----- Original Message ----- From: <gimp-developer-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 12:01 PM Subject: Gimp-developer digest, Vol 1 #356 - 2 msgs > Send Gimp-developer mailing list submissions to > gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gimp-developer-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gimp-developer-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Gimp-developer digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. ANNOUNCE: Gimp-Print 4.2.3-pre2 (Robert L Krawitz) > 2. 16 bit gray images not handled properly (rob) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 20:39:07 -0400 > From: Robert L Krawitz <rlk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: gimp-print-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > gimp-print-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [Gimp-developer] ANNOUNCE: Gimp-Print 4.2.3-pre2 > > Gimp-Print 4.2.3-pre2, released October 12, 2002, is a prerelease in > the Gimp-Print 4.2 series (it is not actually 4.2.3). > > Gimp-Print is a suite of printer drivers that may be used with most > common UNIX print spooling systems, including CUPS, lpr, LPRng, or > others. These drivers provide high quality printing for UNIX > (including Macintosh OS X 10.2 and newer) and Linux systems in many > cases equal to or better than proprietary vendor-supplied drivers, and > can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks. > > This software includes the Print plug-in for the Gimp, and GhostScript > and CUPS drivers, including Foomatic data. > > The Gimp Print plugin requires the Gimp 1.2. > > The CUPS driver requires CUPS 1.1.9 or higher. 1.1.14 or above is > highly recommended, as certain translation-related bugs are fixed and > it is possible to print true CMYK. > > The Ghostscript driver requires GNU Ghostscript 5.10, 5.50, 6.51, or any > later GNU Ghostscript release based on 6.51 (e. g. 6.52). It may also > be used with GNU Ghostscript 7.05, or with ESP Ghostscript 7.05. > > The IJS GhostScript plugin driver requires GNU Ghostscript 6.53 or > later, ESP Ghostscript 7.05 or later, or APFL GhostScript 7.04 or > later. > > Users of Macintosh OS X 10.2 and above can use this package, as the > printing system is based on CUPS, which is supported by Gimp-print. > Note that Macintosh OS X 10.0 and 10.1 (including 10.1.5) cannot use > this package. We recommend that Macintosh OS X users download the > precompiled installer package from http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net > rather than attempt to build this package from source, as using the > installer is much simpler. We further recommend that Macintosh OS X > users install ESP GhostScript, to permit printing from Carbon > applications (such as most Adobe applications) that generate > PostScript rather than PDF output. Directions for that are also > available at http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net. > > Please read the README file for full instructions on installing this > package. > > > Gimp-Print 4.2.3-pre2 contains the following changes and fixes over > Gimp-Print 4.2.3-pre1: > > 1) A Japanese translation has been added. > > 2) Two bugs in the IJS driver have been fixed. > > 3) The change to the Epson Stylus 660 margins in 4.2.3-pre1 has been > backed out; retesting demonstrated that the bug was in fact fixed > in 4.2.2. > > 4) A reported problem with very large prints (A0 or B0 size) failing > to print correctly on Stylus Pro printers is likely fixed. > > Bugs fixed in this release: > > 597964 Epson 660 wrong margins > 619992 IJS driver prints spurious first line > 620016 IJS driver does not print properly in monochrome > 621667 Very large prints on Epson 9500 fail > > -- > Robert Krawitz <rlk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > 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 -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net > > "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." > --Eric Crampton > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > From: rob <mailingLists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: gimp devel <gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 13 Oct 2002 19:06:09 +0100 > Subject: [Gimp-developer] 16 bit gray images not handled properly > > Hi, > > I've found a couple of problems with the gimp using 16 bit gray images > the first is that it can't open 16 bit gray pnms the second is more of > problem in that saving as png silently converts them to 8 bit gray pngs. > > This is with gimp-1.3.8 I couldn't spot any mention of this in bugzilla > but I'm not really any good with it so I could have missed something. > > -- > > rob > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > > > End of Gimp-developer Digest > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 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