cups-filters 1.20.0 released!
Hi,
I have released cups-filters 1.20.0 now, with the following changes:
CHANGES IN V1.20.0
- libcupsfilters: Let the PPD generator prefer the English
translation file from CUPS for the human-readable strings in
the PPD files.
- libcupsfilters: The PPD generator lists all page sizes with
human-readable names now, including proprietary names of the
printer.
- cups-browsed, driverless: Fixed get-printer-attributes call
on driverless printers for generating the PPD, explicitly
requesting the media-col-database attribute as otherwise
borderless page sizes do not appear.
- libcupsfilters: Fixed loading option/choice strings lists
from driverless printers for PPD file generation. Especially
proprietary media types appear correctly now.
- libcupsfilters: Completed color space support in the PPD
generator: Added DeviceGray/RGB/CMYK, default to 8 bit for
SRGB and to 16 bit for AdobeRGB, avoid duplicate listings of
the same color space.
CHANGES IN V1.19.0
- libcupsfilters: Let the PPD generator add the options "Print
Optimization", "Print Rendering Intent" and "Print Scaling"
if appropriate IPP attributes are found.
- libcupsfilters: Let the PPD generator read out the maximum
of info about color spaces and this way not only reliably
the correct choices are added to the ColorModel option but
also the maximum supported bit depth (8 or 16 bit) is used.
- libcupsfilters: Overtaken new features from CUPS' PPD
generator: Presets, Finishing Templates, and extraction of
media sizes from "media-col-database"
- libcupsfilters: Improvements on header of generated PPDs:
use cups-filters version number, "drvless.ppd" PCFileName,
APSupplies and cupsChargeInfoURI from CUPS.
- libcupsfilters: Let the PPD generator use the IPP string
tables in the translation files of CUPS 2.3.x or newer
(English strings only). Let all options in the PPD have
human-readable option and choice names. In case of CUPS
2.2.x or older (or if the CUPS translation are missing) we
fall back to internal tables.
- cups-browsed: Improved debug output when checking IPP
attributes of IPP printers.
- .gitignore: Ignore also core files.
- cups-browsed: Support use of PPD files generated by CUPS for
IPP Printers. Works only if the the local queue created by
cups-browsed replaces a temporary queue from CUPS.
Configurable via "UseCUPSGeneratedPPDs" directive in
cups-browsed.conf.
This release is mainly about the PPD files which one gets for
auto-generated print queues for IPP printers. Human-readable strings for
options and choices are taken from CUPS (2.3.x or newer), new PPD
functionality, this time finishing templates, presets, and support for
"media-col-database" is overtaken from CUPS, complete information about
supported color depths and color modes and even human-readable strings
for proprietary settings (paper sizes media types, ...) are read out
from the printer, and new options are added. And who still prefers the
PPDs from CUPS can switch to CUPS-generated PPDs for CUPS-supported
driverless printers.
Please release this on Debian so that I can sync it to Ubuntu.
Thanks in advance.
Till
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