[Gimp-print-announce] ANNOUNCE: Gutenprint 5.3.0

[Robert K. <rl...@al...>]

Welcome to Gutenprint 5.3.0, an initial release for Gutenprint 5.3.
Please read these release notes carefully.  Gutenprint 5.2 is still
considered the stable release line.

At present, Gutenprint 5.3.0 is released only in source form; a
Macintosh release may be offered later.  The Macintosh will continue
to be a supported platform for Gutenprint.

Gutenprint 5.3.0 contains the following major changes over the latest
Gutenprint 5.2.14 release:

1) This is the initial 5.3 release.  While we believe that this
   release is stable and fully useful, it has not had the level of
   exposure that Gutenprint 5.2 has had.

2) cups-genppdupdate will by default refuse to upgrade PPD files from
   5.2 (or earlier).  Supply the -x option to force this upgrade, or
   use -i to upgrade interactively.  This permits you to continue
   using Gutenprint 5.2 while experimenting with 5.3.

3) Paper size options have been corrected, so that inappropriate paper
   sizes for many printers have been removed.

4) The USB dye-sublimation printer backend has been considerably
   enhanced.

5) Dimensions are no longer restricted to be full points (1/72");
   fractional sizes are allowed.
-- 
Robert Krawitz                                     <rl...@al...>

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