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Project History</H1 -><P ->This software package was first written by Michael Sweet of -<A -HREF="http://www.easysw.com" -TARGET="_top" ->Easy Software Products</A -> 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. - </P -><P ->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! - </P -><P ->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. - </P -><P ->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. - </P -><P ->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: - <P -></P -><UL -><LI -><P -> The driver is built as a shared library, making it much easier -to use by higher layers of software - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> The packaging system now follows GNU standards - </P -></LI -><LI -><P ->The print quality (in particular, color accuracy, a well-known weakness in 4.0) is even better - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> Improved performance - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> Many more options - </P -></LI -><LI -><P -> More supported printers - </P -></LI -></UL -> - - </P -><P ->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). - </P -><P ->This project is by no means finished. In future releases, the development -team hopes to include the following: - <P -></P -><UL -><LI -><P ->implementation of proper color management</P -></LI -><LI -><P ->improved dithering</P -></LI -><LI -><P ->improvements in performance</P -></LI -></UL -> - </P -><P ->The entire Gutenprint team hopes you will really enjoy using this -software! 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