This is gimp-print version 4.1.99b2, the second beta release leading up to the 4.2 stable release. This release is not 4.2. 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. These release notes primarily describe changes visible to the end user. Detailed descriptions of changes may be found in the ChangeLog. The Gimp Print plugin requires the Gimp 1.2. Gimp-Print 4.1.99b2 contains the following changes over 4.1.99b1: 1) The Postscript driver now prints correctly (broken in 4.1.99b1). 2) The resolutions have been reorganized for Epson printers. Some little-used resolutions (such as unidirectional draft-quality) have been dropped, and many others have been renamed. Additionally, certain settings that are very poor choices for certain printers (such as microweave on variable dot size printers) have been dropped. There are additional draft resolutions of 360x180 and 360x240 in addition to the economy draft resolutions of 180x180 and 360x120. Finally, there is an additional 360x90 fast economy draft resolution on some older printers. Ghostscript users should read src/ghost/README for more information. CUPS and Gimp users will find the options changed. 3) The organization of the CUPS PPD files has changed. After you run make install to install the PPD files, but before you restart the CUPS daemon, you should do the following: cd src/cups make refresh-data-local This is not done automatically, as it removes a large number of files from your filesystem! 4) "make uninstall" removes the PPD files that are installed as part of the CUPS installation. 5) The Epson Stylus Color 660 should now work correctly in all modes. 6) Preliminary support for the Epson Stylus C60. 7) Under some circumstances, the Ghostscript driver or the test pattern generator did not print a useful error message if it received incorrect parameters. This is now fixed. 8) Unprint now handles all Epson printers with all page widths. It previously seg faulted on certain printers (particularly the 900/980, or many printers in black and white) with wide pages due to buffer overflow. 9) Minor improvements in the Gimp plugin GUI. 10) The internationalization code has been reworked in this release. Please see the ChangeLog for more details. 11) The unprinter uses considerably less memory when working on Epson output generated at high resolution/quality settings. 12) The banner and help on escputil is friendlier. Known limitations of this release: 1) The Epson Stylus C40UX (and very likely other printers in the C20 and C40 lines) do not identify themselves. Therefore, escputil -u -d will not return anything useful. This will not be fixed for 4.2, as these printers do not have a known way of identifying themselves. 2) The "align color" (-o) command to escputil does not currently work on the printers that should support it (Epson Stylus Color 480 and 580, and C20SX, C20UX, C40SX, and C40UX). It is not known if this will be fixed for 4.2. 3) Changing ink cartridges on the Epson Stylus Color 480/580 is not supported. This will not be fixed for 4.2. 4) The drivers for the Epson Stylus Pro printers (5000, 5500, 7000, 7500, 9000, 9500, and 10000) are not tested or tuned. They may not work correctly in all cases, and their outputs are not properly tuned. 5) The Canon BJC-8200 and S800 do not produce optimum quality. 6) The Lexmark Z52 driver does not print correctly at 2400x1200 or 1200x1200. 7) Some HP printers print poorly at high resolutions using the Glossy Paper setting. The workaround is to use the Premium Paper setting. -- 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
