From:	 Robert L Krawitz <rlk@alum.mit.edu>
To:	 gimp-print-devel@sourceforge.net, gimp-print-announce@sourceforge.net,
	 gimp-developer@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu, inkjet-list@linuxprinting.org,
	 editors@linuxtoday.com, lwn@lwn.net
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Gimp-Print 4.2
Date:	 Sat, 24 Nov 2001 12:27:56 -0500

The Gimp-Print Project is pleased to announce the release of
Gimp-Print 4.2.0, the newest stable release of Gimp-Print.  Gimp-Print
is a suite of printer drivers for all UNIX operating systems,
supporting printers from Canon, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, and
compatible printers from other vendors, featuring extremely high
quality, flexibility, and integration with most common printing
systems.

Gimp-Print 4.2 includes a core module (libgimpprint) that forms a
common print engine supporting CUPS, Ghostscript, and Foomatic.  It
also includes the Print plug-in for the Gimp (version 1.2).  The
libgimpprint core, which is portable to all POSIX-compliant operating
systems, can also be used by custom printing solutions.

Gimp-Print 4.2 is a successor to the Gimp-Print 4.0 release line.
Compared to that series, Gimp-Print 4.2 offers:

* Support for many new printers, including Lexmark printers for the
  first time

* User's and developer's manuals

* Greatly improved print quality, particularly in color fidelity

* Internationalization, with translations into Danish, French,
  Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, and British English

* Greatly improved packaging

A full list of new features, in addition to the current list of
supported printers, may be found in the NEWS file at the top level of
the distribution.

Gimp-Print is supplied in source code form under the GPL (GNU General
Public License).  It may be downloaded from
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net.  Please be sure to read the README
and NEWS files in the distribution.

We anticipate further releases in the 4.2 line, primarily to support
new printers and improved functionality in existing printers.
Alongside that, we will be working on the 4.3 development line, which
will eventually become the successor to 4.2.

Enjoy!

- The Gimp-Print Project Team

-- 
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