Changes between Version 28 and Version 29 of CupsPort


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Dec 26, 2008, 10:28:50 PM (15 years ago)
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  • CupsPort

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    88Gutenprint (http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/) - OS/2 binary from http://download.smedley.info/gutenprint-5.2.3-os2-20081226.zip - list of supported printers is at http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php
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    10 Splix (http://splix.ap2c.org/) - OS/2 port of v1.1.1 from http://download.smedley.info/splix-1.1.1-os2-20081226.zip - list of supported printers at http://splix.ap2c.org/
     10Splix (http://splix.ap2c.org/) - OS/2 port of v1.1.1 from http://download.smedley.info/splix-1.1.1-os2-20081226.zip - list of supported printers at http://splix.ap2c.org/ - all Samsung or Xerox printers
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     12Installation notes:
     13CUPS and Gutenprint/Splix need to be extracted into the root directory of the SAME drive - some Gutenprint/Splix files need to be installed into the CUPS directories.
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     15Ghostscript also needs to be installed.  The current CUPS build expects to find gsos2.exe in \gs\gs8.63\bin\gsos2.exe - ie on the same drive as CUPS.  If this isn't the location of Ghostscript, you can edit \cups\lib\cups\filter\pstoraster and edit the PREFIX which points to the Ghostscript location.  gs863os2.zip contains only the directory gs8.63 for compatability with GSView so take care when extracting.
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     17Refer to the CUPS Howto for more details on how to use CUPS, particularly the stuff on setting up the port driver and importing PPD files into pscript.drv
    1218work in progress....
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    17 //Old stuff
    18 A preview of CUPS 1.3.9 (http://www.cups.org) + Gutenprint 5.2.0-rc1 (http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/) is now available at http://download.smedley.info/cups-1.3.9-gutenprint-5.2.0-rc1-os2-20081011.zip (34,078,321)
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    20 Note that a CUPS enabled copy of Ghostscript is also required - the recommended build is available from http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=ghostscript
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    22 Some notes on the release follow:
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    24 CUPS and Gutenprint are built using GCC v4.3.2 version and require the runtime dll from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
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    26 Known issues:
    27     * currently tested printer backends are ipp & lpd - usb isn't working. However, in the meantime, you can create a printer object for the USB printer, and run the OS/2 lpd daemon and print to a usb printer using the lpd backend in cups.
    28     * cups and associated programs are hardcoded to be in \gs, \gutenprint & \cups - ie DO NOT expect it to work if you unzip into c:\test - this restriction may be removed in a future build
    29     * to reduce the size of the archive, only English language Gutenprint ppd files are included
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    31 Please refer to the CUPS Howto at http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/wiki/HowTo for what & how to test.
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    33 General feedback can be provided to paul@smedley.id.au, bug reports should go to http://mantis.smedley.info
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    35 Many thanks to Bart van Leeuwen and Adrian Gschwend for providing encouragement for this project (ie nagging me on IRC!); and to Knut St Osmundsen for fixing the libc bugs that have stopped cups working reliably up until now!
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    3720If you like this software and want to support continued ports, please consider donating via PayPal via the link at http://smedley.info/os2ports, or via the Mensys online store at http://www.mensys.net/os2ports
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    39 Changes since the last release:
    40 1) Updated Gutenprint to 5.2.0-rc1
    41 2) Updated CUPS to v1.3.9
    42 3) Added a DosSleep(1) in CupsDoSelect which seems to help with stability of cupsd, at the expense of slowing down processing of files
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    45 Cheers,
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    47 Paul Smedley[[br]]
    48 Adelaide, South Australia[[br]]