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authorRoger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>2008-10-26 16:18:09 +0000
committerRoger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>2008-10-26 16:18:09 +0000
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-Welcome to Gutenprint 5.0.1! Please read these notes carefully.
+Welcome to Gutenprint 5.0.2! Please read these notes carefully.
================================================================
I) INTRODUCTION
- This is Gutenprint version 5.0.1, a stable release of Gutenprint
+ This is Gutenprint version 5.0.2, a stable release of Gutenprint
5.0. Gutenprint, formerly named Gimp-Print, 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
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ I) INTRODUCTION
and beyond.
Gutenprint has been renamed in order to clearly distinguish it
- from the GIMP. While this package started out as the Print plugin
- for the GIMP, it has expanded into a collection of general purpose
- printer drivers, and the enhanced Print plugin for the GIMP is now
- only a small part of the package. Furthermore, the name
- Gutenprint recognizes Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the
- movable type printing press. Finally, the word "guten" means
- "good" in German.
+ from GIMP. While this package started out as the Print plugin for
+ GIMP, it has expanded into a collection of general purpose printer
+ drivers, and the enhanced Print plugin for GIMP is now only a
+ small part of the package. Furthermore, the name Gutenprint
+ recognizes Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the movable type
+ printing press. Finally, the word "guten" means "good" in German.
Please read the user's manual (in ODF format as
doc/gutenprint-users-manual.odt or PDF format as
@@ -79,7 +78,8 @@ A) OVERVIEW
- The core driver library (required for everything else)
- A CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) driver
- - An enhanced Print plug-in for the GIMP
+ - An enhanced Print plug-in for GIMP
+ - GTK-based UI libraries (used by the enhanced GIMP plug-in)
- Support for the Foomatic spooler configuration system
- A Ghostscript driver using the IJS plugin facility
- A command-line utility to administer and maintain Epson
@@ -115,23 +115,21 @@ A) OVERVIEW
gimp-print-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
================================================================
- Release: gutenprint 5.0.1 generated on 22 Jul 2006
+ Release: gutenprint 5.0.2 generated on 29 Dec 2007
Features:
Build CUPS: yes, installing in /usr
- Build CUPS PPD files: yes
- Build translated CUPS PPD files: no
- Build simplified CUPS PPD files: no
- Generate PS level 3 CUPS PPD files: yes
- Install CUPS PPD files at top level: no
+ Build CUPS 1.2 enhancements: yes
+ Build CUPS PPD files: no
+ Generate PS level 3 CUPS PPD files: yes
Build genppd statically: yes
Build Ghostscript IJS driver: yes
Build Foomatic data: yes
Build Foomatic 3.x data: yes
- Build enhanced Print plugin for the GIMP: yes
+ Build enhanced Print plugin for GIMP: yes
Build GIMP 1.2 plugin: yes
Build GIMP 2.x plugin: yes
- GIMP 2.x plugin will be named: print
+ GIMP 2.x plugin will be named: gutenprint
Install plugin(s) in home directory: no
Build EPSON Stylus utility: yes
Build test programs: yes
@@ -141,15 +139,16 @@ A) OVERVIEW
Installation prefix: /usr/local
Data directory: /usr/local/share/gutenprint
Library directory: /usr/local/lib/gutenprint
- XML data directory: /usr/local/share/gutenprint/5.0.1/xml
- Module directory: /usr/local/lib/gutenprint/5.0.1/modules
+ XML data directory: /usr/local/share/gutenprint/5.0.2/xml
+ Module directory: /usr/local/lib/gutenprint/5.0.2/modules
Install sample images: yes
General configuration:
- Compiler options: -g -O2 -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Winline -finline-limit=1048576 -pedantic -Waggregate-return -Wcast-qual -Wshadow -Wredundant-decls
+ Compiler options: -Disfinite=finite -O6 -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Winline -Wformat=2 -finline-limit=1048576 -pedantic -Waggregate-return -Wcast-qual -Wshadow -Wredundant-decls
Build static libraries: yes
Build shared libraries: no
Maintainer mode: yes
+ Use i18n: yes
Generate profiling information: no
Generate debugging symbols: no
Use modules: static
@@ -205,6 +204,9 @@ B) CORE DRIVER LIBRARY
development (4.3, 5.1). Therefore, you should consider allowing
Gutenprint 5.0 and Gimp-Print 4.2 to be installed concurrently.
+ * The core driver library component also includes locale files for
+ the libary and documentation.
+
----------------
@@ -216,8 +218,8 @@ B) CUPS
information may be found at http://www.cups.org. Gutenprint 5.0
requires CUPS 1.1.9 or higher. We recommend use of 1.1.15 or
above; that release of CUPS fixes some important bugs. Gutenprint
- supports CUPS 1.2, but at this time does not take advantage of the
- new features of that release.
+ supports CUPS 1.2, and supports the CUPS 1.2 enhancements,
+ including dynamic PPD file generation.
Gutenprint will normally detect the presence of CUPS on your
system and will attempt to build the CUPS driver if it finds CUPS
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ B) CUPS
/usr/share/cups/model/gutenprint. These PPD files can only be
used by the precise version of Gutenprint that they were built
with; for example, it is not possible to use PPD files from
- Gutenprint 5.0.1 with Gutenprint 5.0.1.
+ Gutenprint 5.0.2 with Gutenprint 5.0.1.
* A utility to update PPD files from an earlier release of
Gutenprint, cups-genppdupdate.5.0. This utility may be used to
@@ -276,10 +278,10 @@ B) CUPS
This will happen if all of the following are true:
i) The cups-config provided by the CUPS driver adds
- -Wl,rpath=/usr/lib. This is done by some versions of CUPS
- reportedly because in some cases the runtime linker does
- not pick up libraries out of /usr/lib. This can be checked
- by running
+ -Wl,rpath=/usr/lib (or wherever the CUPS system libraries
+ live). This is done by some versions of CUPS reportedly
+ because in some cases the runtime linker does not pick up
+ libraries out of /usr/lib. This can be checked by running
cups-config --libs --ldflags
@@ -288,10 +290,10 @@ B) CUPS
the CUPS installation on your system.
ii) There is presently a version of Gutenprint installed in
- /usr (--prefix=/usr) rather than /usr/local or the like.
- The default location of Gutenprint installation is in
- /usr/local, but system vendors typically install Gutenprint
- in /usr.
+ the system default, typically /usr (--prefix=/usr) rather
+ than /usr/local or the like. The default location of
+ Gutenprint installation is in /usr/local, but system
+ vendors typically install Gutenprint in /usr.
iii) Gutenprint is built dynamically only (--disable-static or
--disable-static-genppd). This is not a default, and
@@ -516,45 +518,45 @@ C) FOOMATIC
----------------
-D) THE GIMP
-
- Gutenprint may be used with an enhanced Print plug-in for the
- GIMP, providing the ability to print images. If you wish to do
- so, you must use the GIMP 1.2.3 or above on the 1.2 line, or any
- GIMP 2.x release (2.0, 2.1, 2.2, etc.) Please read the release
- notes in addition to this README, as there have been some changes
- in procedure since Gimp-Print 4.2 if you are using certain
- versions of the GIMP.
-
- The enhanced Print plugin for the GIMP replaces the Gimp-Print
- 4.2-based plugin provided with the GIMP 2.0 and 2.2. As of the
- GIMP 2.4, the GIMP team provides a new Print plugin based on the
- GtkPrint framework. This plugin provides standard printing
- capabilities, but does not provide all of the new Gutenprint 5.0
- features. Therefore, the enhanced Print plugin for the GIMP
- distributed with Gutenprint does not replace that plugin, but is
- installed alongside that plugin.
+D) GIMP
+
+ Gutenprint may be used with an enhanced Print plug-in for GIMP,
+ providing the ability to print images. If you wish to do so, you
+ must use GIMP 1.2.3 or above on the 1.2 line, or any GIMP 2.x
+ release (2.0, 2.1, 2.2, etc.) Please read the release notes in
+ addition to this README, as there have been some changes in
+ procedure since Gimp-Print 4.2 if you are using certain versions
+ of GIMP.
+
+ The enhanced Print plugin for GIMP replaces the Gimp-Print
+ 4.2-based plugin provided with GIMP 2.0 and 2.2. As of the GIMP
+ 2.4, GIMP team provides a new Print plugin based on the GtkPrint
+ framework. This plugin provides standard printing capabilities,
+ but does not provide all of the new Gutenprint 5.0 features.
+ Therefore, the enhanced Print plugin for GIMP distributed with
+ Gutenprint does not replace that plugin, but is installed
+ alongside that plugin.
If your system separates development packages from runtime
packages, you will typically have to install development packages
- for the GIMP itself, in addition to GTK and glib. With the GIMP
- 2.x and GTK 2.x, additional packages may be required.
+ for GIMP itself, in addition to GTK and glib. With GIMP 2.x and
+ GTK 2.x, additional packages may be required.
Normally, the Gutenprint configure script detects which version,
- if any, of the GIMP is installed and builds an appropriate plugin.
- If the configure script does not detect it properly, you may need
- to specify --with-gimp or --with-gimp2. However, it's more likely
+ if any, of GIMP is installed and builds an appropriate plugin. If
+ the configure script does not detect it properly, you may need to
+ specify --with-gimp or --with-gimp2. However, it's more likely
that you need to install appropriate development packages.
- Normally Gutenprint installs the GIMP Print plugin in your system
+ Normally Gutenprint installs GIMP Print plugin in your system
plug-in directory. If you wish to install it in your personal
plugin directory, you may use
./configure --enable-user-install
- It is not possible for Gimp-Print 4.2 and Gutenprint 5.0 (or any
- future release) to coexist in the same installation of the GIMP.
- The Gutenprint 5.0-based plugin can read settings from previous
+ It is not possible for Gimp-Print 4.2 and Gutenprint 5.1 (or any
+ future release) to coexist in the same installation of GIMP. The
+ Gutenprint 5.0-based plugin can read settings from previous
versions of Gimp-Print, but the configuration file format in
Gutenprint 5.0 cannot be read by older versions of Gimp-Print.
@@ -567,11 +569,11 @@ D) THE GIMP
NOTE TO PACKAGERS:
- * The GIMP plugin, unlike the core library and the Foomatic and
- CUPS drivers, may not be installed concurrently with other
- versions. For example, you may not install both the Gimp-Print
- 4.2 and the Gutenprint 5.0 version of the Print plugin, as they
- use different configuration file formats.
+ * The enhanced GIMP plugin, unlike the core library and the
+ Foomatic and CUPS drivers, may not be installed concurrently
+ with other versions. For example, you may not install both the
+ Gimp-Print 4.2 and the Gutenprint 5.1 version of the Print
+ plugin, as they use different configuration file formats.
----------------
@@ -629,8 +631,8 @@ A) PRINTER INSTALLATION
Epson Stylus Photo R300 Foomatic/gutenprint-ijs.5.0
Epson Stylus Photo R300 Foomatic/gutenprint-ijs-simplified.5.0
- Epson Stylus Photo R300 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.1
- Epson Stylus Photo R300 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.1 Simplified
+ Epson Stylus Photo R300 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2
+ Epson Stylus Photo R300 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2 Simplified
The "simplified" PPD files offer a basic set of options only, for
selecting printer options, standard paper sizes, and basic quality
@@ -660,12 +662,12 @@ A) PRINTER INSTALLATION
of the driver that they were built against. If you attempt to use
a version of Gutenprint with PPD files not built for that precise
version, the driver will fail with a diagnostic error message.
- For example, PPD files built for Gutenprint 5.0.1-beta4 will not
- work with driver version 5.0.1. You can identify printers using
+ For example, PPD files built for Gutenprint 5.0.1 will not
+ work with driver version 5.0.2. You can identify printers using
Gutenprint PPD files by the name of the PPD file, which will be
something like:
- EPSON Stylus Photo EX - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.1(en)
+ EPSON Stylus Photo EX - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2(en)
Linux users please note: If you are using CUPS 1.1.11 or higher,
and you have a USB-connected printer, you must have a printer