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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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