[HPLIP-Devel] HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (HPLIP) 1.7.1 Release

[John H. <joh...@hp...>]

HPLIP 1.7.1 - This release has the following changes.

   1. Added some new html files to Makefile.am for hplip and hpijs.
   2. Fixed uninitilized pointer in hplip_api library. As requested by SUSE.
   3. Got some newer inkjet all-in-ones working with hp-makecopies
   4. photosmart_c5100_series: Changed copy-type from '0' to '3'
   5. photosmart_c6100_series: Changed copy-type from '0' to '3'
   6. photosmart_c7100_series: Changed copy-type from '0' to '3'
   7. photosmart_3300_series: Changed copy-type from '0' to '3'
   8. photosmart_3100_series: Changed copy-type from '0' to '3'
   9. photosmart_3200_series: Changed copy-type from '0' to '3'
  10. Fixed defect (HPLIP Installer didn't display the correct OS
information on the Red Hat Enterprise OS.)
  11. Changed the pre- and post- depend Installer command fields to a
list of commands
  12. Added a "last used device URI" feature to all utilities/UIs
  13. Added a device refresh after the job cancel function in the toolbox
  14. Fixed defect (hp-setup -u no devices <b>, <p>, etc. characters in
error log)
  15. Fixed sane_start: "Document feeder out of documents" problem with
LJ3300 MFP which have no ADF.
  16. Fixed defect (Test email text update)
  17. Improved progress dialog behaviour and messaging in hp-sendfax
  18. Fixed defect (The counter of selected picture in status bar does
not work if selecting picture by drag action.)
  19. Fixed defect (The "Show Thumbnail" item still appears after
executing "Show Thumbnails" operation if the picture does not support
"show thumbnail" function.)
  20. Implemented enhancement (Have front panel tab appear when
supported by printer)
  21. Fixed defect (The fax job can not be done while executing
'hp-sendfax -n' in terminal on Fedora Core 6 32bit OS.)
  22. photosmart_c7100_series: Changed pcard-type from '2' to '1'
  23. Added feature (Fax Address Book also should be added on the Tools
& Settings tab in toolbox for usability.)
  24. Fixed defect (The printer still appears in the device list while
deleting the printer from CUPS.)
  25. Added feature: Toolbox device list auto refreshes after device is
added using hp-setup from toolbox
  26. Fixed an issue with ChoosePrinterDlg2
  27. Re-wired "Configure Print Settings" in the toolbox to go directly
to the correct settings page for the printer
  28. Fixed an issue with toolbox auto refresh settings save in
~/.hplip.conf
  29. Fixed defect (New Fax Address can not be listed in Individual(s)
and Group(s) fields of Recipients tab on Debian 3.1 32bit OS.)
  30. Fixed defect (The address can not be added to a group through edit
function in Fax Address Book.)
  31. Fixed defect (Help button is ineffective after clicking Align
Cartridges in Toolbox on Debian3.1 32bit OS.)
  32. Added some error checking to struct.unpack() in SLP packet decoding
  33. Fixed defect (An error occurs when enter "%" in "Print Name" of
"Enter Printer Information" window during setting up a device.)
  34. Fixed defect (The unloaded file still be showed in "Unload Files
from Photo Card" dialog box after unload it with "Remove selected files"
option in GUI mode.)
  35. Fixed defect (installer LANG=C problem) [problem with CUPS running
detection, reported by a user]
  36. Fixed defect ('.bmp' type file can not be directly added to a fax
job though this file type is listed in the Direct Allowable Types list. )
  37. Fixed problem with adding XPM files to hp-sendfax
  38. Removed extraneous MIME types from hp-sendfax allowable types
  39. Changed auto refresh update range to 5-60 sec.
  40. Merged PyQt polling fix (should fix faxing on systems with PyQt
3.16 or 3.17)
  41. Added page range validation to hp-print (disallows ranges like
"-2" and "2-")
  42. Fixed defect 1291 (The plain-text type file which begins with
character "/*" can not be added rendered by the fax driver.) [Pretty
printing checkbox added to hp-print and hp-sendfax. Off by default.]

This HPLIP package includes HPIJS 2.7.1 which has the following changes.

   1. Moved PSC 21XX from DJ9xxVIP to DJGenericVIP - these printers can
do fullbleed printing on 4x6 media
   2. Added a new printmode, photonormal for DJ9xxVIP to enable printers
without media sensors to print to photo media