[Gimp-print-announce] ANNOUNCE: Gutenprint 5.0.1 Release

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

Gutenprint 5.0.1 is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.0.  It contains a
large number of bug fixes and enhancements.


II) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES

A) NEW FEATURES AND FIXES IN GUTENPRINT 5.0.1:

  1) New printers supported in this release:

     * Dye sublimation printers using the Olympus driver:

       Canon CP-10
       Fujifilm FinePix NX-500
       Kodak Easyshare Printer
       Olympus P-S100
       Sony DPP-EX5
       Sony UP-DR100

     * Canon inkjet printers:

       The support for these printers is under development, and there
       may be issues with these printers.  Please check with the
       mailing list (gim...@li...) if you
       have any questions.

       Canon PIXMA iP2000
       Canon PIXMA iP3000
       Canon PIXMA iP3100
       Canon PIXMA iP4100
       Canon PIXMA iP4200
       Canon PIXMA iP4300
       Canon PIXMA iP5000
       Canon PIXMA iP5200
       Canon PIXMA iP6700
       Canon PIXMA MP150
       Canon PIXMA MP500
       Canon PIXMA MP700
       Canon PIXMA MP730
       Canon PIXMA MP750
       Canon PIXMA MP760
       Canon PIXMA MP770
       Canon PIXMA MP780
       Canon PIXMA MP790
       Canon PIXMA MP830
       Canon PIXUS iP3100
       Canon PIXUS iP4100
       Canon i560
       Canon i850
       Canon i860
       Canon i865

     * Epson inkjet printers:

       Epson Picturemate Flash
       Epson Picturemate Pal
       Epson Picturemate Snap
       Epson Picturemate PM-200
       Epson Picturemate PM-210
       Epson Picturemate PM-240
       Epson Picturemate PM-250
       Epson Picturemate PM-280
       Epson Stylus C79+
       Epson Stylus C87+
       Epson Stylus Photo 1400
       Epson Stylus Photo 1410
       Epson Stylus Photo R230
       Epson Stylus Photo R240 (preliminary)
       Epson Stylus Photo R245 (preliminary)
       Epson Stylus Photo R260
       Epson Stylus Photo R265
       Epson Stylus Photo R270
       Epson Stylus Photo R350
       Epson Stylus Photo R360
       Epson Stylus Photo R380
       Epson Stylus Photo R390
       Epson Stylus Photo RX560
       Epson Stylus Photo RX580
       Epson Stylus Photo RX590
       Epson Stylus Photo RX640
       Epson PM A820
       Epson PM D870
       Epson PM G850
       Epson PM G4500
       Epson Stylus CX5000
       Epson Stylus CX5000F
       Epson Stylus CX6000
       Epson Stylus CX7000F

     The driver for the Stylus Photo 1400 has two separate quality
     settings for 720x360 and 720 DPI.  The 720x360 DPI Enhanced and
     720 DPI High Quality options offer improved quality at some cost
     in printing speed.  The small format Claria-based printers (R260,
     R390, RX580, and related printers) offer 720x360 and 720 DPI
     modes approximately equal in quality to the Enhanced and High
     Quality modes on the 1400 without a speed penalty.

     * Lexmark inkjet and compatible printers:

       Compaq IJ1200
       Lexmark X73

     * PCL laser printers (monochrome only):

       Lexmark Optra E220
       Xerox WorkCentre M118

  2) CUPS 1.2 is now supported using on-the-fly PPD file generation.
     In addition, the resolution names are all compliant with the PPD
     specification.  cups-genppdupdate correctly updates on-the-fly
     PPD files.  The PPD files now use the correct UTF-8 encoding.

  3) The native CUPS driver offers a new Shrink Page If Necessary to
     Fit Borders option, enabling the user to choose how to fit the
     output to the imageable area of the page.  This is useful when a
     printer offers a choice of imageable areas, typically normal
     (which has margins) and full bleed (which allows printing to the
     edge of the paper, or even beyond).  The following options are
     available:

     * Shrink (default): the output is shrunk if necessary to fit the
       imageable area of the page.  If a printer is capable of
       borderless operation but normal margins are selected, the
       output will be shrunk.  This will print the entire page
       (nothing will be lost), but will not preserve the dimensions of
       the printout.  For example, a line intended to be 10 cm long
       may print smaller than that.

     * Crop: the output is cropped if necessary to fit the imageable
       area of the page.  The dimensions of the page will be preserved
       (a line intended to be 10 cm long will print out exactly 10
       cm), but the edges of the output may be truncated (cropped).

     * Expand: the output is expanded from the normal imageable area
       to fit the maximum possible imageable area of the page.  When
       selected on printers capable of full bleed output, in
       conjunction with any other necessary options, the output will
       be expanded to match the maximum page dimension.  The
       dimensions of the page will be expanded if necessary beyond the
       page size; a line intended to be 10 cm long may print longer
       than that.

     This option has no effect on printers not capable of full bleed
     or other expanded margins.  It also has no effect when printing
     to CD's or when printing to papers where the paper margin is
     wider than the margin offered by the printer.

     This behavior is different from Gutenprint 5.0.0; the behavior in
     Gutenprint 5.0.0 was equivalent to the Crop option in Gutenprint
     5.0.1.  The change has been made due to extensive user feedback
     that cropping the output leads to unexpected results in normal
     printing operation.  Users who need exact dimensional accuracy
     should use the Crop option with borderless printing enabled.

  4) Epson inkjet printers now correctly support borderless printing.
     In addition, printing at the top and bottom of the page has been
     improved on printers that support borderless printing, although
     this is still not perfect in all cases.

     Certain printers (in particular the C/D8x and C6x series) do not
     print correctly to the bottom of the page with all colors.  This
     problem is understood, but we do not know when a fix will be
     available.

  5) The list of resolutions supported on newer Epson printers has
     been changed; resolutions of 2880x1440, 5760x1440, 2880x2880, and
     5760x2880 (as appropriate) have been added, replacing various
     1440x1440 and 1440x2880 enhanced resolutions.

  6) The output for the Canon PIXMA printers has been improved.

  7) The Canon driver now supports DuplexNoTumble for the PIXMA
     iP4000.

  8) Roll printing now works correctly on the Epson Stylus Photo
     R800.

  9) Printing with Canon PIXMA printers connected to windows hosts
     (bug 1625202) has been fixed.

  10) CD printing has been fixed for the Canon PIXMA iP4000 and iP4200.

  11) The Canon driver now also supports the CD fine adjustment controls.

  12) The Resolutions for the Canon S300 have been fixed.
 
  13) Some Canon MULTIPASS printers have been renamed to PIXMA.

  14) A minor border problem with the R800 and related printers has
     been fixed.  The standard bottom border is now slightly wider to
     eliminate the very bottom of the print from being chopped off.

  15) A build problem with the CUPS driver on some systems (in
     particular, OS X and any system where --disable-nls is used) has
     been fixed.

  16) The Postscript driver now handles CMYK input correctly, fixing a
     problem with Cinepaint (bug 1701954).

  17) The Postscript driver and UI library now handle setting the
     locale correctly.

  18) The PPD file updater, cups-genppdupdate.5.1, now handles the -n
     (don't do anything) correctly.  In addition, it handles --help
     and --version.

  19) The range of sizes for printing custom CD's has been extended
     down to 65 mm in both the Epson and Canon drivers.

  20) Printing to CD's on Epson printers now works correctly if the
     image is not placed at the top of the page.