This is gimp-print version 4.1.5, a development release on the 4.1 line. This software includes the Print plug-in for the Gimp, and GhostScript and CUPS drivers. The support for printers in GhostScript and CUPS is identical to the support for these printers in the Print plugin -- they use the identical code base. Please read src/ghost/README and src/cups/README for more information on this. The Gimp Print plugin requires the Gimp 1.2. Gimp-Print 4.1.5 contains the following fixes and improvements over 4.1.4: 1) The old (Gimp 1.0 and early 1.1-compatible) print plugin UI is deprecated. No further improvements will be made nor bugs fixed in this interface. It will be removed within the next few releases. Please upgrade to Gimp 1.2. 2) A "bar-code" effect on certain HP printers (all printing looks like something vaguely resembling a bar code) is now fixed. 3) A major print quality problem slipped into many new Epson printers in 4.1.4, resulting in pale (and in some cases distorted) output in many printing resolutions. That is fixed. 4) The maximum paper dimensions for many Epson printers (particularly older ones) is fixed. In particular, all printers can now print 44" long or better, the Stylus Color Pro, Pro XL, 400, and 500 can now print 13" wide, and the Stylus Photo EX can print A3-sized paper. 5) Clean up the Debian packaging a bit more. In particular, the Debian installation files are included in the release. 6) Bug fixes for the Epson 480/580. 7) Fix printing dimensions for Epon 780/790, 890, and 1280/1290 to allow printing to all edges. 8) Significant quality improvements for Epson printers printing to plain paper. The noticeable effects should be more solid blacks and colors. There may be a bit more ink bleed, but it should not be wildly excessive. Users of 6-color (Stylus Photo) printers may find that using Four Color Standard ink gives better results on plain paper. There will be less ink bleed and more consistent grays, at the expense of smoothness of pale tones. 9) A significant rewrite of some of the internals, while having no effect on the behavior of the package, will ultimately permit a much more stable binary interface. Currently, this is in an interim state. The following problem with 4.1.5 is known to exist: printing in at least some modes on the Canon BJC-8200 is incorrect. -- Robert Krawitz <rlk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/ Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf@xxxxxxxxxxxx Project lead for Gimp Print/stp -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton
