* update to apsfilter 7.2.3
* contains two major bugfixes
a) printing using newest HP IJS driver is fixed (PR 37085)
the fix has been taken from other source but PR should be resolved
b) printing to a remote windows printer via samba is fixed
there was a nasty typo in the apsfilter script ($SMP_IP -> $SMB_IP)
* other changes
- new gimp-print driver / ijsgimpprint
- add new pretty command to set text-to-PostScript highlight level
- fix "remote copies" parameter to lpr
- clean up template apsfilterrc
* FreeBSD/port related things:
- could close all problems report
- PR 34153: fixed configure script: a permanent runtime dependency
to bzip2 is inappropriate on FreeBSD systems that have bzip2 in
the base system.
* For a list of all changes please look at ANNOUNCE and ChangeLog file
http://www.apsfilter.org/download.html
PR: 34153, 37085
- please upgrade
- updated pkg-plist to match reality
- tested packaging
Changes:
- replace awk "duplex" function with psset call
- adjust psnup rotation to various converters
for landscape mode
- add landscape option to enscript command line
- introduce IGNORE_LPD_RAW variable to please buggy
spoolers that send jobs in raw mode
- sanitize ": ${foo:-bar}" to ": ${foo:=bar}"
- make n{c}print line whitespace-safe
- save return code in global temporary file
- typo in wmf2eps line
- make apspreview use global "restrictions" file
- get basedir in SETUP from configure
- protect $foo[bar] contructs from being expanded
to array elements by zsh
- add "-dPARANOIDSAFER" for gs7.04 (harmless for all
older releases)
- save "rm" and "rp" in SETUP.cfg
- add some hints w.r.t landscape and n-up in handbook
- remove media types in scripts for some PCL printers
- be more helpful with "invalid method"
- LaserJet 4L needs fixed 300dpi
- LN macro in Makefile needs -n switch -- we must
create a directory link even if one exists already
- add .PHONY targets in Makefiles
- MAPPING update
- change email address in various places
new driver scripts:
- ljet4l, pips/sc70s, pips/sc80s, stp/pcl-2, stp/pcl-4
- update to new version 7.2.0
- update pkg-plist (4 new bjc driver scripts, apsfilter4.png)
- update SETUP patch for FreeBSD-current (chown xxx:yyy syntax, which
is currently not included in apsfilter, am unsure, if all Linux and
Solaris support this, can somebody please clarify ? Thanks)
Highlights of the new apsfilter version (new features):
- printing to Novell remote printer supported, now apsfilter supports
all important types of remote printer (Novell, Unix/lpd, Microsoft,
AppleTalk)
- save network traffic by telling remote lpd and Netware printer scheduler,
to manage copies of a print jobs themselves, this saves you sending
a print job n times over the network (when printing with:
"lpr -C copies=20 large_file.ps"
- Testinstallations of apsfilter under $HOME for testing/migration
planning supported. Test then using aps2file ...
This works for non-root user. configure knows 2 new options for
that purpose, to customize printcap and spooldir location under
$HOME, /tmp or whereever, you get the idea
FIXES:
- BJC script fixes, never ending story, 4 new subtypes of printers
with different print capabilities.
- Security: SETUP uses secure tmpdir
- you can rename printer now or add printer aliases now
aps2file and apspreview understand now to handle aliases (this was
tricky/expensive but doable)
- different fixes see ANNOUNCE / ChangeLog file
Bugfix release and new cool features
New: apspreview script and manpage -> allows you to preview your print
session using gv, kghostview or ghostview (in that order).
If the result fits your needs you can of course directly print
from within these viewers using lpr -C and using apsfilter options
New: "apsfilter-bug" utility which supports you to release a helpful
bug- or problem report for us developers. Its the first release
and certainly will get useful updates in the future.
Detects automatically the apsfilter version you use (-current or
-stable) and sends mail to proper mailinglist apsfilter-current
or apsfilter-stable mailinglist.
New: handbook and manpage updates / cleanups.
More guidance how to release a bug report using apsfilter-bug(1)
apsfilter manpage documents now all print options (-C/-Z option)
supported by apsfilter
Fixes (Prio)
- (HIGH) unbreak hardware duplex printing for all true Postscript printer
- (MEDIUM) pcl3/u970 driver fix for (hardware) duplex printing.
Comment: not tested due to hardware fault of our duplex device.
Would appreciate some feedback. pcl3 driver is very picky about
combination of gs driver options. The options currently in use
have been selected from pcl3 handbook to our best knowledge.
- (HIGH) New ljet4 driver for LaserJet4 style lasers. Previously it used
the cdeskjet driver, which was wrong.
- (HIGH) a2ps sometimes delegates print jobs to other applications even
if user wanted to force ASCII printing (using lpr -C ascii).
This breaks for example printing of Latex Sources.
a2ps will now be executed with "--delegate=no". Fixed !
I encourage everybody to use this new version.
Later version perhaps will get some more generic printer_add/mod/del
commands as prerequisite for perhaps other graphical admin tools.
For that we could need some help from webmin, TCL/TK or gtk GUI
wizards ... Thats usually not my business ;-)
- patch-SETUP is included in 7.0.1 (we don't provide insane defaults anymore)
- support for HPIJS V 1.0 ("IJS" driver)
- still supporting old HPIJS driver ("HPIJS" driver)
- some more sanity checks in SETUP (check is print device is character special)
- added bjc800 driver script, since it differs to bjc600 printer
- format of MAPFILE documented
- handbook has been updated
- compatible to 7.0.0 version, so old entries and spooldirs should work
after upgrade has been made
see ANNOUNCE and ChangeLog for a complete list:
- supports fully ghostscript7
- enhanced driver support, hpijs, pips, latest gimp-print, etc ...
- per driver scripts, where printer manufacturer *could* place
their driver/scripts, the case structure wasn't scaleable anymore
an led to incomplete support or to large apsfilter script
- unified command-line options, see handbook
- support for HARDWARE_COPIES if your printer can print multiple copies
himself
- option settings can be restricted by the administrator for all printer
or print queues (maybe to save print costs on color printers ...)
- support for many new filetypes
- print contens of archives: tar, cpio, ar, zip, zoo ...
- security: update for duplex print keys
- separate faq has gone, everything is in the handbook
- error messages can be sent to user now via Cc:
- no bugs so far ;-)
all from -current has been merged after a long testing period.
See the ANNOUNCE file for the long list of bugfixes, security,
feature and code enhancements.
I hope, this time apsfilter port will fit on CD 1, so
people can install apsfilter during initial FreeBSD
installation.
New features in 5.3.0
=====================
- Major enhancements in SETUP, therefore version bump
- checks your version of ghostscript
- is aware of gs version 5.50 and 6.01 printer drivers
- new driver selection mechanism
- fetches list of available printer driver from file
- you can browse/search this list using more
- you select printer driver by number
- sanity check, if the printer driver is present in your gs binary
- at the end of your selection you get a list of printers
as confirmation, that are supported by your driver selection
- you can repeat this step as often as you like until you
choose a valid printer driver
- After printer driver selection you can as usual print test pages
if you like or repeat the step of selection another driver in this
more user friendly manner.
- upp profile contribution for
Epson LQ-570/870/1070/1170 ESC/P2 24-pin Dot Matrix printer
- 3rd party additional driver for
HP 812C, 815C, 832C, 880C, 882C, 895C, 932C, 970C
http://www.proaxis.com/~mgelhaus/linux/software/hp880c/hp880c.html
- Generic Postscript printer Support
- added more resolutions in SETUP script and apsfilter script
- bugfix: some resolutions were missing in apsfilter script
- Adding driver support information is now more easy, since you only
have to add it to a file setup/printer-<gs-version>
- internal: download page: enhanced make-release script
produces now diffs from every version to latest version
- latest apsfilter patches can be found on download page
- info: new URL -> http://people.freebsd.org/~andreas
- new URL -> http://people.freebsd.org/~andreas
- make-release: generate more diffs (every release to latest) and
patch from latest to head branch
- Added files with an up to date printer list for gs 5.50 and 6.01
SETUP will be modified later...
- devices-5.50 - list of driver options
- devices-6.01 - list of driver options
- printer-5.50 - list of supported printers
- printer-6.01 - list of supported printers
Port related changes:
- apsfilter port isn't interactive anymore, we can now put it onto FreeBSD CD 1
- use bzip2 for apsfilter sources to save space on FreeBSD Disk 1
- new run dependency to recode and a2ps
- when BATCH is defined set PAPERSIZE to a4, to avoid problems with a2ps port
- updated DESCR (listed some of the new apsfilter features)
- updated PLIST
- new post-install target to inform people to run SETUP to complete installation
Apsfilter related changes:
- new supported file types (BMP, FAX G3, troff)
- possible to print in different print resolutions (see example in INSTALL),
i.e.: lpr -P{low,med,high} some_files...
- ghostscript can make use of additional type1 fonts by setting the gs
environment variable GS_FONTPATH. gs automatically recognizes
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 and
/var/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
if present. Other Paths can be configured global or printer type
dependend by admin or user as usual. See precedence of apsfilterrc
and .apsfilterrc files above.
- printer driver type dependend config files in that order:
- /etc/apsfilterrc
- /etc/apsfilterrc.${PRINTER}
and if defined INSECURE:
- $HOME/.apsfilterrc
- $HOME/.apsfilterrc.${PRINTER}
- CRLF translation and perforation skip for more HP models
- new environment variable USE_RECODE_NOT_A2PS, so you can use
reecode as an alternative over a2ps
- new environment variable RECODE_OPTS
defaults to "-q latin1:ibmpc"
- new environment variable PAGES_REVERSE_ORDER for forcing dvips
to print in reverse order
- detection of printer resolution revamped and more clear
- Precedence of definition of print resolution:
a) by name of filter script (symlink to apsfilter)
b) by setting GS_RESOL in apsfilterrc config files
c) autodetected by apsfilter (PS_xxx, printer driver name)
d) otherwise defaults to 300dpi (for dvips commandline)
- some dvips settings cleanup, use -Z only when resol >= 400dpi
- when printing html use some sane defaults for HTML2PS_OPTS
if not set in apsfilterrc files
Contributions:
- SUPPORT FOR NEW GNU a2ps 4.12, Hurray !!!!
thanks to Debian Port maintainer, Matej Vela <mvela@public.srce.hr>
- cool PS testpage (test.ps)
Andreas Reuter <ar205@bonzo.geowiss.nat.tu-bs.de>
- many thanks to the SuSE developement team especially
Werner Fink <werner@suse.de> for many inspirations
- and of course cosmetic and bugfixes ;-)
Do 18 Feb 1999 21:15:27 CET Joachim Achtzehnter <joachim@kraut.bc.ca>
* LPRng support !!!
* writing the first 8k into a tmp file makes rewindstdin unnecessary
Sat, 24 Oct 1998 22:29:12 -0500 (CDT) Glenn Johnson <gljohns@bellsouth.net>
* uniprint driver support (for ghostscript >= 5.10)
Revamped installation method ... install only interesting files
docu is installed now under ${PREFIX}/share/doc
make port PREFIX clean
SETUP script is improved, theoretically you can now try
different printer setting before installation as long as you like.
Only drwaback, then you know, which printer and options to choose,
you have to configure it later in /etc/apsfilterrc by hand ...
Sorry folks, but better than before ... and if I have some
sparetime ...
