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-  <chapter><title>Project History</title>
-  <para>
-This software package was first written by Michael Sweet of
-<ulink url="http://www.easysw.com">Easy Software Products</ulink> and
-initially worked only as a print plugin to the GIMP (GNU Image
-Manipulation Program).  In the summer of 1999,
-Robert Krawitz (the current
-Gutenprint project leader) purchased an Epson Stylus Photo EX printer
-to feed his photography hobby. Finding no existing printer drivers, Robert
-adapted Mike's GIMP Print plugin to his six-color printer, and by the end
-of the year released version 3.0 of the Gimp-Print software, which was
-included in version 1.1 of the GIMP.  The intention was for this to be
-the stable plugin in version 1.2 of the GIMP while development of the
-GIMP Print plugin continued for later release.
-  </para>
-  <para>
-Robert put the Gimp-Print development tree on SourceForge starting
-with version 3.1, and quickly found a group of like-minded people who wanted to print
-high quality output on inexpensive inkjet printers. One of the main
-goals, which was not expected to be met until late in the version 3.1
-cycle, was to write a Ghostscript driver so that printing would not be
-restricted to the GIMP.  Imagine Robert's surprise when Henryk "Buggs"
-Richter wrote one within days!
-  </para>
-  <para>
-In July 2000, not more than a year after Robert bought his Epson
-Stylus Photo EX, he was invited to the Linux Printing
-Summit hosted by VA Linux Systems. In preparation for that, he spent
-long hours printing out test images.  Robert went back to the
-Gimp-Print version 3.0.9 release, which seemed like such an advance
-at the time,  and was floored at how far the project had come in four
-months! Output that had been considered impressive with using six
-colors was put to shame by four color output. That should give you
-an idea what six color and variable dot size printers can do. It also
-illustrates what a group of committed people can do.
-  </para>
-  <para>
-Robert came away from the Printing Summit with a lot of new ideas, and in
-November 2000, Gimp-Print version 4.0 was released, the culmination of 9 months
-of work by the team.  The quality was already tremendously improved
-over what the software could do at the Printing Summit.
-  </para>
-  <para>
-The team started serious work on version 4.1 in December
-2000, and version 4.2.0 was released in November 2001.  Despite the fact
-that version 4.2.0 is a "minor" release over version 4.0, there are vast
-improvements:
-  <itemizedlist>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>
-      The driver is built as a shared library, making it much easier
-to use by higher layers of software
-      </para>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>
-      The packaging system now follows GNU standards
-      </para>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>
-The print quality (in particular, color accuracy, a well-known weakness in 4.0) is even better
-      </para>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>
-      Improved performance
-      </para>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>
-      Many more options
-      </para>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>
-      More supported printers
-      </para>
-    </listitem>
-
-  </itemizedlist>
-
-  </para>
-  <para>
-Releases of Gimp-Print have been historically numbered in
-a fashion similar to that of the Linux kernel, where major releases
-are denoted by the first digit (in this case '4'), while minor
-releases are denoted by subsequent digits (such as '4.2.0').  Even
-numbered minor releases are considered stable, while odd numbered
-minor releases are considered development releases (whose stability
-may vary for any given release).
-  </para>
-  <para>
-This project is by no means finished.  In future releases, the development
-team hopes to include the following:
-  <itemizedlist>
-    <listitem><para>implementation of proper color management</para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para>improved dithering</para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para>improvements in performance</para></listitem>
-  </itemizedlist>
-  </para>
-  <para>
-The entire Gutenprint team hopes you will really enjoy using this
-software!  For more information, please consult the Gutenprint project
-<ulink url="http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net">web page</ulink>.
-  </para>
-  </chapter>