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Welcome to Gutenprint 5.3.5-pre1! Please read these release notes
carefully.
Gutenprint is a suite of printer drivers for Linux and other UNIX-like
systems that use CUPS as their printing system, supporting approximately
3600 different printers models. It also includes an enhanced Print
plug-in for GIMP that replaces the print plug-in packaged with the GIMP
distribution.
*** NOTE TO PACKAGERS: Please read the file README.package for issues
that are of interest to distributors and packagers of Gutenprint.
It is not necessary for end users of Gutenprint to read this file.
These release notes contain the following sections:
I) General Requirements
II) Changes from Previous Releases
III) Exceptions and Workarounds
A) General Issues
B) Printer-Specific Issues
C) Build/Installation Issues
IV) Overall changes from Gutenprint 5.2
A) General User-visible Changes
B) New Functionality
C) Changes to the Enhanced Print plugin for GIMP
D) Changes to the CUPS interface
E) Architectural Changes
V) Critical Upgrade Note from Gutenprint 5.0 or Earlier
================================================================
I) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Gutenprint will run on any reasonably modern computer running Linux, or
any other UNIX-like operating system. If you plan to compile this
package from source, you will also need an ISO C99 compiler, such as gcc
(recommended). A compiler is not required if you are installing a
pre-compiled package.
Processor and memory requirements vary depending upon the printer and
runtime options selected; any system dating from 2005 or later should
easily suffice. We suggest that you have at least 64 MB of memory for
general purpose printing, 256 MB or more for high quality printing on
a good printer, and 1 GB or more for large format printing at high
resolution. You should have at least 50 MB of free disk space to
compile and install Gutenprint. Disk space requirements for printing
will vary depending upon how you use Gutenprint, but are generally
modest except as noted below. We recommend a processor speed of at
least 300 MHz. Fast printers may require a faster processor to
achieve maximum printing speed.
For general use, you should have the Common UNIX Printing System, CUPS
(version 1.1.15 or above). Please read the rest of the release notes,
in particular the Exceptions and Workarounds, for full details on
installation, as there is important information to be aware of. As its
name implies, CUPS has been the standard printing systems on UNIX-like
sytems for some time. The combination of CUPS and Gutenprint provides
a flexible, general purpose printing system capable of producing the
highest quality output with any of the printers supported by this
package. We strongly recommend using CUPS with Gutenprint as a
general-purpose printing solution.
The enhanced Print plug-in for GIMP requires GIMP 2.0 or above (GIMP
2.2 recommended). This plug-in will work with any printing system,
and offers a comprehensive user interface to control all aspects of
the printing process. If you are printing photographs in large format
from GIMP at very high resolution, disk space requirements may be
substantial, and we recommend at least 2 GB of free disk space for
that purpose.
The README file included with this package provides full instructions
for building and installing Gutenprint.
================================================================
II) MAJOR CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES
* Changes from Gutenprint 5.3.4
0) Support for running on MacOS has been deprecated. Unless someone
steps up to maintain the MacOS port, there will be no MacOS
builds for this (or any future) Gutenprint release.
1) Support for the following Dye-sublimation & thermal printers
has been added:
Canon SELPHY CP1500
DNP DS480
DNP DS680
HiTi P461 Prinhome
HiTi P510K / P510L / P510S / P510SI
HiTi P518A / P518S (EXPERIMENTAL)
HiTi P728L (EXPERIMENTAL)
Mitsubishi CP-W5000 series
Olmec OP1000
Sony UP-CX1
Sont UP-D711MD
Sony UP-971AD
Sony UP-991AD (EXPERIMENTAL)
2) The following printers have received significant bugfixes or
major enhancements:
Canon SELPHY CP790
DNP DS620
DNP DS820
Fujifilm ASK-2500
HiTi P520L
HiTi P525L
HiTi P720L
HiTi P750L (EXPERIMENTAL)
Kodak 605
Kodak 8800 / 9810
Kodak 8810
Mitsubishi CP-D70/D707 series
Mitsubishi CP-K60 series
Mitsubishi CP-M1 & CP-M15 series
Nidec Copal DPB-7000
3) Added CUPS Command filter support for most dyesub models. This allows
querying printer status and media information at any time.
4) Added support for the following inkjet printer models:
Epson SureColor P5000 Commercial Edition (EXPERIMENTAL)
Epson SureColor P5000 Standard Edition (EXPERIMENTAL)
Epson SureLab D700
Fujifilm DX100
5) Added support for the following laser printer models:
Sharp MX-2600N
6) Various minor fixes and enhancements
* Changes from Gutenprint 5.3.3
1) Gutenprint (any release) does not currently work on MacOS 10.15
(Catalina). We do not as of this time have a fix in hand; if you
want to use Gutenprint, you should stick with 10.14 (Mojave) or
below.
2) A long-standing gamma correction bug affecting all dye-sublimation
printers has been corrected, resulting in visibly improved contrast,
tonal range, and color fidelity. However, users upgrading from older
versions can continue using the old gamma behaviour, by setting the
"StpLegacyDyesubGamma" option to "true"
3) Support for the following dye sublimation & thermal printers has been added:
Citizen CX-02W
Citizen CZ-01
DNP QW410
HiTi P520L
HiTi P525L
HiTi P720L
HiTi P750L (EXPERIMENTAL)
Kodak 6900 (EXPERIMENTAL)
Mitsubishi CP30D series
Mitsubishi CP9500-S / CP9600-S / CP9820-S
Mitsubishi CP-D70DW-S
Mitsubishi CP-M1 & CP-M15 series
Stryker SDP1000
4) The following printers have received siginificant bugfixes or
major enhancements:
Canon SELPHY CP790
DNP DS620
Kodak 605
Kodak 6800/6850
Kodak 7000 series
Kodak 8810
Mitsubishi CP-D90 series
Mitsubishi CP9800 series
Sinfonia CHC-S2245/S3
Sony UP-D898 family
Sony UP-DR80MD
Sony UP-DR200
Note that for the Mitsubishi CP-D90 series, when upgrading from a
prior release, you will need to remove and re-create your printer
queue for printing to function properly.
5) Add support for Epson Stylus Office BX305F.
6) Add duplex support for the following:
Epson Stylus Office BX525WD
Epson Stylus Office BX535WD
Epson Stylus Office BX62F5WD
Epson Stylus Office BX635FWD
Epson Stylus Office TX620FWD
7) Croation translation added; other translations updated.
8) Corrected bugs in the following Canon printers:
PIXMA iP6210D
PIXMA iP6220D
PIXMA iP6310D
PIXMA iP6320D
9) Corrected margins for the following Brother laster printers:
Brother DCP-8045D
Brother HL-1050
Brother HL-1060
Brother HL-1070
Brother HL-10h
Brother HL-1250
Brother HL-1260
Brother HL-1270N
Brother HL-1440
Brother HL-1450
Brother HL-1470N
Brother HL-1650
Brother HL-1660e
Brother HL-1670N
Brother HL-1850
Brother HL-1870N
Brother HL-2060
Brother HL-2460
Brother HL-2460N
Brother HL-5030
Brother HL-5040
Brother HL-5050
Brother HL-5070N
Brother HL-5140
Brother HL-5150D
Brother HL-5170DN
Brother HL-5340D
Brother HL-660
Brother HL-7050
Brother HL-7050N
Brother HL-760
Brother HL-960
* Changes from Gutenprint 5.3.1 (Gutenprint 5.3.2 was not released)
1) Gutenprint will fail to configure if the necessary CUPS
development packages are not installed. This is to protect users
against attempting to install newer versions of Gutenprint
without installing the CUPS development package. This results in
an installation that does not work with CUPS, which has created
confusion in the past.
Normally, you should install the CUPS development package, which
on most systems is "cups-devel", "cups-dev", or similar, using
your operating system's package manager.
If you really want to install Gutenprint without CUPS, you may
run configure with "--without-cups". This may be useful if you
intend to use only the Gutenprint plugin for GIMP, or you intend
to use the Gutenprint library to support a custom printing
solution that does not involve CUPS. However, for most users,
simply running configure --without-cups is not the correct course
of action.
2) The following new printers have been added:
* DNP DS-SL20 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Epson Expression Home XP-240 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Epson Expression Home XP-245 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Epson Expression Home XP-340 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Epson Expression Home XP-344 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Epson Expression Home XP-440 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Epson Expression Home XP-442 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Epson Expression Photo XP-860 (Preliminary)
* Epson Expression Photo XP-960 (Preliminary)
* Epson Expression Photo XP-8500 (Preliminary)
* Epson Stylus L130
* Sinfonia CHC-S2245/S3 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Sony UP-D895 family
* Sony UP-D897 family
* Sony UP-D898 family (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Sony UP-CR20L (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Sony UP-DR80MD (EXPERIMENTAL)
3) Bugfixes and other enhancements for the following printers:
* DNP DS80DX
* DNP DS-SL10 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Nidac Copal DPB-6000
* Kodak 7000/7010/7015
* Kodak 8810
* Sony UP-DP10
* Sony UP-DR150
* Sony UP-DR200
* Sony UP-CR10L
4) Many miscellaneous fixes for dyesub printers and the dyesub
backend; please see the ChangeLog for details.
5) The Gutenprint plugin for GIMP displays a higher resolution
thumbnail.
6) The following models have been added to existing printer series:
* Canon PIXMA iP2899 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA G1910 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA G2910 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA G2915 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA G3010 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA G3910 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA G3915 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA G4010 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA G4902 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA G4910 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA G4911 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA TS3130S (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA TS3190 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA TS3195 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA TS5030S (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA E3190 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Canon PIXMA E3195 (EXPERIMENTAL)
* Changes from Gutenprint 5.3.0
1) This is the initial 5.3 release. While we believe that this
release is stable and fully useful, it has not had the level of
exposure that Gutenprint 5.2 has had.
2) cups-genppdupdate will by default refuse to upgrade PPD files from
5.2 (or earlier). Supply the -x option to force this upgrade, or
use -i to upgrade interactively. This permits you to continue
using Gutenprint 5.2 while experimenting with 5.3.
3) The PCL driver now supports color laser printers that use PCL 5c
natively (as opposed to emulation). The support is considered to
be preliminary at this time.
* The following printers now support color printing:
Epson ActionLaser AL-C8600
Epson ActionLaser AL-C8600 PS3
HP Color LaserJet 2500
HP Color LaserJet 5
HP Color LaserJet 5000
HP Color LaserJet 8550GN
Kyocera FS-5800C
Kyocera FS-5900C
Kyocera FS-8000C
Xerox DocuPrint C20
Xerox WorkCentre 7345
* The following new printers have been added, with color support:
Brother HL-2400CeN
Brother HL-2600CN
Brother HL-3400CN
Brother HL-3450CN
Canon LBP-5360
Canon LBP-5390
Canon imageRunner C2570
Canon imageRunner C2570i
Canon imageRunner C2620N
Canon imageRunner C3100
Canon imageRunner C3170
Canon imageRunner C3170i
Canon imageRunner C3200
Canon imageRunner C5030
Canon imageRunner C5180
Canon imageRunner C5800
Canon imageRunner C5870U
Canon imageRunner C6800
Canon imageRunner C6870U
HP Color LaserJet 5m
HP Color LaserJet 2500
HP Color LaserJet 2500
HP Color LaserJet 3000
HP Color LaserJet 3000dn
HP Color LaserJet 3000dtn
HP Color LaserJet 3000n
HP Color LaserJet 3700
HP Color LaserJet 3700n
HP Color LaserJet 3800
HP Color LaserJet 3800dn
HP Color LaserJet 3800dtn
HP Color LaserJet 3800n
HP Color LaserJet 4600
HP Color LaserJet 4610
HP Color LaserJet 4650
HP Color LaserJet 4700
HP Color LaserJet 4700dn
HP Color LaserJet 4700dtn
HP Color LaserJet 4700n
HP Color LaserJet 4700ph+
HP Color LaserJet 5500dn
HP Color LaserJet 5500dtn
HP Color LaserJet 5500hdn
HP Color LaserJet 5500n
HP Color LaserJet 8500
HP Color LaserJet 8500dn
HP Color LaserJet 8500n
HP Color LaserJet 8550
HP Color LaserJet 8550DN
HP Color LaserJet 8550GN
HP Color LaserJet 9500
HP Color LaserJet 9500gp
HP Color LaserJet 9500hdn
HP Color LaserJet 9500n
HP Color LaserJet CM1312
HP Color LaserJet CM1312nfi
HP Color LaserJet CM1411FN
HP Color LaserJet CM1412FN
HP Color LaserJet CM1413FN
HP Color LaserJet CM1415FN
HP Color LaserJet CM1415FNW
HP Color LaserJet CM1416FNW
HP Color LaserJet CM1417FNW
HP Color LaserJet CM1418FNW
HP Color LaserJet CM2320 MFP
HP Color LaserJet CM2320FXI MFP
HP Color LaserJet CM2320N MFP
HP Color LaserJet CM2320NF MFP
HP Color LaserJet CM3530 MFP
HP Color LaserJet CM4540 MFP
HP Color LaserJet CM4730 MFP
HP Color LaserJet CM6030 MFP
HP Color LaserJet CM6040 MFP
HP Color LaserJet CM6040f MFP
HP Color LaserJet CM6049f MFP
HP Color LaserJet CP1514n
HP Color LaserJet CP1515n
HP Color LaserJet CP1518ni
HP Color LaserJet CP2025
HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn
HP Color LaserJet CP2025n
HP Color LaserJet CP2025x
HP Color LaserJet CP3505
HP Color LaserJet CP3505dn
HP Color LaserJet CP3505n
HP Color LaserJet CP3505x
HP Color LaserJet CP3525
HP Color LaserJet CP3525dn
HP Color LaserJet CP3525n
HP Color LaserJet CP3525x
HP Color LaserJet CP4005
HP Color LaserJet CP4005dn
HP Color LaserJet CP4005n
HP Color LaserJet CP4020
HP Color LaserJet CP4500
HP Color LaserJet CP4520
HP Color LaserJet CP4540
HP Color LaserJet CP5225
HP Color LaserJet CP5225dn
HP Color LaserJet CP5225n
HP Color LaserJet CP5520
HP Color LaserJet CP6015de
HP Color LaserJet CP6015dn
HP Color LaserJet CP6015n
HP Color LaserJet CP6015x
HP Color LaserJet CP6015xh
Kyocera Ci-1100
Kyocera CS-250ci
Kyocera CS-2525E
Kyocera CS-300ci
Kyocera CS-400ci
Kyocera CS-500ci
Kyocera CS-3050ci
Kyocera CS-3225E
Kyocera CS-3232E
Kyocera CS-3550ci
Kyocera CS-4035E
Kyocera FS-5800C
Kyocera FS-5900C
Kyocera FS-8000C
Kyocera FS-C5015N
Kyocera FS-C5016N
Kyocera FS-C5020N
Kyocera FS-C5025N
Kyocera FS-C5030N
Kyocera FS-C5100DN
Kyocera FS-C5200DN
Kyocera FS-C5300DN
Kyocera FS-C5350DN
Kyocera FS-C5400DN
Kyocera FS-C8008N
Kyocera FS-C8100DN
Kyocera FS-C8100DN+
Kyocera KM-C830
Kyocera KM-C850
Kyocera KM-C2520
Kyocera KM-C2525E
Kyocera KM-C2630
Kyocera KM-C3225
Kyocera KM-C3225E
Kyocera KM-C3232
Kyocera KM-C3232E
Kyocera KM-C4035E
Kyocera TASKalfa 250ci
Kyocera TASKalfa 300ci
Kyocera TASKalfa 400ci
Kyocera TASKalfa 500ci
Oki C5300
Oki C5400
Oki C7300
Oki C9200
Oki C9400
Sharp AR-BC260
Sharp AR-BC320
Sharp AR-C170M
Sharp AR-C172M
Sharp AR-C260
Sharp AR-C260F
Sharp AR-C260M
Sharp AR-C260P
Sharp AR-C260S
Sharp AR-C261F
Sharp AR-C261M
Sharp AR-C261S
Sharp AR-C262M
Sharp AR-C262S
Xerox Phaser 3160N
Xerox Phaser 8860
Xerox WorkCentre C2424
* Many other color laser printers, too numerous to list, have been
added based on specification; please report success or failure
with any other color laser printer using the Generic PCL Color
drivers. Printers that we know about that may be supported are
listed as UNTESTED Automatically Generated.
4) The following BW laser printer has been added:
HP LaserJet 5N
5) The Canon driver offers improved support for the following printer
models:
BJC-85
BJC-1000
BJC-2100
BJC S9000
6) The following Epson inkjet printers have been added:
Epson Expression ET-2550 EcoTank ET (UNTESTED)
Epson Expression ET-2600 EcoTank ET
Epson Expression ET-2650 EcoTank ET (UNTESTED)
Epson Expression ET-2700 EcoTank ET (UNTESTED)
Epson Expression ET-2750 EcoTank ET
Epson Expression ET-2750 EcoTank Business Edition (UNTESTED)
Epson Expression XP-15000 Series
The following printers are known not to be supported by any current
driver; if you are interested in assisting or contributing one of
these printers for development, please contact us. Note that many
of these are network printers that likely support IPP Everywhere
without requiring a driver.
Epson Expression ET-3600 EcoTank
Epson Expression ET-3700 EcoTank
Epson Expression Home XP-5100
Epson WorkForce ET-3750
Epson WorkForce ET-4750
Epson WorkForce ET-8700
Epson WorkForce ET-16500
Epson WorkForce WF-2750
Epson WorkForce WF-2760
Epson WorkForce WF-2860
Epson WorkForce WF-6530
Epson WorkForce WF-7210
Epson WorkForce WF-7710
Epson WorkForce WF-7720
Epson WorkForce Enterprise WF-C17590
Epson WorkForce Enterprise WF-C20590
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-3720
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4630
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4720
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4730
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4734
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4740
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-5110
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-5190
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-5620
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-5690
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-6090
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-6590
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-7110
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-7620
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-8090
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-8590
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C5210
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C5290
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C5710
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C5790
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C7610
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C7710
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C7720
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C8190
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C8690
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C869R
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-M5194
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-M5299
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-M5694
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-M5799
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-R4640
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-R5190
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-R5690
The following printers may work with an existing driver; if you
have one and are interested in testing, please contact us:
Epson Expression Home XP-340
Epson Expression Home XP-434
Epson Expression Home XP-440
Epson Expression Home XP-446
Epson Expression Premium ET-7700
Epson Expression Premium ET-7750
Epson Expression Photo XP-860
Epson Expression Photo XP-960
Epson Expression Photo XP-8500
Epson PictureMate PM-400
Epson Premium XP-640
Epson Premium XP-820
Epson Premium XP-830
Epson Premium XP-6000
Epson Stylus C88+ (will likely work with C88 driver up to
2880x1440 DPI)
Epson WorkForce WF-100
Epson WorkForce WF-2630
Epson WorkForce WF-M1560 (may work with existing driver in black
and white mode)
7) Paper size options have been corrected, so that inappropriate paper
sizes for many printers have been removed.
8) The USB dye-sublimation printer backend has been considerably
enhanced. As well as many bugfixes, the following user-visable
changes have been made:
* Much improved status and media reporting via standard CUPS
marker attributes.
* Simpler, cleaner URI scheme. This is an example of a typical
URI reported by older Gutenprint release:
gutenprint53+usb://Dai+Nippon+Printing/DP-DS620?serial=123456783&backend=dnpds40
The same printer will now generate this URI scheme:
gutenprint53+usb://dnpds620/12345678
The backend will continue to parse the old scheme indefinitely, so that
existing installations will function normally.
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III) EXCEPTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS
A) GENERAL ISSUES
1) The Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, and dye sublimation drivers
do not offer all of the additional options and improvements that
the Epson driver does. Please contact us if you would like to
assist with making these options available (requires C
programming skills).
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B) PRINTER-SPECIFIC ISSUES
1) A number of Epson printers have been reported to produce poor
quality at the bottom of the page in borderless mode when the
resolution is set to 5760x2880 DPI. The specific problem
observed is that the print fades at the bottom of the page.
Other than reducing the resolution or avoiding use of borderless
mode, there is no known workaround for this problem.
2) There have been reports of poor color fidelity on the Epson
Stylus Photo R2880 with certain paper types. This problem has
not been reproduced.
3) A number of laser printers capable of large format printing are
incorrectly classified as small format, thereby not permitting
users to select large paper sizes. The workaround is to use the
printer named "Generic PCL 6/PCL XL LF Printer". Please report
any such printers to [email protected]; they
will be fixed in the next available release.
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C) BUILD/INSTALLATION ISSUES
1) With certain versions of CUPS and in certain non-default
configurations, if a new version of Gutenprint is installed over
an existing version genppd will create PPD files based on the
older version of Gutenprint rather than the newer version. This
will happen if all of the following are true:
i) The cups-config provided by the CUPS driver adds
-Wl,rpath=/usr/lib. This is done by some versions of CUPS
reportedly because in some cases the runtime linker does not
pick up libraries out of /usr/lib. This can be checked by
running
cups-config --libs --ldflags
and inspecting the output for any mention of "rpath", "RPATH",
"RUN_PATH", or the like. This is controlled by the CUPS
installation on your system.
ii) There is presently a version of Gutenprint installed in /usr
(--prefix=/usr) rather than /usr/local or the like. The
default location of Gutenprint installation is in /usr/local,
but system vendors typically install Gutenprint in /usr.
iii) Gutenprint is built dynamically only (--disable-static or
--disable-static-genppd). This is not a default, and requires
the explicit --disable-static or --disable-static-genppd on
the Gutenprint "configure" command line. Therefore, if you
build Gutenprint normally you should not be vulnerable to this
problem.
Note that in general if you install CUPS into a non-standard
location, and install Gutenprint into the same location, this
problem can surface. For example, if you choose to install CUPS
in /usr/local and Gutenprint in /usr/local you are vulnerable to
this. However, it is not standard practice to install CUPS
anywhere but /usr.
In this case, the run path embedded in the genppd executable
points to the version of Gutenprint installed in /usr/lib. This
run path overrides any attempt by libtool to look in the build
directory. The result is that cups-genppd and rastertogutenprint
are run against the older version of Gutenprint. If the new
version contains additional features (more printers, changes to
printer options, etc.) they will not be available.
This bug is difficult to detect in a normal build. It normally
does not cause an error to happen during build unless there is an
API change from the version installed and the version being
built; the only failure is frequently that some PPD files may not
be built or may be built with missing options. Due to the PPD
version checking introduced in this release, the behavior might
manifest itself as a runtime error. It is also possible that
there will be no error at all other than the older version of
Gutenprint being used, with the result that new features and bug
fixes are not available.
If you wish to use only shared libraries, do not wish to build
static libraries at all, and are vulnerable to this issue
(because cups-config --ldflags sets the run path), there are
three workarounds available:
i) Build and install Gutenprint into /usr (rather than
/usr/local) and then rebuild Gutenprint from scratch. This
will install the correct libgutenprint.so in /usr/lib, and in
the rebuild genppd will be run against the correct library.
ii) Remove the old version of Gutenprint prior to building the
new version of Gutenprint. The important files to remove are
anything named /usr/lib/libgutenprint*.
iii) Edit cups-config to remove the reference to the run path.
2) There is a known complication building "escputil" that causes
problems on a small number of systems. "escputil" uses the
"readline" package, to support command editing and history within
the program. Unfortunately, linking programs with "readline"
often requires linking against additional libraries, and the
exact library depends upon the system (e. g. not all Linux/UNIX
systems have the same requirements).
The configure script attempts to determine which additional
library must be linked against. It tries using the following
libraries in this order to build a test executable:
-lncurses
-lcurses
-ltermcap
no additional libraries
The reason it tries other libraries first is that some systems
will link successfully, but only fail when an attempt is made to
actually call readline. Therefore, we assume that additional
libraries are required. Since we try the extra libraries in
order from most recent to oldest, we expect that the first one we
find will be appropriate. For example, if the "ncurses" library
is the standard on a given system, the "termcap" library may be
provided for back compatibility, but it is unlikely that
"termcap" will be the standard with "curses" or "ncurses" being
provided for compatibility only (so that the link will succeed
but the command will use the incorrect library).
As this procedure is not failsafe, we provide the following
configure options to control this behavior:
./configure --with-readline=yes (the default; attempts to
determine the correct library
to link against)
./configure --with-readline=no (turns off use of readline
altogether)
./configure --with-readline=only (specifically instructs
configure to not attempt to
link against any other
libraries)
./configure --with-readline=libs (specifies the libraries to be
linked against)
A hypothetical (this won't work anywhere!) example of the latter
would be
./configure --with-readline='-lncurses -ltermcap'
Note that configure will not allow readline to be used if it
cannot successfully build the test program, regardless of the
option selected. If you are having difficulty getting escputil
to build, we suggest using --with-readline=no. The commands
used within escputil are very short and seldom require
significant editing.
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IV) OVERALL CHANGES FROM 5.2 to 5.3
A) GENERAL USER-VISIBLE CHANGES
1) It is now possible to specify units in fractional point sizes,
allowing more precise placements and page sizes.
2) Added support for the following printers:
Canon SELPHY CP1300
Magicard Tango 2E
Magicard Rio 2E
Magicard Avalon E (Experimental)
Magicard Enduro (Experimental)
Magicard Enduro Plus (Experimental)
Fujifilm ASK-2000 (Experimental)
Fujifilm ASK-2500 (Experimental)
Fujifilk ASK-4000 (Experimental)
Nidac Copal DPB-4000 (Experimental)
Nidac Copal DPB-6000
Nidac Copal DPB-8000 (Experimental)
Samsung ProXpress SL-M3820ND
3) Enhanced support and bugfixes for the following printers:
Fujifilm ASK-300
Sony UP-DR150 and UP-DR200
Canon SELPHY CP820, CP910, CP1000, and CP1200
DNP DS40, DS620, and RX1HS
Citizen CW-01 and CY-02
Mitusbishi CP-D70DW, CP-D707DW, and CP-D80DW
Shinko/Sinfonia S1245
Mitsubishi CP9800DW, CP9800DW-S, and CP-9810DW
4) Improved the performance of all dye-sublimation printers
B) NEW FUNCTIONALITY
1) All units are now floating point rather than integer.
C) CHANGES TO THE ENHANCED PRINT PLUGIN FOR GIMP
1) Units can be entered in fractional point sizes as well as
Imperial and metric sizes that are not exact numbers of points.
D) CHANGES TO THE CUPS INTERFACE
1) Units can be entered in fractional point sizes as well as
Imperial and metric sizes that are not exact numbers of points.
E) ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES
1) All units are now floating point rather than integer.
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V) CRITICAL UPGRADE NOTE FROM GUTENPRINT 5.0 OR EARLIER
This note does not apply to initial installations of Gutenprint,
upgrades from any 5.2 release, or to Macintosh users; if this
describes you, you should skip this section.
If you are using CUPS with Gutenprint on a non-Macintosh system, and
are upgrading from Gimp-Print 4.2 or a version of Gutenprint prior to
5.2, please read this note carefully as there are special procedures
that you should follow in addition to the normal procedure of running
cups-genppdupdate.
Background: older versions of Gutenprint distributed CUPS backends,
named "epson" and "canon", that we have determined have compatibility
problems on certain systems. The symptom of this problem is that the
last page of each print job does not complete; it prints almost to the
end of the page, and the printer stops. The only way to clear this
condition is to power the printer off and back on after each job.
A CUPS "backend" is a special program whose purpose is to transfer
data from the printer driver to the printer itself. CUPS provides a
number of general purpose backends. The "epson" and "canon" backends
previously provided with Gutenprint are capable of retrieving ink
level information from Epson and Canon inkjet printers respectively.
These backends are no longer needed in CUPS 1.2, and are not strictly
necessary in CUPS 1.1. Therefore, these backends have been removed
from Gutenprint as of 5.2.
Due to a subtle issue, these backends may not correctly send all of
the data to the printer on some systems. While we have not fully
characterized the systems on which this happens, it appears likely
that it is on certain operating system versions. The backend believes
that all data has been sent, but the way it does I/O results in some
data not being sent on all systems. As a result, the printer
continues to wait for more data to be received.
We recommend that if you have any printer queues using these backends
that you modify the queues to use a different backend. Even if you
are not currently having problems, we recommend that you do this, as a
future operating system upgrade may result in this problem becoming
visible. If this is the first version of Gutenprint or Gimp-Print you
have installed on your system, you should not have these backends
present. Here are the steps we recommend that you follow.
1) Determine whether any printers on your system use the epson or
canon backends.
This can be determined via "lpstat -v". This may be done without
administrator privileges:
$ lpstat -v
device for EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R300_USB_1: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R300
device for espr300-ez: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R300
device for r300-test: epson:/dev/usb/lp0
device for HP_LaserJet_1022_USB_1: usb://HP/LaserJet%201022
Inspect each device line for a device that begins with "epson:" or
"canon:". These are the queues you must modify. In this case, the
only queue that must be modified is "r300-test". The other queues
all have devices that begin with "usb:"; these queues use the
standard CUPS USB backend that does not have this problem.
2) For each queue that uses the epson or canon backend, modify it to
use an appropriate backend.
If your system provides a user interface for administering
printers, we recommend that you use that interface. If you're
comfortable with the KDE or GNOME print manager, you may use that
interface. However, we recommend using the CUPS web interface
(http://localhost:631/printers) to modify the printer. The steps
you should follow (assuming that you are using the CUPS web
interface) are:
i) Click "Modify Printer", to start leading you through a series of
screens allowing you to change the printer properties.
ii) The first screen, entitled "Modify Printer r300-test" (the
printer name, of course, will vary), will display the name of
the printer, along with the location and description. You may
modify these if you wish, but it isn't necessary. Click
"Continue".
iii) The next screen, entitled "Device for r300-test", is the
important one. This provides you a drop-down list of devices.
These devices typically include "AppSocket/HP JetDirect",
"LP#1", and so forth. It is critical that you select the
correct device at this point.
The entries that you want are of the form
EPSON Stylus Photo R300 USB #1 (EPSON Stylus Photo R300)
or
EPSON Stylus Photo EX Parallel #1 (EPSON Stylus Photo EX)
Make sure to select the one that's appropriate for your printer
model.
You will likely also see entries such as "Gutenprint USB Printer
#1 (EPSON USB2.0 Printer (Hi-speed)". These are the entries
corresponding to the "epson" and "canon" backends, and you must
avoid these.
iv) The next screen, entitled "Make/Manufacturer for r300-test",
allows you to select the manufacturer of the printer. Normally,
the correct manufacturer (Epson or Canon) will be highlighted,
and you can click Continue.
v) The next screen, entitled "Model/Driver for r300-test", allows
you to select the precise model of the printer. Normally, the
correct model (which will be named something like "Epson Stylus
Photo R300 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.0-pre2") will already be
highlighted, and you can click "Modify Printer". Otherwise, you
must find and select the correct printer model before clicking
Modify Printer. You will likely need to provide your
administrator username and password to continue here.