gimp-print-devel

[Gimp-print-devel] 5.3.5 status?

[Greg T. <gd...@le...>]

I am just making sure I am not missing something, and don't mean to
demand that any person do anything.

I believe that where we are is that in July 5.3.5-pre1 was released, and
we had some discussion about a few minor issues.   And that there has
been no pre2, alpha, beta, rc or release.

(I'm happy to update pkgsrc locally to a new pre/whatever and test, or
to update to a release, when/if that occurs.)

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Printer DRIVER EPSON SC P700

[Bacon At T. <ba...@ta...>]

The P600 or P800 might be close enough to work. 

I don't use MacOS though, so can't help with that part.
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> 
> Hello
> 
> Do you have a driver for this Printer:EPSON SC P700
> 
> Couldn‘t find anything.
> 
> For macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
> 
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[Gimp-print-devel] Printer DRIVER EPSON SC P700

[<alb...@we...>]

Hello

Do you have a driver for this Printer:EPSON SC P700

Couldn‘t find anything.

For macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

Best Regards
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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Mitsibishi CP90SL

[Solomon P. <pi...@sh...>]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 04:37:38PM -0500, Solomon Peachy via Gimp-print-devel wrote:
> Historically Mitsubishi has changed the USB IDs and tweaked the "start 
> print" command slightly vs their standard commercial model.  I don't 
> know what they might have done for the CPD90DW-SL.  

This email chain went private, but to follow up here, for the -SL 
variant, Mitsubishi used a unique USB PID and also changed the IEEE1284 
identification string.

Gutenprint has been updated to recognize these, but a week later have 
not heard back if this is sufficient to allow this model to print.

 - Solomon
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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Some fonts produce complete garbage on the printer (OKi MC362DN)

[Solomon P. <pi...@sh...>]

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 12:34:24AM +0100, Shanti-Dominique wrote:
> Is there an option to sanitize fonts before they are sent to the 
> printer, or to force printing as image?

Gutenprint works purely with bitmap data. If the source material is not 
an image then something else has to convert it before it's handed to 
gutenprint.

That "something else" can be the application itself, the framework it's 
using to print stuff, or a filter in the CUPS processing chain (eg 
"pdftoraster").  Since you're seeing wonky fonts, it could be any of 
those layers -- the application (or framework) could be inserting bad 
font data, or the rasterizer could be mis-interpreting said font data.

But either way, by the time Gutenprint is handed the print data, it's 
already been converted to a bitmap.

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[Gimp-print-devel] Some fonts produce complete garbage on the printer (OKi MC362DN)

[Shanti-Dominique <mi...@mi...>]

Hello,

I have an OKi printer that worked fine until a few months back. On some 
fonts, it started producing garbage, I suspect that is because the font 
format evolved and the printer does not recognize it. When upgrading myu 
computer to a newer version of Linux, the fonts included have newer 
freetype features that are not supported.

For example, Libre Baskerville is complete garbage. Some other fonts are 
ok, some have minor issues on some letters.

I know that Chromium has an option to print a PDF as an image, and it 
solves the problem, but I cannot print everything from Chromium.

Is there an option to sanitize fonts before they are sent to the 
printer, or to force printing as image?

Thank you.

Mildred

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Mitsibishi CP90SL

[Solomon P. <pi...@sh...>]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 05:21:36PM +0100, Denis Jesse wrote:
> I recently purchased a Mitsubishi CP90DW-SL photo printer.
> It is some special model (SL) and unfortunately it does not work with the
> drivers of from the CP90DW model.

Mitsubishi typically produced special variants of each model, typically 
tied to some vendor's specific kiosk solution (a German company called 
"Silverlab solutions" in this case) *and* additionally being locked to 
vendor-specific media.

> Do you know what the problem could be and how to get the printer to work on
> Linux? I want to connect it to my photo booth via CUPs and AirPrint.

Depends on what you mean by "does not work" -- ie what is the specific 
error?

Historically Mitsubishi has changed the USB IDs and tweaked the "start 
print" command slightly vs their standard commercial model.  I don't 
know what they might have done for the CPD90DW-SL.  

 - Solomon
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[Gimp-print-devel] Mitsibishi CP90SL

[Denis J. <jes...@gm...>]

Hello guys,

Hi guys,
I recently purchased a Mitsubishi CP90DW-SL photo printer.
It is some special model (SL) and unfortunately it does not work with the
drivers of from the CP90DW model.

Do you know what the problem could be and how to get the printer to work on
Linux? I want to connect it to my photo booth via CUPs and AirPrint.

Regards,
Denis

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Gutenprint driver for Sony UP-DR80MD

[Solomon P. <pi...@sh...>]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 10:11:58AM +0800, 陈和平 wrote:
> We are using Gutenprint software to drive a Sony UP-DR80MD medical 
> printer. We have two printers, one is manufactured in year 2021, the 
> other is in 2014. We found that the Gutenprint worked well for the 
> 2021-produced printer, but did not work for the 2014-produced printer. 
> Both printers are UP-DR80MD. Did you encounter this problem before, 
> and do you have any clues how to sove it?

When you say "did not work" what precisely is the issue or error?

Gutenprint's UP-DR80MD support was written in late 2019 via 
reverse-engineering, ie without any support from Sony.

It is certianly possible that Sony changed something during the 
production run, but one of the points of the "MD" model designation is 
that it's a certified device that doesn't change during its extended 
product lifecycle.

A few other things to check with both the old and new models:

 * What is the 'lsusb' output ?
 * What is the output of 'sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/gutenprint53+usb' ?
 * What is the output of 'sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb' ?

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[Gimp-print-devel] Gutenprint driver for Sony UP-DR80MD

[陈和平 <ch...@sz...>]

Dear，
We are using Gutenprint software to drive a Sony UP-DR80MD medical printer. We have two printers, one is manufactured in year 2021, the other is in 2014. We found that the Gutenprint worked well for the 2021-produced printer, but did not work for the 2014-produced printer. Both printers are UP-DR80MD. Did you encounter this problem before, and do you have any clues how to sove it?


Sincerely
AcuVu Medical Inc.







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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] macos patch

[Solomon P. <pi...@sh...>]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 02:51:02PM -0500, Matt wrote:
> I looked at the files in ./macosx and am attaching a patch to take 
> care of the most important issues. These issues are where the version 
> numbers are hard coded into scripts (5.2 vs 5.3).  The patch also adds 
> provisions for the commandtodyesub filter. The two files that have 
> changes are:

I wanted to apply the patches as-is, but they mostly fail to apply:

$ patch -p5 --dry-run < /tmp/guten_macosx.patch 
checking file macosx/makegutenpkg.sh
Hunk #1 FAILED at 44.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 73.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 107.
Hunk #4 FAILED at 115.
Hunk #5 FAILED at 126.
Hunk #6 FAILED at 177.
6 out of 8 hunks FAILED
checking file macosx/scripts/uninstall-gutenprint.command
Hunk #1 FAILED at 117.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 130.
2 out of 3 hunks FAILED

So... I don't know what you used as the "before", but the files you're 
modifying haven't changed since 2019 and 2017, respectively.  Maybe you 
had non-local commits?

Instead of trying to diff two separate git trees, you could make sure 
you have your local WIP repo up-to-date, and generate a patch with 
something like:

  git diff origin/master

Or, if you have these things committed locally, you could do something like

  git format-patch origin/master

And that will generate one patch file for each commit missing upstream.

(Make sure you do a 'git pull --rebase' first though)

 - Solomon
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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Trouble setting up printer using your driver Gutenprint 5.3.3

[Matt <wal...@ma...>]

> On Nov 4, 2024, at 3:27 PM, me2u <me...@ho...> wrote:
> 
> I’ve just installed your Gutenprint 5.3.3 on my computer, running macOS 10.13.6, High Sierra. When I opened it, I saw the 6 files in it, including the installer, but also another one named libusb—1.0.22.high_sierra.bottle.tar.gz. 
> 
> I proceeded to install gutenprint-5.3.3.pkg. 
> 
> I then opened (decompressed) libusb—1.0.22.high_sierra.bottle.tar.gz, since I running High Sierra. It just puts out a lot of files. What is that for, what am I to do with those files? Or, is that just something the installer will use when it sees it is installing to High Sierra?

The libusb files are used for dye-sub printers only.  You don't need any of the files and may delete them.  Hopefully there will be some documentation for this if there is another Mac release.


> I restarted the computer, just to be sure. 
> 
> I then went to try to set up my Canon Pixma MX922, which your Website said is supported by Gutenprint 5.3.3. The printer is turned on, I am connected with a USB cable (which works fine on my Epson, so it is a good cable). But when I click in the System Preference pane Printers & Scanners, the Canon is not listed under the Printers list on the left. OK, maybe when I seek to add it.
> 
> I clicked on the + sign, the window to add it opened, but it is blank. (It is opened in the Default tab. But neither the IP tab nor Windows tab appear to be pertinent.) I can’t put anything in the spaces other than the search bar at top. I put in “Canon Pixma MX922“ and ran the search. It came up with nothing, not even your driver. 
> 
> I’m dead in the water on this. Why is your driver not being found? What do I need to do. I was expecting what it meant by printer not seen was that it had no driver. The printer is connected with a known, good USB cable. 
> 
> I note, I checked under /Library/Printers/ and I do see Gutenprint.printer Driver folder int here. I see nothing in it where I can confirm it is supporting Pixma MX 922. But tis’s there, I presume it is the needed driver. Why if that not being found when I try to set up this printer? 

The printer should appear in the list of available printers when you go to add it through Printers & Scanners.  You actually don't need to have drivers installed for it to be recognized and listed.  You could use System Profiler or System Information app (/Applications/Utilities/System Profiler.app)  to double check the presence of the printer.  Launch the app and highlight USB in the left side.  If the printer is recognized by the computer, it should appear somewhere  on the right hand side.  If it isn't there, then there is a communication problem between the printer and the computer that will have to be resolved.  Be sure you are using the USB port on the back of the printer.  The USB port on the front is for a USB memory stick.  Also make sure the USB cable is not properly inserted.

Matt

[Gimp-print-devel] Trouble setting up printer using your driver Gutenprint 5.3.3

[me2u <me...@ho...>]

I’ve just installed your Gutenprint 5.3.3 on my computer, running macOS
10.13.6, High Sierra. When I opened it, I saw the 6 files in it, including
the installer, but also another one named
libusb—1.0.22.high_sierra.bottle.tar.gz.

I proceeded to install gutenprint-5.3.3.pkg.

I then opened (decompressed) libusb—1.0.22.high_sierra.bottle.tar.gz, since
I running High Sierra. It just puts out a lot of files. What is that for,
what am I to do with those files? Or, is that just something the installer
will use when it sees it is installing to High Sierra?

I restarted the computer, just to be sure.

I then went to try to set up my Canon Pixma MX922, which your Website said
is supported by Gutenprint 5.3.3. The printer is turned on, I am connected
with a USB cable (which works fine on my Epson, so it is a good cable). But
when I click in the System Preference pane Printers & Scanners, the Canon
is not listed under the Printers list on the left. OK, maybe when I seek to
add it.

I clicked on the + sign, the window to add it opened, but it is blank. (It
is opened in the Default tab. But neither the IP tab nor Windows tab appear
to be pertinent.) I can’t put anything in the spaces other than the search
bar at top. I put in “Canon Pixma MX922“ and ran the search. It came up
with nothing, not even your driver.

I’m dead in the water on this. Why is your driver not being found? What do
I need to do. I was expecting what it meant by printer not seen was that it
had no driver. The printer is connected with a known, good USB cable.

I note, I checked under /Library/Printers/ and I do see Gutenprint.printer
Driver folder int here. I see nothing in it where I can confirm it is
supporting Pixma MX 922. But tis’s there, I presume it is the needed
driver. Why if that not being found when I try to set up this printer?

Thank you.

Kevin

[Gimp-print-devel] Support for EPSON SureColor F170

[Juda <jma...@gm...>]

Hello! My name is Juda
I have an Epson printer of the model Epson SureColor F170
It is a modified version of the Epson L4260 Ecotank, at least it looks like
I wanted to install on my computer using cups or gutenprint, but i could
not find the specific driver
I can use the driver for the L4260 or similar, but they lose precision in
printing
I can install also the specific driver for F100 or F170 with turboprint for
linux, but i need to pay a license for use it
Yes i could use the 30 day trial of the turboprint, but it has a watermark
and i need to use the entire page.
Glad if you could help me and guide me

The Printer
https://epson.com.br/Para-empresas/Impressoras/Impressoras-de-Grande-Formato/Impressora-Epson-SureColor-F170/p/C11CJ80202

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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Gutenprint Code Question

[Bacon At T. <ba...@ta...>]

Thank you both very much!

Erik
Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 29, 2024, at 08:45, Michael Sweet via Gimp-print-devel <gim...@li...> wrote:
> 
> Solomon/Erik,
> 
>> On Oct 28, 2024, at 10:15 PM, Solomon Peachy via Gimp-print-devel <gim...@li...> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:19:44PM -0400, Erik Beck of Tahoma wrote:
>>> What does 'STP' mean in Gutenprint? It is the prefix for a vast number
>>> of variables, types, etc in the code (either in all caps or all
>>> lowercase). I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean "standard temperature and
>>> pressure", nor "spanning tree protocol", nor "Science, Technology,
>>> Performance (as in STP motor fuel additives)".
>> 
>> That dates back to the before times, when the codebase was a standalone
>> command line raster image processor.
> 
> I *think* Robert used the prefix STP because the first drivers he worked on were for the EPSON Stylus Photo printer (STP), but I'm not 100% sure.  That all got done after Robert took over the original Gimp-Print plugin I did (the "before before times") and I've only had a sporadic involvement since then...
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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Gutenprint Code Question

[Michael S. <ms...@ms...>]

Solomon/Erik,

> On Oct 28, 2024, at 10:15 PM, Solomon Peachy via Gimp-print-devel <gim...@li...> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:19:44PM -0400, Erik Beck of Tahoma wrote:
>> What does 'STP' mean in Gutenprint? It is the prefix for a vast number
>> of variables, types, etc in the code (either in all caps or all
>> lowercase). I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean "standard temperature and
>> pressure", nor "spanning tree protocol", nor "Science, Technology,
>> Performance (as in STP motor fuel additives)".
> 
> That dates back to the before times, when the codebase was a standalone 
> command line raster image processor.

I *think* Robert used the prefix STP because the first drivers he worked on were for the EPSON Stylus Photo printer (STP), but I'm not 100% sure.  That all got done after Robert took over the original Gimp-Print plugin I did (the "before before times") and I've only had a sporadic involvement since then...

________________________
Michael Sweet

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Gutenprint Code Question

[Solomon P. <pi...@sh...>]

On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:19:44PM -0400, Erik Beck of Tahoma wrote:
> What does 'STP' mean in Gutenprint? It is the prefix for a vast number
> of variables, types, etc in the code (either in all caps or all
> lowercase). I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean "standard temperature and
> pressure", nor "spanning tree protocol", nor "Science, Technology,
> Performance (as in STP motor fuel additives)".

That dates back to the before times, when the codebase was a standalone 
command line raster image processor.

This came up not too long ago, but I can't seem to find the message in 
my archive and sourceforge's search features are worthless.  

Michael Sweet would know, and I think he still lurks here...

 - Solomon
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[Gimp-print-devel] macos patch

[Matt <wal...@ma...>]

I looked at the files in ./macosx and am attaching a patch to take care of the most important issues. These issues are where the version numbers are hard coded into scripts (5.2 vs 5.3).  The patch also adds provisions for the commandtodyesub filter. The two files that have changes are:
/macosx/makegutenpkg.sh
/macosx/scripts/uninstall-gutenprint.command

I don't know the exact build procedure used previously, but there looks like there is stuff that could be discarded. There are references to both CVS and git.  I also did not find any instructions on building libusb statically to avoid the need to have libusb on the end user's machine for those with dyesub printers. 


Matt

[Gimp-print-devel] Gutenprint Code Question

[Erik B. of T. <ba...@ta...>]

Hi all,

As I go through the Gutenprint code and documentation (both developer
and user) to better understand how it works, I've got questions.

One that I am most curious about, but is not terribly important, and
which I'm convinced I can't get answered any other way than by asking
here is:

What does 'STP' mean in Gutenprint? It is the prefix for a vast number
of variables, types, etc in the code (either in all caps or all
lowercase). I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean "standard temperature and
pressure", nor "spanning tree protocol", nor "Science, Technology,
Performance (as in STP motor fuel additives)".

Thanks,

Erik

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Documentation Build Patch to 10-04-2024 version

[Erik B. of T. <ba...@ta...>]

Thanks for catching the ones I missed!

Erik

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:31:57 -0400
Solomon Peachy via Gimp-print-devel
<gim...@li...> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 10:15:08PM -0400, Erik Beck of Tahoma wrote:
> > In particular, it removes long-obsolete command tests that don't
> > actually do anything but give warning messages (openjade and
> > related).  
> 
> You missed a few other places that referenced jade and
> sgmltools-lite, but I added them to to the stuff being removed.
> 
> > It also cleans up and updates the two .dox.in files, removing the
> > long unsupported a4wide option and updating other items to modern
> > dox file requirements.  
> 
> Excellent, thank you!
> 
>  - Solomon

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Documentation Build Patch to 10-04-2024 version

[Solomon P. <pi...@sh...>]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 10:15:08PM -0400, Erik Beck of Tahoma wrote:
> In particular, it removes long-obsolete command tests that don't
> actually do anything but give warning messages (openjade and related).

You missed a few other places that referenced jade and sgmltools-lite, 
but I added them to to the stuff being removed.

> It also cleans up and updates the two .dox.in files, removing the long
> unsupported a4wide option and updating other items to modern dox file
> requirements.

Excellent, thank you!

 - Solomon
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[Gimp-print-devel] Documentation Build Patch to 10-04-2024 version

[Erik B. of T. <ba...@ta...>]

Hi all,

Attached is a little patch to fix some documentation build issues.

In particular, it removes long-obsolete command tests that don't
actually do anything but give warning messages (openjade and related).

It also cleans up and updates the two .dox.in files, removing the long
unsupported a4wide option and updating other items to modern dox file
requirements.

Regards,

Erik

[Gimp-print-devel] HP laser jet 1320n

[<pos...@pd...>]

Dear Sirs, for quite a few years I have run the above with your software 
faultlessly and today it has gone on strike, and I have 2 cartridges 
left from a friend, who was going to throw it away.
I am on macintosh yosemite, with no problem. There seems plenty of life 
in it. I want to be careful as macintosh seem to change OS s at speed 
today, so I have to o some planning
Please reply quickly as I am moving house this week
Yours sincerely
Peter Davenport

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Question on Roll Printing

[Bacon At T. <ba...@ta...>]

Thanks Solomon.

I tried the custom size and that didn't work well either. I did wind up with a stop-gap solution by tinkering with the schedule.xml sizes file and recompiling. I'm playing with some better solutions and will share as a patch when I'm happier with the approach.

Erik


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> On Oct 2, 2024, at 08:58, Solomon Peachy via Gimp-print-devel <gim...@li...> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 05:44:19PM -0400, Erik Beck of Tahoma wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I want to print on 17" wide roll paper (using an Epson SureColor
>> P5000). I want the minimum dimension to be 17", so the length will be
>> about 25" with the image's aspect ratio.
> 
> 11x17 is a "standard" size.  I think you will need to select a "custom"
> paper size to achieve what you are describing.
> 
> - Solomon
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