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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Welcome to Gutenprint 5.2.5, a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. This +Welcome to Gutenprint 5.2.6, a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. This release has bug fixes, support for some new printers, and a few new -features over 5.2.4. Please read these release notes carefully. +features over 5.2.5. 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. Gutenprint currently supports over 1400 printer models. +others. Gutenprint currently supports over 1500 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 @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ These release notes contain the following sections: I) General Requirements II) Critical Upgrade Note III) Changes from Previous Releases + * Changes from 5.2.5 * Changes from 5.2.4 * Changes from 5.2.3 * Changes from 5.2.2 @@ -88,12 +89,12 @@ 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 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. +Users of Macintosh 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger) 10.5 (Leopard), and +10.6 (Snow 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. @@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ for building and installing Gutenprint. 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, +are upgrading from a version of Gutenprint prior to 5.2 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. @@ -249,6 +250,188 @@ device. We have determined that the data is in fact written by the III) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES +* Changes from 5.2.5 + + 1) New printers supported in this release: + + - Canon inkjet printers: + + Canon PIXMA MP360 + Canon PIXMA MP370 + Canon PIXMA MP390 + Canon PIXMA MP510 + Canon PIXMA MP970 + + - Epson inkjet printers: + + EPSON Artisan 50 + EPSON EP-302 + EPSON EP-702A + EPSON Stylus Photo P50 + EPSON Stylus Pro 3800 (EXPERIMENTAL) + EPSON Stylus Pro 3880 (EXPERIMENTAL) + EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 + EPSON Stylus Pro 4880 + EPSON Stylus Pro 11800 + EPSON Stylus T59 + EPSON Stylus T60 + EPSON Stylus TX659 + + NOTE: The support for the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 and 3880 is + experimental and WILL CHANGE SUBSTANTIALLY in future releases. + It should not be considered suitable for production use at + this time. + + - PCL laser printers: + + Brother HL-2030 + Brother HL-2035 + Canon LBP-3360 + Kyocera CS-1815 + Kyocera FS-1018MFP + Kyocera FS-1020D + Kyocera FS-1030D + Kyocera FS-1118MFP + Kyocera FS-1714M + Kyocera FS-1920 + Kyocera FS-2000D + Kyocera FS-3718M + Kyocera FS-3820N + Kyocera FS-3830N + Kyocera FS-3900DN + Kyocera FS-4000DN + Kyocera FS-6020 + Kyocera FS-6026 + Kyocera FS-6300 + Kyocera FS-6750 + Kyocera FS-6900 + Kyocera FS-6950DN + Kyocera FS-7028M + Kyocera FS-9130DN + Kyocera FS-920 + Kyocera FS-9530DN + Kyocera KM-1510 + Kyocera KM-1815 + Kyocera KM-1820 + Kyocera KM-3050 + Kyocera KM-4050 + Kyocera KM-4230/5230 + Kyocera KM-5050 + Kyocera KM-6030 + Kyocera KM-8030 + Oki B4350 + Tektronix Phaser 750DP + Tektronix Phaser 750DX + Tektronix Phaser 750N + Tektronix Phaser 750P + Xerox Phaser 2135 + Xerox Phaser 4400B + Xerox Phaser 4400DT + Xerox Phaser 4400DX + Xerox Phaser 4400N + Xerox Phaser 4500B + Xerox Phaser 4500DT + Xerox Phaser 4500DX + Xerox Phaser 4500N + Xerox Phaser 4510B + Xerox Phaser 4510DT + Xerox Phaser 4510DX + Xerox Phaser 4510N + Xerox Phaser 5500B + Xerox Phaser 5500DN + Xerox Phaser 5500DT + Xerox Phaser 5500DX + Xerox Phaser 5500N + Xerox Phaser 6130N + Xerox Phaser 6180DN + Xerox Phaser 6180MFP-D + Xerox Phaser 6200B + Xerox Phaser 6200DP + Xerox Phaser 6200DX + Xerox Phaser 6200N + Xerox Phaser 6250B + Xerox Phaser 6250DP + Xerox Phaser 6250DT + Xerox Phaser 6250DX + Xerox Phaser 6250N + Xerox Phaser 6300DN + Xerox Phaser 6300N + Xerox Phaser 6350DP + Xerox Phaser 6350DT + Xerox Phaser 6350DX + Xerox Phaser 6360DN + Xerox Phaser 6360DX + Xerox Phaser 7300B + Xerox Phaser 7300DN + Xerox Phaser 7300DT + Xerox Phaser 7300DX + Xerox Phaser 7300N + Xerox Phaser 7400DN + Xerox Phaser 7400DT + Xerox Phaser 7400DX + Xerox Phaser 7400DXF + Xerox Phaser 7400N + Xerox Phaser 7700DN + Xerox Phaser 7700DX + Xerox Phaser 7700GX + Xerox Phaser 7750B + Xerox Phaser 7750DN + Xerox Phaser 7750DXF + Xerox Phaser 7750GX + Xerox Phaser 7760DN + Xerox Phaser 7760DX + Xerox Phaser 7760GX + Xerox Phaser 8400B + Xerox Phaser 8400BD + Xerox Phaser 8400DP + Xerox Phaser 8400DX + Xerox Phaser 8400N + Xerox Phaser 8500DN + Xerox Phaser 8500N + Xerox Phaser 8550DP + Xerox Phaser 8550DT + Xerox Phaser 8550DX + Xerox Phaser 8560DN + Xerox WorkCentre 7345 + + 2) Fix printing to Epson Stylus S20, S21, T20, and T21. + + 3) Adjust printer definitions of EPSON Stylus Pro 7800 and 9800 (to + use Ultrachrome K3 rather than Ultrachrome inks and media + definitions). This may result in minor changes in color output; + if you determine this to be an issue, use the 7600 or 9600 + driver as appropriate or do not take this upgrade. + + 4) Adjust the printer definitions of the Epson Stylus Pro 7880, + 9880, and 11880 to be consistent with new definition of 4880 and + use Ultrachrome K3 w/Vivid Magenta ink. This may result in + minor changes in color output; if you determine this to be an + issue, use the 7600 or 9600 driver as appropriate or do not take + this upgrade. + + 5) Correct printing on Epson Stylus Pro printers (x600, x800, and + x880 series) to position images correctly on the page and to + correctly cut the print in roll feed mode. + + 6) Correct printer definitions of some Kyocera laser printers to + specify tabloid-size (11.7x17) output. + + 7) Correct printer definition of Canon ImageRunner 330s (large + format). + + 8) Add CD Allow Other Media Sizes option to Epson printers to + permit printing to other media sizes when using third party + trays. + + 9) Correct the behavior of scan and page dry times for Epson Stylus + Pro printers. + + 10) The Enhanced Print plugin for GIMP now allows printing very + small images at their correct sizes. + + 11) A Finnish translation has been added. + + * Changes from 5.2.4 1) New printers supported in this release: @@ -835,6 +1018,7 @@ D) CHANGES TO THE CUPS INTERFACE el Greek en_GB English (UK) es Spanish + fi Finnish fr French hu Hungarian ja Japanese |