.ppd.gz:*LanguageVersion: English - ppd/da/stp-pcl-4.5.1.ppd.gz:*LanguageVersion: English - ppd/en_GB/stp-pcl-4.5.1.ppd.gz:*LanguageVersion: English - ... - - the program did not operate correctly. - - If you do not have 'zgrep' on your system, you can gunzip the - PPD files, and use - - grep LanguageVersion ppd/*/stp-pcl-4.5.1.ppd - - to accomplish the same test. - - The normal mechanism for performing translations is to set the - LANG environment variable to the appropriate language prior to - running the program. This normally causes the program to search - the translations (normally in /usr/share/locale or - /usr/lib/locale) for the chosen language. When a specially - marked string is used, a special macro calls `gettext()' on the - string to retrieve the translation, and substitutes the - translation for the string in question. - - There are two problems with this approach in the context of - genppd. The translation engine is intended to be used after - installation, not during build, and this causes problems. - - i) At the time genppd is run, the translations have not been - installed in the normal system directories. Fortunately, - it's possible to tell the translation machinery (via - bindtextdomain) to look elsewhere for the translation - catalogs. What we do is install the catalogs in a temporary - directory under src/cups, and tell genppd to instruct the - translation machinery to look there. This workaround is - straightforward, and doesn't normally cause problems. - - ii) LANG only lets us pick a valid locale (normally determined by - listing the directories in /usr/share/locale or - /usr/lib/locale). Unfortunately, while language codes (which - form the base of locales) are standard, the actual locale - names aren't always. On some systems, the locale names are - just the language base names; on others, they are the - language names concatenated with country codes (e. g. en_US), - while on others they are language codes concatenated with - character sets. We are not aware of any workaround for this, - possibly short of actually running make install and then - rebuilding the PPD's. 'make install' will install the - message catalogs, and that may create the necessary locale - directories. This is not exactly a very elegant approach. - - The GNU gettext library (libintl.a) provides another environment - variable, LANGUAGE, which unconditionally looks up translations - according to the language, ignoring LANG and the LC_* - environment variables that are normally used for translation. - This library is no longer included with Gutenprint - (--with-included-gettext will not work). Install the GNU - gettext package first if you need libintl.a. Many systems - provide translation machinery in their standard libraries, and - it may not always be best to use foreign libraries to replace - standard system functionality. - - We have chosen to use LANGUAGE for this purpose, as the GNU - gettext library appears to offer the most reliable translation, - and LANGUAGE appears to offer the most reliable mechanism. We - have actually found that LANG and LC_* can interfere with - LANGUAGE, thus we do not use both. - - To determine if the translations are working, you must actually - inspect the PPD files. You will need to - - cd src/cups/ppd/sv - gunzip * - more * - - or the like to determine if this is successful. In particular, - look for LanguageVersion, and make sure that it is correct (it - should be "Swedish" in the sv directory, for example), and also - make sure that the paper sizes are also translated. We - currently suggest using the Swedish translation for this purpose - as it is the most complete. - - If packagers find that the PPD files are all in English, rather - than translated into the appropriate languages, we suggest the - following: - - i) Install GNU gettext (libintl). If your system is not based - on GNU libc (Linux usually is based on GNU libc; BSD, - Solaris, IRIX, etc. are not), you will need this to have any - possibility of creating the translated PPD files. - - ii) Run 'make install' to install the package (including the - message catalogs) onto the system first, and then do the - following: - - cd src/cups - rm ppd-stamp - make - - to rebuild the PPD files. Having the message catalogs on the - system may permit this to succeed. - - iii) Ensure that your system actually has locales named 'sv', - 'pl', and all of the other supported languages, and change - LANGUAGE to something more appropriate (most likely LANG, - LC_MESSAGES, or LC_ALL). - - iv) Build the PPD files on a Linux-based system; they are - portable. - - v) Use --disable-translated-cups-ppds on the configure command line - to suppress the translated PPD files altogether. - - Please feel free to contact us about this issue. - - 3) There are multiple issues that one must be aware of when using + 2) There are multiple issues that one must be aware of when using Foomatic with Gutenprint. - i) Before installing any new release of Gutenprint 5.1, you must + i) Before installing any new release of Gutenprint 5.2, you must manually remove any existing Foomatic option files. This is because the Foomatic utility to load data kits (foomatic-kitload) does not remove obsolete data files from @@ -803,18 +1492,18 @@ B) BUILD/INSTALLATION ISSUES iii) The Foomatic data is version locked to the Gutenprint release installed on the system. For example, PPD files generated - with the Foomatic data for release 5.1.0 will not work with - the ijsgutenprint in release 5.1.1. This is to prevent + with the Foomatic data for release 5.2.0 will not work with + the ijsgutenprint in release 5.2.1. This is to prevent accidentally using incorrect data, which could cause incorrect function to take place. - 4) There is a known complication building "escputil" that causes - problems on some systems. "escputil" uses the "readline" - package, to support command editing and history within the - program. Unfortunately, linking programs with "readline" often - requires linking against additional libraries, and the exact - library depends upon the system (e. g. not all Linux systems have - the same requirements). + 3) There is a known complication building "escputil" that causes + problems on a small number of systems. "escputil" uses the + "readline" package, to support command editing and history within + the program. Unfortunately, linking programs with "readline" + often requires linking against additional libraries, and the + exact library depends upon the system (e. g. not all Linux/UNIX + systems have the same requirements). The configure script attempts to determine which additional library must be linked against. It tries using the following |