gimp-print-devel

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


Sent from my iPhone

> 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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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] How to say thanks for gutenprint

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

On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 04:11:26PM -0700, Jonathan Westerling wrote:
> I know you know longer support OSX but wanted to say thanks. Donation?

I'm glad Gutenprint proved useful for you!

The project as a whole has no legal entity behind it so there's no way to
accept donations in Gutenprint's name.

That said, if you insist on donating something, I won't complain if you 
contribute to my printer aquisition fund.  There's a link here:

   https://www.peachyphotos.com/blog/stories/dye-sublimation-photo-printers-and-linux/

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

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

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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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Translation sync

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

On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 08:32:58AM +0200, Temuri Doghonadze wrote:
> I've translated part of gutenprint 2 years ago, but it seems like it
> still didn't make to git.
> 
> https://translationproject.org/domain/gutenprint.html
> 
> Can anyone help with this, please?

Gutenprint's use of "the translation project" was news to me (not the 
first time this has happend, and certainly won't be the last), but once 
I figured out how to synchronize things I was able to pull in all of the 
pending updates.

In theory I've sent in an update request with the latest -pre tarball, 
and have been added to the notification list for future updates.

These changes will appear in a snapshot tarball some time tomorrow.

 - Solomon
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[Gimp-print-devel] Translation sync

[Temuri D. <tem...@gm...>]

Hello,

I've translated part of gutenprint 2 years ago, but it seems like it
still didn't make to git.

https://translationproject.org/domain/gutenprint.html

Can anyone help with this, please?
Regards, Temuri

[Gimp-print-devel] Question on Roll Printing

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

Hi all,

Need your help debugging my thinking.

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.

However, in Gimp using the 
Gutenprint options, the long dimension is fixed at 17" and greyed out;
so the print will be 11"x17".

How do I direct Gimp and Gutenprint to print a "long landscape"? What
setting am I overlooking?

Thanks,

Erik

[Gimp-print-devel] Messaggio da

[<vi...@li...>]

Sorry to contact you this way, through email, however I wanted to make a 
report on the fly without too much effort.
I bought a canon 2556s and although it doesn't seem to be supported by gutenpring, 
I was able to make several prints by setting the 2555s driver.
I've only been using gutenprint for 1 day, so I'm not an expert, however 
if to make sure that the old driver is 100% compatible with the new printer, 
if you report me some tests to do, I'll try to do it.

Thanks for gutenprint

[Gimp-print-devel] How to say thanks for gutenprint

[Jonathan W. <la...@we...>]

Was struggling for weeks with a rediculously slow printing Laser Jet on 
OSX10.12

Your driver has worked nicely and will save me countless hours in the 
future printing PDFs of music which I perform from.

I know you know longer support OSX but wanted to say thanks. Donation?

Cheers

-- 
- J

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Request support for "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"

[Zdenek D. <zd...@re...>]

Hi Solomon,

I've had an issue in Fedora where user used this driver (it batches 
whole group of Kyocera printers) with FS-1125MFP, so at least the driver 
is not utterly broken (if CUPS on the machine is < 2.4.2 or >= 2.4.4, or 
if OS backported https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/32572321f ).

I've seen some people among CUPS upstream issues using the driver as 
well, but as you said, the only possible way how to know for sure is to 
have the model and try the driver in the real environment.

Best regards,


Zdenek

On 9/3/24 19:12, Solomon Peachy via Gimp-print-devel wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 09:37:03AM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
>> Download menu is blocked by a un-bypassaable cookie monster here. I had to
>> accept, now I'll get tons of spam. The printer driver is only a megabyte. so
>> I'm guessing windows actually has a driver it some how downloads and wraps
>> so it runs on linux.
> It's actually a 5MB download, and it contains a set of tarballs that
> each contain a pair of CUPS filters/drivers (ie x86/x86_64), the
> corresponding PPD, and documentation.
>
> (Each of those tarballs is self-contained and for a single language.
> Not sure why they packaged it that way, but whatever)
>
>> Take it back, and get something that actually has linux drivers.
> This printer was first released about a decade ago, targeting
> corporate/managed printer markets, and was discontinued several years
> ago. If this person even purchased it at all, it was most likely from
> from an equipment recycler on an as-is basis.  Either way, "returns" are
> probably not possible.
>
> That said, this printer actually _does_ have native Linux drivers,
> albeit proprietary and only for a couple of architectures. (Oddly enough
> this download wasn't linked off the main support/download page for that
> printer, but that's corporate bitrot for you)
>
> The odds are those drivers will be sufficient.  If not, by far the
> quickest (and cheapest) path forwards will be to find a different
> printer, making sure (in advance) that it has a sufficient level of Linux
> support for their needs.
>
>   - Solomon
>
>
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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Request support for "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"

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

On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 09:37:03AM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> Download menu is blocked by a un-bypassaable cookie monster here. I had to
> accept, now I'll get tons of spam. The printer driver is only a megabyte. so
> I'm guessing windows actually has a driver it some how downloads and wraps
> so it runs on linux. 

It's actually a 5MB download, and it contains a set of tarballs that 
each contain a pair of CUPS filters/drivers (ie x86/x86_64), the 
corresponding PPD, and documentation. 

(Each of those tarballs is self-contained and for a single language.  
Not sure why they packaged it that way, but whatever)

> Take it back, and get something that actually has linux drivers. 

This printer was first released about a decade ago, targeting 
corporate/managed printer markets, and was discontinued several years 
ago. If this person even purchased it at all, it was most likely from 
from an equipment recycler on an as-is basis.  Either way, "returns" are 
probably not possible.

That said, this printer actually _does_ have native Linux drivers, 
albeit proprietary and only for a couple of architectures. (Oddly enough 
this download wasn't linked off the main support/download page for that 
printer, but that's corporate bitrot for you)

The odds are those drivers will be sufficient.  If not, by far the 
quickest (and cheapest) path forwards will be to find a different 
printer, making sure (in advance) that it has a sufficient level of Linux 
support for their needs.

 - Solomon
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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Request support for "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"

[gene h. <ghe...@sh...>]

On 9/3/24 02:27, Zdenek Dohnal wrote:
> On 9/3/24 00:27, gene heskett wrote:
>> On 9/2/24 08:31, Amin Guermazi wrote:
>>> Dear Gutenprint team,
>>> Your project is very useful. However, I'm afraid my printer's model 
>>> isn't supported yet.
>>>
>>> Its name is "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"
>>>
>>> I'd be pleased if you can fulfill my request. Thanks in advance.
>>>
>> I cannot find a linux driver for that model # on the kyocera site, I'd 
>> take it back. Brother has drivers and they work for every feature the 
>> box brags about. You might query the openprinting list.
> 
> https://www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.eu/en/support/downloads.name-L2V1L2VuL21mcC9GUzEwMjBNRlA=.html ?
> 
> I kind of recalled this Kyocera model lines have a specific driver which 
> I came into contact because someone had problem with it..
> 
Download menu is blocked by a un-bypassaable cookie monster here. I had 
to accept, now I'll get tons of spam. The printer driver is only a 
megabyte. so I'm guessing windows actually has a driver it some how 
downloads and wraps so it runs on linux. That doesn't pass the smell 
test. Take it back, and get something that actually has linux drivers. 
Soloman Peachy was right. And he is one of the 3 people whose word I 
trust to render an opinion on printers for linux.
> 
> Zdenek
> 
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gimp-print-devel
>>
>> Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
> 

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Request support for "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"

[Zdenek D. <zd...@re...>]

On 9/3/24 00:27, gene heskett wrote:
> On 9/2/24 08:31, Amin Guermazi wrote:
>> Dear Gutenprint team,
>> Your project is very useful. However, I'm afraid my printer's model 
>> isn't supported yet.
>>
>> Its name is "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"
>>
>> I'd be pleased if you can fulfill my request. Thanks in advance.
>>
> I cannot find a linux driver for that model # on the kyocera site, I'd 
> take it back. Brother has drivers and they work for every feature the 
> box brags about. You might query the openprinting list.

https://www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.eu/en/support/downloads.name-L2V1L2VuL21mcC9GUzEwMjBNRlA=.html 
?

I kind of recalled this Kyocera model lines have a specific driver which 
I came into contact because someone had problem with it..


Zdenek

>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gimp-print-devel
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.

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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Request support for "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"

[gene h. <ghe...@sh...>]

On 9/2/24 08:31, Amin Guermazi wrote:
> Dear Gutenprint team,
> Your project is very useful. However, I'm afraid my printer's model 
> isn't supported yet.
> 
> Its name is "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"
> 
> I'd be pleased if you can fulfill my request. Thanks in advance.
> 
I cannot find a linux driver for that model # on the kyocera site, I'd 
take it back. Brother has drivers and they work for every feature the 
box brags about. You might query the openprinting list.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Gimp-print-devel mailing list
> Gim...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gimp-print-devel

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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  - Louis D. Brandeis

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] [SPAM] Request support for "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"

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

On Sun, Sep 01, 2024 at 10:38:07PM +0100, Amin Guermazi wrote:
> Its name is "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"

According to Kyocera, this printer only supports a "host-based" PDL 
instead of something standardized (eg PCL or Postscript)
 
> I'd be pleased if you can fulfill my request. Thanks in advance.

In order for Gutenprint to add support for this model, we need to know 
how the printer expects the page data to be generated and sent over. 
This information can be obtained in one of two ways:

 (a) comprehensive technical documentation from Kyocera, or
 (b) a significant, time-consuming reverse-engineering effort by 
     someone with direct physical access to one of these models.

Once there is sufficient documentation as to how this printer works, 
only then can an actual driver be written.  This also represents a 
non-trivial amount of effort.

It will be far, far cheaper to just replace the printer with one that uses
a standard PDL.

 - Solomonw
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[Gimp-print-devel] Request support for "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"

[Amin G. <min...@gm...>]

Dear Gutenprint team,
Your project is very useful. However, I'm afraid my printer's model isn't
supported yet.

Its name is "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"

I'd be pleased if you can fulfill my request. Thanks in advance.

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Help

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

The LPrint software (https://www.msweet.org/lprint) provides a TSPL driver that *should* work with this printer, which is based on the same direct thermal print engine as dozens/hundreds of other printers of that type.

> On Aug 18, 2024, at 6:55 AM, Adım Kırtasiye <adi...@ho...> wrote:
> 
> Hello. I bought a Gprinter 3100 tu thermal barcode device, but I could not install it on my Mac device. Do you have a macos driver for this device? This is my job, it's very critical and that's why I don't want to go back to Windows. I would be very happy if you could help me.
> 
> 
> 
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[Gimp-print-devel] Help

[Adım K. <adi...@ho...>]

Hello. I bought a Gprinter 3100 tu thermal barcode device, but I could 
not install it on my Mac device. Do you have a macos driver for this 
device? This is my job, it's very critical and that's why I don't want 
to go back to Windows. I would be very happy if you could help me.

Re: [Gimp-print-devel] RFC: New release and abandoning MacOS?

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

> On Aug 10, 2024, at 9:31 AM, Matt Broughton <wal...@ma...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 9, 2024, at 11:10 PM, Matt Broughton <wal...@ma...> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 9, 2024, at 8:42 PM, Michael Sweet <ms...@ms...> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Matt,
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 9, 2024, at 9:21 PM, Matt Broughton <wal...@ma...> wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> Thank you for your help Michael.  Unfortunately, I still can't get it to build all the way.
>>>> 
>>>> I did as you said for building libusb and installed --
>>> 
>>> Hmm, maybe edit the installed libusb-1.0.pc to include the Libs.private on the end of the regular Libs, like this:
>>> 
>>>   Libs: -L${libdir} -lusb-1.0 -lobjc -Wl,-framework,IOKit -Wl,-framework,CoreFoundation
>> 
>> Almost.  You also need to add -Wl,-framework,Security which then matches Libs private.
>> 
>> Libs: -L${libdir} -lusb-1.0 -lobjc -Wl,-framework,IOKit -Wl,-framework,CoreFoundation -Wl,-framework,Security
>> Libs.private:  -lobjc -Wl,-framework,IOKit -Wl,-framework,CoreFoundation -Wl,-framework,Security
>> Cflags: -I${includedir}/libusb-1.0
>> 
>> Now it builds.  I haven't tested the build yet, but this is a big step.  Thank you Michael.

You can also edit the libusb-1.0.pc.in file before you build.  Add @LIBS@ to the end of the line for Libs: so it reads:
Libs: -L${libdir} -lusb-1.0 @LIBS@

Matt