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Re: [Gimp-print-devel] 5.3 snapshot for Mac?
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From: Steve L. <sle...@ya...> - 2019-07-25 00:56:41
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Fixed. Looking at the other issues. Will post a build soon I think. Steve Letter > On Jul 22, 2019, at 5:53 PM, Matt Broughton <wal...@ma...> wrote: > > > >>> On Jul 22, 2019, at 1:21 PM, Matt Broughton <wal...@ma...> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 22, 2019, at 1:05 PM, Matthew Broughton <mab...@fa...> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 22, 2019, at 12:54 PM, Robert Krawitz <rl...@al...> wrote: >>>> >>>> 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. >>>> -- >>>> Robert Krawitz <rl...@al...> >>> >>> I do remember part of that discussion. I just used `cups-genppdupdate -x` manually and everything is fine. It would seem that this would be a simple fix for the Mac installer. Just use `cups-genppdupdate -x` in the post install script. I will leave the implementation to you and Steve. >>> >>> Matt >>> >> >> That still leaves the problem (?) of the PPD File version "5.3.2-pre1-2019-06-16T01-00-e55733ff" > > Oops. I forgot to check the backend. The gutenprint53+usb backend is not there. That's a killer for this package. > > Matt > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-print-devel mailing list > Gim...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gimp-print-devel |
