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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, epson-inkjet@leben.com
Subject: [Gimp-developer] ANNOUNCE: Gimp-Print 4.1.99-a2
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 18:13:40 -0400
This is gimp-print version 4.1.99a2, the second alpha 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 4.1.99a2 contains the following changes over 4.1.99a1:
1) A segmentation violation (crash) in certain modes using Epson and
Lexmark printers is fixed.
2) In the Gimp plugin, moving the preview image should now work
properly in all cases. In recent releases, it did not move
properly if the scaling was set to pixels per inch (PPI) rather
than percent.
3) A crash or data corruption problem (depending upon circumstances)
with the Epson Stylus Color 480 and 580 is fixed.
4) Pure black and white (monochrome) printing now works properly on
grayscale printers. Previously it was converted silently to
grayscale.
5) The stp driver has been qualified against GhostScript 6.51 (the
newest GNU release).
6) The stp driver (in GhostScript) can now be built against an
installed libgimpprint. This is a much less invasive build
procedure, and results in a smaller GhostScript binary when lined
dynamically.
7) The Epson Stylus Color 600, 800, 850, and 1520 will now print
correctly in grayscale and black and white modes.
8) The Epson Stylus Photo 780/785/790, 890/895, and 1280/1290 now
print much closer to the margins of the page. It still does not
print closer than about 3 mm (1/8") from the bottom of the page.
9) The native CUPS driver now supports all options supported by the
package, including color adjustments, in addition to direct CMYK
output, which is also new. Also, the default output type for this
driver is now Line Art rather than Photograph. This will yield
significantly better performance, and is in accord with the rest of
the package.
10) The fast economy mode (360x120 DPI) has been fixed and should now
work correctly (i. e. very fast) on printers that support it.
11) The Foomatic data has been updated for the current state of the
driver. In addition, there are some improvements in the data
generation process to make it more general.
12) Some improvements for the Canon BJC-7000.
13) Preliminary support for the Epson Stylus Pro 10000. This printer
is definitely *not* tuned!
14) Explicit support for the Epson Stylus Photo 875, 785, and 895
(which are variants on the 870, 890, and 890 respectively). No
driver-level changes are required for these printers, but there has
been some confusion due to the fact that these printers were not
listed explicitly.
15) The GIMP plugin has buttons to permit centering horizontally or
vertically on the page, in addition to the existing button to
center the image both horizontally and vertically.
16) A number of the controls in the GIMP plugin have been
reorganized.
17) Holding down the shift key while dragging the mouse in the preview
window constrains the image to moving horizontally or vertically
only on the page.
18) Preliminary support for the Epson Stylus C20 and C40 printers,
including color head alignment (in escputil). The color head
alignment is experimental, has not been tested; it may not work,
and it may potentially damage your printer. If you wish to
experiment with this, be careful!
19) A new 'status' sub-command has been added to the escputil
utility. This enables you to retrieve status from the printer.
20) A new directory, samples, has been added. This contains various
sample images that will be installed in
/usr/local/share/gimp-print/samples (or as appropriate for your
system). You can run "configure --without-samples" if you would
prefer the sample images not be installed.
Editors Note: You can find Gimp-Print at its
Sourceforge home.