Re: [Gimp-print-devel] 5.3 snapshot for Mac?

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

On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:52:09 -0500, Matthew Broughton wrote:
>> On Jul 15, 2019, at 9:05 PM, Steve Letter via Gimp-print-devel <gim...@li...> wrote:
>> 
>> All,  I still don't have 100% confidence, I know I still have parts of the build to look at.  (libgutenprint.9.dylib for example)  However, I was able to print with the build I put up here:
>> 
>>                                       gutenprint-5.3.2-pre1.dmg <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/files/snapshots/gutenprint-5.3.2-pre1.dmg/download>
>> 
>> Gutenprint - Top Quality Printer Drivers ...
>> Your download will start shortly...
>>  <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/files/snapshots/gutenprint-5.3.2-pre1.dmg/download>
>> 
>> My printer is technically not a supported printer so I need more folks to test that it is operating properly.  In tech terms, my build is still a bit wonky.
>> 
>> Steve Letter 
>
> I will confirm that I, too, was able to print with the gutenprint-5.3.2-pre1.dmg.  I still want to look at a CUPS error log to see if there is any that stands out there.
>
> I did find a fault with the installer.  I will not update existing PPDs.  The installer log says:
>
> Jul 22 10:54:51 Borodin installd[1116]: ./postinstall: Updating Gutenprint printer queues...
> Jul 22 10:54:51 Borodin installd[1116]: ./postinstall: Skipping /private/etc/cups/ppd/WorkForce_1100_GP.ppd: mismatched file versions (old 5.2, new 5.3); will not update without -x!
> Jul 22 10:54:51 Borodin installd[1116]: ./postinstall: Did not update any PPD files
> Jul 22 10:54:51 Borodin installd[1116]: PackageKit: Writing receipt for org.gutenprint.printer-driver to /
>
>
> *****************
> I added a new printer using Printers & Scanners.  The driver for Gutenprint was very strange:
>
> "5.3.2-pre1-2019-06-16T01-00-e55733ff"
>
> After I added the new printer, I ran the cups-genppdupdate manually using `sudo`.  It was able to update the new printer but still could not handle the old 5.2.14.x PPD
>
> matt$ sudo /Library/Printers/Gutenprint.printerDriver/Contents/MacOS/cups-genppdupdate 
> Password:
> Updated /private/etc/cups/ppd/WF1100_53_1.ppd using gutenprint.5.3://escp2-wf1100/expert
> Skipping /private/etc/cups/ppd/WorkForce_1100_GP.ppd: mismatched file versions (old 5.2, new 5.3); will not update without -x!
> Updated 1 PPD file, 11 skipped.  Restart cupsd for the changes to take effect.
>
> I have never encountered `-x!`

This was discussed a while back.  This is to allow people to continue
to run 5.3 alongside 5.2.  It doesn't matter for the Mac, so you
should always use -x.
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