Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Mac Big sur

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

On 2/27/21 12:41 PM, Matt Broughton wrote:
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>> On Feb 27, 2021, at 10:45 AM, Matt Broughton <wal...@ma...
>> <mailto:wal...@ma...>> wrote:
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>>> On Feb 27, 2021, at 10:36 AM, Robert Krawitz <rl...@al... <mailto:rl...@al...>> wrote:
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>>> On 2/27/21 11:09 AM, Matt Broughton wrote:
>>>> More joy as the plot thickens.  I have tested the Canon Pro9000 Mk II and the Epson XP-15000 with
>>>> identical results.  The printer will print as long as you don't get the Printer Features to show.
>>>> Once you get the Printer Features to show, you can't go back and display the other items in the
>>>> pop-up menu such as Layout, Cover Page, Paper Feed, etc. The biggest problem is that it won't
>>>> print!!  The whole print window just freezes.
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>>>> Another problem.  Any changes to the PPD defaults  will not be shown in the Print window.  The PPDs
>>>> show the the new Defaults, but the Print window does not pick them up.  I have not check other
>>>> printers with the manufacturer's drivers.
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>>>> I will continue testing with the other build Steve gave me.
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>>> Just realized another build I should have asked for: line 1221 use STP_PARAMETER_LEVEL_BASIC in
>>> addition to ADVANCED 1-4.  There would still be some differences in the PPD files, and ruling those
>>> out would be good.
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>>> If ADVANCED1 doesn't work correctly, there's no point in testing ADVANCED2 and up.
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>> I have now tested the original v5.3.4-pre2, and the 4 build Steve made.  They have all the same
>> problems.  Once you get the Printer Features displayed, you can change them, however whether or
>> not you change them you will not be able to print.  The paper size always showing US Letter does
>> make some sense.  It would be set by location of user.
>>
>> Matt
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> Hopefully this will help.  I went back to v5.2.15 and tried the Epson Stylus Photo r800.  It is one
> of the printers mentioned earlier in this thread.  Everything displayed properly without any
> machinations.  It also printed without any lockup.  The r2200 and the XP-15000 were not supported at
> the time.  Are there any other printers either in the Photo rxxx or perhaps the Stylus Pro series
> that would be worth checking out.  I can check going forward to see where Gutenprint breaks down.
>  That may be more valuable that backtracking to see what version of macos broke v5.3.4.

OK, so what's different about the XP-15000, I need to look at it...