* Changes from 5.2.14
1) The following printers have been added:
Epson Expression ET-2600 EcoTank ET
Canon SELPHY CP1300
2) The following printers have seen bugfixes:
Sony UP-CR10L
Sony UP-DR150
Sony UP-DR200
3) Miscellaneous fixes for DNP DS80DX, DNP DS820, Mitsubishi P95D,
Shinko S1245, Sony UP-CR10L, UP-DR150, and UP-DR200, and Kodak
68xx series.
4) The Macintosh uninstaller, which was inadvertently removed from
5.2.14, has been restored.
* Changes from 5.2.12
1) Critical bugfix
* Correct mis-defined paper type that collided with standard
A4 paper. This resulted in some Canon and PCL printers
mishandling A4 paper.
2) Added support for the following Epson inkjet printers:
EPSON Artisan 1430
EPSON L210
3) Improvements to the dye-sublimation driver:
* Code optimizations in the dye-sublimation driver, resulting
in a significant (2x-2.7x) boost in performance.
* Added support for the following thermal printer:
Mitsubishi P93DW
* Enhanced support (and bugfixes) for several
dye-sublimation and thermal printers.
4) Improvements to the Gimp plugin
* Compilation fixes when CUPS is not enabled
* Fix non-interactive plugin mode
5) Changes to the Canon driver:
* Added support for many printer models.
* Removed iP100 (unsupported)
* Added duplex support to MP530
* Improved duplex support for sevearl models.
* Corrected black-only and color-only cartridge support for MP230
series
* Improved printer firmware papersize detection when using
automatic paper source selection (Autofeed), by changing paper
width from calculated to a constant value for paper sizes known
to the driver.
* Added several resolution modes for Pro9500
6) Added the Datamax-O'Neil H class series of printers.
7) Added the two Honeywell printers, RP2 (SAV2) and RP4 (SAV4).
Upstream NEWS (some points summarized):
* Changes from 5.2.12
1) Critical bugfix
* Correct mis-defined paper type that collided with standard
A4 paper. This resulted in some Canon and PCL printers
mishandling A4 paper.
2) Added support for the following Epson inkjet printers:
EPSON Artisan 1430
EPSON L210
3) Improvements to the dye-sublimation driver:
* Code optimizations in the dye-sublimation driver, resulting
in a significant (2x-2.7x) boost in performance.
* Added support for the following thermal printer:
Mitsubishi P93DW
* Enhanced support (and bugfixes) for several printers (Canon,
Fujifilm, Kodak, Mitsubishi)
4) Improvements to the Gimp plugin
* Compilation fixes when CUPS is not enabled
* Fix non-interactive plugin mode
5) Changes to the Canon driver:
* Added support for many printer models.
* Corrected black-only and color-only cartridge support for MP230
series
* Improved printer firmware papersize detection when using
automatic paper source selection (Autofeed), by changing paper
width from calculated to a constant value for paper sizes known
to the driver.
* Added several resolution modes for Pro9500
6) Added the Datamax-O'Neil H class series of printers.
7) Added the two Honeywell printers, RP2 (SAV2) and RP4 (SAV4).
Upstream change summary (see NEWS for details):
*) The Ghostscript IJS driver and Foomatic data generator have been
removed. CUPS is ubiquitous on Linux/UNIX systems, and the
Ghostscript IJS driver and Foomatic data are not needed with
CUPS.
*) New/improved support for many dyesub printers, including media
status reporting.
*) Added/improved support for many printers.
*) Removed support for Brother HL-1430.
As of 5.2.11, Gutenprint no longer supports Macintosh OS X
10.5.
Upstream changes are voluminous and have many details and have
therefore been aggressively summarized. See NEWS in the sources.
* Changes from 5.2.10
1) Added support for many following dye sublimation printers.
2) Enhanced support (and bugfixes) for many dye sublimation
printers.
3) Added support for the Datamax-O'Neil PCL printers, the Performance
series (p1115, p1115s, p1120n, p1125, p1725, h8308) and the
Datamax-O'Neil Workstation printer.
Also added common Imperial and Metric label sizes to the Paper
Selection menu.
4) Added support for the following Epson inkjet printers:
EPSON L120
EPSON L210
EPSON L1800 (preliminary)
5) Add support for the following laser printer:
Kyocera FS-1135MFP
6) Canon inkjet driver enhancements:
Added support for many models and multiple enhancements.
7) Canon inkjet driver bugfixes:
6.1 Ink compression fixed
A problem with a new ink level compression added in 5.2.7 had
affected multiple printer models. The bug has been fixed in the
present release, thus all modes previously affected should work
normally.
Problems found locating distfiles:
Package acroread7: missing distfile AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386.tar.gz
Package acroread8: missing distfile AdobeReader_enu-8.1.7-1.sparc.tar.gz
Package cups-filters: missing distfile cups-filters-1.1.0.tar.xz
Package dvidvi: missing distfile dvidvi-1.0.tar.gz
Package lgrind: missing distfile lgrind.tar.bz2
Otherwise, existing SHA1 digests verified and found to be the same on
the machine holding the existing distfiles (morden). All existing
SHA1 digests retained for now as an audit trail.
Gutenprint 5.2.10 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.4 or earlier.
[See NEWS for the list of printers; ~1000 lines were omitted from this
commit message.]
1) Added a unified CUPS backend to support selected dye sublimation
printers.
2) New printers supported in this release:
[many]
3) The following Canon printer models were not added, as they cannot
currently be supported, even experimentally, owing to an as-yet
unknown command format or other issues:
[several]
4) Corrected page dimensions for borderless printing with Canon
inkjet printers.
5) Added duplex support for the EPSON WorkForce 630, 635, and 645,
and NX635
6) Expanded printable area at the bottom of the page for the Epson
Stylus Pro 3800 and 3880.
7) Added IEEE1284 device IDs for the following printers.
[many]
8) Added Catalan, Turkish, and Vietnamese translations.
1) This release fixes an inappropriate change to the internal
library version number (.soname or equivalent) made in 5.2.8.
All distributors should immediately apply this update to their
distributions to avoid other software linking against
libgutenprint breaking.
2) Duplicate Transparency entries in the media types for Canon
iP4100 and similar printers have been removed.
3) The range of fine position adjustment of CD media has been
increased for Epson printers.
4) The German translation has been updated.
5) Canon PIXMA Pro9000 plain media high quality mode bug fix.
* Changes from 5.2.7
1) The Canon driver has been significantly overhauled for this
release, and output (and in some cases functionality) may be
significantly different from previous releases. We expect to
perform further work in future releases. Specific changes
include:
[Massive list of Canon printers with changes]
2) New printers supported in this release:
[many]
3) A problem whereby printing did not work at all on some Linux
distributions has been fixed (3299815 CUPS PPD broken on Linux).
4) A crash with the EPSON Stylus Photo R3000 has been fixed.
5) Printing on the Epson Stylus NX200, SX200, and SX205 is believed
to be corrected.
6) A build problem with libgutenprintui2 and testpattern on certain
platforms has been fixed.
7) Chinese (Mandarin), Galician, and Ukrainian translations have
been added.
8) (API) Added function stp_vars_copy_from() to override settings in
one settings object with those in another.
for full details):
1) New printers supported in this release:
- Canon inkjet printers (many):
- Epson inkjet printers (many):
- Dye sublimation printers:
Kodak EasyShare G600 Printer Dock
Kodak PD-4000
Kodak PD-6000
Kodak Photo Printer
Kodak Photo Printer 500
Kodak Printer Dock Plus
Kodak Printer Dock Plus S3
2) Corrected color matching profile used for Mac OS X 10.5.x.
sRGB will now be used instead of Generic RGB. Users with work-
flows dependant on the previously used Generic RGB can select
this color profile in the print window by using ColorSync to
choose the profile rather than using VendorMatching.
9) Corrected base density for Photo Paper on printers using Claria
ink (use 20% less ink). The default results in heavy ink
puddling in some cases.
12) A problem whereby certain malformed PPD files would cause the
PostScript driver to crash has been fixed. In addition, the
PostScript driver now runs considerably faster.
* Changes from 5.2.3
1) New printers supported in this release:
Canon PIXMA iX4000
Canon SELPHY CP-520
EPSON Stylus Photo R2880
EPSON Stylus DX4000
2) Printing to the Epson PM-D600 has been corrected.
3) Printing using the manual sheet guide on the Epson Stylus Photo
R2400 has been corrected.
4) Printing to the EPSON Artisan 700 and 800 and Stylus Photo
P/TX700 and 800 series printers has been corrected. Among other
issues, it should now be possible to print reliably using the
photo tray.
5) The names of the following Epson printers have been corrected:
EPSON Stylus Photo PX700W
EPSON Stylus Photo TX700W
EPSON Stylus Photo PX800FW
EPSON Stylus Photo TX800FW
6) The names of various Ricoh and Ricoh-based printers have been
corrected to match Ricoh's model names and the OpenPrinting
database.
7) The EPSON inkjet utility, escputil, now correctly prints the
color name for low ink warnings.
8) Printing resolution names have been fixed in non-English locales
in CUPS PPD files.
9) A Russian translation has been added. The Danish and Italian
translations have been updated.
10) Support has been added for L-size paper with tear-off borders.
11) The ordering of inks in quadtone ink sets on Epson printers has
been corrected. In addition, support has been added for MIS
quadtone and 6 tone inks.
12) It is now possible to adjust the ink parameters for quadtone
inks in CUPS. Previously, these parameters could only be
adjusted in the enhanced Print plugin for GIMP and other native
Gutenprint applications.
13) Updating CUPS PPD files is now faster.
* Changes from 5.2.2
1) CUPS PPD files in non-English locales are now generated
correctly when the CUPS driver interface is used (with CUPS 1.2
and above).
2) Epson inkjet printers that support duplex printing now use less
restrictive margins (allowing use of more of the page) when
duplex printing is not used.
3) Printing to the following Epson printers has been corrected:
EPSON Artisan 700
EPSON Artisan 800
EPSON BX300F
EPSON EP-801A
EPSON EP-901A
EPSON EP-901F
EPSON ME 300
EPSON ME Office 360
EPSON PX-401A
EPSON Stylus NX100
EPSON Stylus NX105
EPSON Stylus Photo PX700FW
EPSON Stylus Photo PX800FW
EPSON Stylus Photo TX700W
EPSON Stylus Photo TX800W
EPSON Stylus S20
EPSON Stylus SX100
EPSON Stylus SX105
EPSON Stylus T20
EPSON Stylus TX100
EPSON Stylus TX101
EPSON Stylus TX102
EPSON Stylus TX103
EPSON Stylus TX105
EPSON Stylus TX106
EPSON Stylus TX109
EPSON TX300F
These printers should all be fully functional, but may be
further tuned in the future.
4) Duplex printing has been enabled on the Epson Stylus RX680,
RX685, RX690, PM-A940, and PM-T960. Support for these printers
is still considered experimental.
5) Support has been added for the Canon MULTIPASS MP220.
6) Preliminary support has been added for the Canon PIXMA iP4600.
Gutenprint is a package of high quality printer drivers for Linux,
BSD, Solaris, IRIX, and other UNIX-alike operating systems. In many
cases, these drivers rival or exceed the OEM drivers in quality and
functionality. Our goal is to produce the highest possible output
quality from all supported printers. To that end, we have done
extensive work on screening algorithms, color generation, and printer
feature utilization. We are continuing our work in all of these areas
to produce ever higher quality results, particularly on the
ubiquitous, inexpensive inkjet printers that are nonetheless capable
of nearly photographic output quality. Earlier versions of Gutenprint
were called gimp-print.
This package contains the base library, the Epson utility escputil,
cups support, and a gimp2 plugin.
