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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog new file mode 100755 index 0000000..00f6544 --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -0,0 +1,3514 @@ +2004-12-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fixed bug of foomatic-rip replacing a JCL + command (ex: "@PJL HOLDKEY=1234") if another which is contained + in the first one is supplied (ex: "@PJL HOLD=STORE"). Thanks to + Jociel Cavalcante Andrade (jcainfo at inf dot ufes dot br) for + reporting the bug and testing the fix. + +2004-12-04 Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Include -*- perl -*- for Emacs mode selection. + + * foomatic-gswrapper.in: Instead of testing for /dev/fd/*, use + them directly; this gets around some unreliability with + Ghostscript prefiltering that is described in Debian bug report + #271519 (http://bugs.debian.org/271519). Also include -*- perl + -*- for Emacs mode selection. + + * debian/README.Debian, debian/changelog, debian/compat, + debian/control, debian/copyright, debian/dirs, debian/docs, + debian/foomatic-filters.config, + debian/foomatic-filters.postinst, + debian/foomatic-filters.postrm, + debian/foomatic-filters.templates, debian/parseconfig.pl, + debian/po/POTFILES.in, debian/po/de.po, debian/po/fr.po, + debian/po/ja.po, debian/po/nl.po, debian/po/pt_BR.po, + debian/po/templates.pot, debian/po/tr.po, debian/rules: New + files; add Debian packaging information. + +2004-11-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fixed problem of foomatic-rip crashing with + error 29 (ESPIPE = "Illegal seek") on "close STDIN;" on some + non-Linux platforms as Unixware 7.1.0, fixed problem of CUPS + page accounting PostScript code in foomatic-rip overriding + already exisiting /EndPage procedures. Added output of error + code when foomatic-rip dies. Thanks to Helge Blischke + (h dot blischke at srz dot de) for all these fixes and + enhancements. + +2004-09-14 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 3.0.2. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-3_0_2". + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version 3.0.2. + +2004-08-26 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: SECURITY FIX: foomatic-rip could execute + arbitrary commands as user "lp" (or however the spooler's + special user is named) on the print server. Advisory ID: + CAN-2004-0801. + + The fixes: + + - Let unprintable characters be removed from all command line + options and environment variables. + + - Let shell escape characters be removed from file names, queue + names, driver options, and some other input strings. + + - Let "open" commands for file access always use "<" or ">" to + specify reading or writing. + +2004-06-15 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Made workaround for OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 bug + being applied to all OpenOffice.org 1.1.x versions (Thanks to + Nigel Tamplin, nigel at metica dot com). + +2004-03-28 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * USAGE, foomatic-rip.in: Replaced "GIMP-Print" by "Gimp-Print". + +2004-03-26 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fixed building of PDQ driver description file. + +2004-02-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 3.0.1. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-3_0_1". + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version 3.0.1. + +2004-01-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 3.0.1rc3. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-3_0_1rc3". + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version 3.0.1rc3. + + * configure.in: Removed the AC_OUTPUT() entry to create a Makefile + in the tests directory. + +2004-01-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 3.0.1rc2. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-3_0_1rc2". + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version 3.0.1rc2. + +2004-01-23 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Removed some more files which do not belong into the stable + release. + + * Makefile.in, configure.in, tests/*: Removed Patrick Powells + "make test" facility, it did not work. + +2004-01-21 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@linuxprinting.org> + + * Secondary checkin, to remove/add files that changed between + branches. + + * Reverted snafu unstable code checkin introduced onto the stable + 3.0 branch on Jan 16, and present until Jan 21. + +2003-12-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile.in: Fixed compatibility for non-bash systems: Used + "VAR=VALUE; export VAR" instead of "export VAR=VALUE" (Thanks + to Florian Diesch <diesch@spamfence.net>). + +2003-12-01 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * configure.in, Makefile.in: Added fixes and improvements for + NetBSD compatibility. Thanks to Bruce J.A. Nourish + (bjan+foomatic-devel at bjan dot net) for this contribution. + +2003-11-22 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version number 3.1.0. + + * *: Tagged all files of the repository with "foomatic-3_0-bp", + started stable branch "foomatic-3_0-branch". + +2003-11-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 3.0.1rc1. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-3_0_1rc1". + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version 3.0.1rc1. + +2003-11-19 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in, filter.conf: Added support for CUPS raster + drivers to foomatic-rip. Now CUPS raster drivers can be used + with every spooler. + +2003-10-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fixed bug of sometimes an extra blank page + being printed after the job. + +2003-10-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * configure.in: Added option "--disable-file-converter-check" to + disable checking whether there is a file converter installed. + +2003-10-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * configure.in: Added /usr/local/libexec to LIBSEARCHPATH for *BSD + compatibilty. Thanks to Sebastian Horzela (sh at horzela dot + com). + + * configure.in: For CUPS a2ps, enscript, or mpage is not needed, + here texttops of CUPS is used be default. So let ./configure + also check for texttops. + + * tests/Makefile.in: Continue testing when comparing the result of + a test with the reference file fails, give only a warning in + such a case. + +2003-10-20 Patrick Powell <papowell@lprng.com> + + * added 'use strict' and -w to the Perl options. + + * fixed a large number of undefined or out of scope variable + references discovered by the 'use strict' and -w. + + * added 'use Cwd' to get current working directory + + * Modified foomatic-rip to auto-sense the LPRng configuration. + This eliminates the need for the --lprng option, unless you want + to use it. You now set the ppd_file option in the printcap to + specify the location of the PPD file: + + lp:filter=/path/to/foomatic-rip + :ppd_file=/path/to/ppdfile + or + lp:filter=/path/to/foomatic-rip --ppd=/path/to/ppdfile \ + [options] + or + lp:filter=/path/to/foomatic-rip --lprng [options] \ + /path/to/ppdfile + (legacy documented foomatic method) + + If you specify both, the command line overrides the :ppd_file + New versions of the LPRng 'checkpc' program will check for the + presence of the :ppd_file if it is specified. + + * Modified fomatic-rip to be less 'verbose' and not put out blank + lines when used with LPRng. Changed 'dieing' to 'dying' in + error messages, as well as removing some typeos in other places. + + * Modified the configure.in, Makefile.in, and makeMan.in scripts + to use the current/latest autoconf conventions. Using + ${INSTALL} to do installation and mkinstalldirs to create + directories. Modified the configure script to NOT override the + use of sysconfdir. You can now run the configure script from a + subdirectory. This implies that your filter.conf file will now + be installed in ${sysconfdir}/foomatic/filter.conf, not in + /etc/foomatic/filter.conf. The other foomatic installation + scripts should also be modified to follow this convention. + + * The configure script now checks for at least one page converter + (a2ps, enscript, mpage) and errors if one is not installed. + + * modified the code for 'echo' to be compatible with the comments in + foomatic-rip. The filter.conf file can now set the echo program. + +2003-09-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: When option settings on the last page of a job + changed and the last page was read completely into the FIFO + before it was printed, the renderer was not restarted to take + into account the option changes. + + Added a new workaround for a new bug in the PostScript generated + by OpenOffice.org 1.1.0. + +2003-08-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fix on PostScript code insertion for nested + +2003-08-14 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fixed checks for CPS printer spooler. + +2003-08-01 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fixes on JCL header merging, support for nested + composite options. + +2003-07-30 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: If a printer/driver combo has Foomatic-defined + JCL options and the driver already generates a JCL header, the + JCL options are merged into the header produced by the driver. + +2003-06-26 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * configure.in, makeMan.in, foomatic-rip.in: Support for IRIX. + + * foomatic-rip.in: Updated comments. + +2003-06-25 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Let "echo" commands in the renderer command + line being replaced by $myecho, so that printing on non-GNU + systems with user-selected GNU "echo" command works. + +2003-04-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 3.0.0. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-3_0_0". + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version 3.0.0. + + * foomatic-rip.1.in: Updated linuxprinting.org link for 3.0.0. + +2003-04-22 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 3.0.0rc2. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-3_0_0rc2". + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version 3.0.0rc2. + + * foomatic-rip.1.in: Added missing substitutions for special + characters in postpipe. + +2003-04-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: added restriction for allowed strings by means + of lists of allowed characters (PPD keyword: + '*FoomaticRIPOptionAllowedChars <option>: "..."') and Perl + regular expressions (PPD: '*FoomaticRIPOptionAllowedRegExp + <option>: "..."'). The allowed characters are checked by a + '/^[...]*$/' expression in the Perl scripts, so ranges with '-', + forbidden characters with a leading '^', or special characters + as '\w', '\d', '\x07', ... are allowed. Regular expressions are + applied via a '/.../' expression. These restrictions are done + for security reasons, to avoid for example a string like "|| rm + -rf * ||" in a command line option. + + The string 'None' is always mapped to the empty string, + as PPD files and the command of some spoolers do not accept an + empty string as argument value. + + Several bug fixes done for the string options. + +2003-04-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 3.0.0rc1. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-3_0_0rc1". + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version 3.0.0rc1. + +2003-04-12 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Introduced string and password options. + +2003-04-07 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Currently, the renderer is re-started whenever + an arbitrary option is changed from one page to the next one. + For PostScript options this is not really needed when one resets + the PostScript state from before the beginning of the page. Done + tests with saving the state before and restoring it after every + page, but this did not work as the "showpage" cannot be bracketed + by "(g)save"/"(g)restore". See Adobe's "PostScript Language + Document Structuring Convention (DSC) Specification Version 3.0" + (http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/technotes/postscript.html), + section 4.3, "Use of showpage" (p. 26). Problem is that "showpage", + "(g)save", and "(g)restore" are often in macros/subroutines, so + they are not easily visible so that one can easily insert option + settings or saving/restoring of the PostScript state at the correct + place. So for now inserting saving/restoring lines is commented out + in foomatic-rip and the renderer is restarted at every option + change ("optionsequal(, , , 0)") and not only after changes of + JCL or command line options ("optionsequal(, , , 1)"). + + Fixed bug of Prolog and DocumentSetup sections created by + foomatic-rip when first "%%Page: ..." is found not being added + to the PostScript header data . + +2003-04-06 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Added support for applying options only to + selected pages via the command line. Now options can be + preceeded by a page specification: + + CUPS, GNUlpr, CPS, no spooler: + lpr -o 1:InputSlot=Letterhead + lpr -o even:Watermark=on + lpr -o 1,6-10,15,20-:MediaType=YellowPaper + + LPRng: + lpr -Z 1-2:MediaType=Cardboard + + LPD: + lpr -J "1,6-10,15,20-:MediaType=YellowPaper" + + PPR (RIP): + ppr --ripopts "1:InputSlot=Letterhead" + + PPR (Interface) + ppr -i "1:InputSlot=Letterhead" + + The syntax is "even", "odd", or giving comma-separated page + numbers or page ranges. Applying options to selected pages with + PDQ is not supported. + +2003-03-22 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 3.0.0beta2. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-3_0_0beta2". + + * README, USAGE, foomatic-rip.1.in: Updated for version + 3.0.0beta2. + +2003-03-07 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Workaround for bug in OpenOffice.org. + OpenOffice.org puts "%%BeginSetup...%%EndSetup" section with + option settings valid for the whole document after the first + "%%Page:..." line. So without the workaround all settings made + with the "Properties" button in the "File"|"Print" dialog + applied only to the first page, the other pages were printed + with the printer's default settings. Fixed also some typos. + +2003-03-06 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fixed bug that unreadable/missing files are not + removed from the list of files to be printed. + +2003-03-05 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fixed bug of settings for composite options + stuffed into the PostScript job data by applications (as + OpenOffice.org) being ignored; added support for + "FoomaticRIPDefault..." keywords in numerical options (see + http://www.linuxprinting.org/pipermail/foomatic-devel/2003q1/001250.html). + +2003-02-22 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Introduced mode for the spooler CPS (Coherent + Printing System). + +2003-02-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fixed bug in reading a custom page size from + the PostScript input file. + +2003-02-03 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 3.0.0beta1. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-3_0_0beta1". + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version 3.0.0beta1. + + * COPYING: Added file containing the GPL. + +2002-12-19 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 2.9.1. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-2_9_1". + + * README, USAGE: Updated for version 2.9.1. + +2002-12-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Introduced support for composite options. + +2002-12-08 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-gswrapper.in: If there is no /dev/fd/3, don't use + /dev/fd/3 for standard output. Use the good old "| cat >&3". + +2002-12-04 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 2.9.0. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-2_9_0". + +2002-12-01 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-gswrapper.in: If there is no /dev/fd/0, don't use + /dev/fd/* for standard input, standard output, and standard + error. Support of block reading from standard input ("-_" + instead of "-" on GhostScript command line), use block + reading preferrably. + + * foomatic-rip.in: Made sure that an absolute path for the PPD + file is inserted in the PDQ driver description file, suppress + log output on standard error whenn generating a PDQ driver + description file. + +2002-11-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Tagged CVS for the release of foomatic-filters 2.9.0pre1. + Tag name: "foomatic-filters-2_9_0pre1". + +2002-11-28 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Fixed comment text. + + * filter.conf: Updated comment text. + + * USAGE: Fixed typo. + +2002-11-27 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile.in, configure.in, makeMan.in: Updated Makefile + infrastructure to let the package correctly build the man page + and link foomatic-rip into the filter directories of CUPS and + PPR. + + * foomatic-rip.in: Allow more than one occurence of the same spot + ("%A", "%B", ...) in the RIP command line prototype, so that one + option setting can act on several points of the command line + (was an old TODO point of Grant). + + * foomatic-rip.1.in: Continued working on the man page for + foomatic-rip. + + * foomatic-gswrapper.in: Fall back to "| cat >&3" and "-" instead + of "/dev/fd/3" and "/dev/fd/0", if the file descriptor directory + /dev/fd does not exist. + + * README, USAGE, TODO: Updated the package documentation. + +2002-11-26 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Added instructions for using a custom page size + to the documentation page output ("-o docs") for the PPR RIP + mode of foomatic-rip. + + * src/*.in, src/Makefile, lpdomatic.8.in, directomatic.1.in: + Removed the old spooler-specific filters, they are replaced + by foomatic-rip now. + + * Makefile.in, configure.in: Removed stuff to build the old + src/*omatic filter. + + * foomatic-rip.1.in: Added man page for foomatic-rip. + +2002-11-25 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Various fixes and adaptations to make + foomatic-rip well working together with the new + foomatic-configure: + + Support for raw queues under all spoolers and spooler-less + printing. + + When foomatic-rip is used as a PPR RIP, it accepts also options + through the new "--ripopts" option of the "ppr" command of PPR + 1.50 now. + + Accept "-o <option>=<value>" on the command line also when one + uses foomatic-rip as a PPR RIP, so one can easily set defaults + using + + ppad rip <printer> foomatic-rip x -o <option>=<value> -o <switch> + + + Fixed bug which broke renderer command lines composed from + several shell commands in debug mode. + + Read Foomatic IDs from the PPD file. + + Make default configuration file for spooler-less printing being + /etc/foomatic/direct/.config and PPD files being searched in + /etc/foomatic/direct. + + In debug mode debug logging is started in the beginning of the + parsing of the command line options, right after checking the + options relevant for logging. + +2002-11-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Added legacy interface for old Foomatic 2.0 PPD + files. Now foomatic-rip accepts all PPD files except the ones + for native CUPS drivers. + + Fixed output of sample command line in the help page generator, + also do not display options with only one choice on the help + page. + + Do not range check numerical options when building the command + line, we did it already when obtaining the option settings from + the command line, the PPD file, and the job data. + +2002-11-15 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Now all spoolers, including PDQ, are supported + and tested successfully. With foomatic-rip all spoolers can be + used with PPD files now, either PPD files supplied by printer + manufacturers for their PostScript printers or Foomatic (2.9.x) + PPD files. + + Added "buildpdqdriver()" function and "--genpdq"/"--appendpdq" + command line options to build PDQ driver declaration files which + call foomatic-rip for the dirty work and offer all options + available in the PPD file to the PDQ user. They accept all file + types, so PostScript and all, what the file conversion filter in + use ("a2ps", "enscript", "mpage") understands, can be printed. + + Setup of a printer under PDQ as follows: + + cp foomatic-rip /usr/bin + cp myprinter.ppd /etc/foomatic (or ~/.foomatic/) + chmod 666 /dev/lp* (or /dev/usb/lp*) + foomatic-rip -P myprinter \ + --genpdq /usr/lib/pdq/drivers/misc/myprinter.pdq + xpdq (set up the printer, right-click -> "Add Printer") + + The first three lines are the same as for spooler-less printing. + In The "foomatic-rip" line one can add options (with "-o") to + change the defaults in the PDQ driver declaration file. + + Improvements on documentation page generation: Support for "-o + switch"/"-o noswitch" for boolean options. Minor text + corrections. + +2002-11-14 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Now all spoolers (except PDQ) are tested + successfully. + + Added support for foomatic-rip running as a PPR + RIP (PPR 1.5x), before it could only run as a PPR interface. To + use it as a PPR RIP one sets up the print queue as follows: + + ln -s foomatic-rip /usr/lib/ppr/lib/ + ppad interface foo parallel /dev/lp0 + ppad ppd foo /path/to/foo.ppd + ppad rip foo foomatic-rip other x + + (the "x" in the end of the last line is needed to work around a + bug.) + + Use "PPR_VERSION" environment variable to auto-detect whether + PPR is the spooler. + + The parsing of the command line options did not work with the + Getopt::Long Perl library when using LPRng as the spooler. The + problem is that LPRng uses short options (one hyphen and one + letter) and lets the argument follow without space + ("-ZPageSize=A4"), on this Getopt::Long chokes. Replaced + Getopt::Long by a self-made method to parse the options. + + Prepared foomatic-rip for PDQ support. + + Added comment about the supported spoolers. + +2002-11-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: The basic functionality of foomatic-rip is now + implemented, all features of the old "*omatic" filters are also + available in foomatic-rip. + + Now text and other non-PostScript files can be printed, + foomatic-rip calles "a2ps", "enscript", or "mpage" automatically + when it detects a non-PostScript file. + + Improved command lines of "a2ps", "enscript", and "mpage" to + generate wider margins (so that nothing gets cut off) and + wrapping of too long lines (to not loose information). + + The "docs" option lets a help page being printed, independent of + the file originally sent. This works also with manufacturer- + supplied PPD files of PostScript printers. CUPS prints the + documentation page with its native "texttops" filter by default, + but this can be changed to "a2ps", "enscript", or "mpage" with + "textfilter" line in /etc/foomatic/filter.conf. + + Custom page sizes work also on manufacturer-supplied PPD files + now, + + Fixed control of quiet, verbose, and debug mode from the command + line ("-q", "-v", "--debug"). + + foomatic-rip used without spooler does not have any console + output any more (except error messages). Use the "-v" + ("Verbose") for log output on the console and "--debug" for + debug log files. + + Debugging files are now /tmp/foomatic-rip.log (log file) and + /tmp/foomatic-rip.ps (PostScript data pre-processed by + foomatic-rip, as it is stuffed into the renderer). + + When using CUPS as the spooler, lists of the command line + options with which foomatic-rip was called are only written to + the log when in debug mode, so that Mac OS X does not produce + lines for the "error_log" of CUPS which have more than 1024 + characters, as this makes CUPS aborting the job. + + Fixed PPR spooler auto-detection. Now foomatic-rip should + work as a PPR interface as ppromatic. + + Additional comments about non-PostScript and documentation + printing and also about the kid processes of foomatic-rip + and what they do. + + Minor clean-ups. + +2002-11-11 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Now it should be possible not only to use the + new (Perl-free, version 2.9.x) Foomatic PPD files with + foomatic-rip, but also manufacturer-supplied PPD files of + PostScript printers. This way one can use these PPD files with + every spooler and also spooler-less. + + The settings of "PageSize" and "PageRegion" are kept in sync + now, so on does not need to take care whether "PageSize" or + "PageRegion" is used to set the paper size. + + The "*JCL..." keywords in PostScript files of PostScript + printers are recognized, so the JCL options of the files are + taken into account and the user can adjust them. + + Remove "dossy" ("\r\n") line ends from the lines read from the + PPD file, so also PPD files downloaded under Windows should be + correctly parsed. + + Bugfix: Allow trailing whitespace in "*OrderDependency" lines of + the PPD file, for all other keywords trailing whitespace was + already allowed. + + Added more comments about the PostScript parsing, especially + about stuffing in PostScript code from command line options + and default settings. + + Workaround for "dvips" bug that it misses inserting a + "%%BeginProlog" comment. This will now be handled correctly. + + Make sure that code for default and command line option settings + get also inserted in the job when it has the DSC magic string + ("%!PS-Adobe-..") but is not DSC-conforming in reality. + + To be more general, use the expression "JCL" (Job Control + Language) instead of "PJL" (Print Job Language) for variable + names and comments. + + Some minor clean-ups. + +2002-11-10 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: Now it should be possible to print with all + spoolers, but only PostScript, no plain text or help pages. + + Added code to parse the command line options, + now one can control jobs also by command line options and not + only by stuffing settings into the PostScript file. + + Insert code of PostScript options into the appropriate sections + of the PostScript job. This is not done for CUPS as there the + "pstops" filter does it already. + + Correct option settings for numerical options which the "pstops" + already inserts. "pstops" inserts the default setting when the + user-supplied value is not one of the choices in the PPD file. + Now foomatic-rip replaces the default value by the correct value + from the command line (or from "/.lpoptions). + + Inserted page accounting code for CUPS. + + If an enumerated choice option has only one choice, set this one + as the default choice. There was no default set before. + + Support for postpipes (command line into which to stuff the + output of the renderer). + +2002-11-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: foomatic-rip is one filter to be used with + all spoolers now (Currently CUPS works without accounting + and spooler-less printing only to stdout and without + inserting of command line options). + + Completed spooler auto-detection and loading of queue and + job information needed for executing the job. + + Introduced loop to print more than one file per job (needed + for spooler-less printing). + + Parse definition of a postpipe (command into which output of + renderer will be piped) in the PPD file, using the syntax + '*FoomaticRIPPostPipe: "..."'. Use of the postpipe needs still + to be implemented. The postpipe is needed for LPD/LPRng/GNUlpr + and spooler-less printing. + +2002-11-07 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: foomatic-rip works also as a CUPS filter, + without any modifications and without wrapper. Accounting + and help page is not supported yet. It is planned to also use + it as filter for the other spoolers without wrapper (spooler + auto-detection). + + Made foomatic-rip also recognizing option + settings embedded in PostScript files with "dossy" line ends + ("\r\n"). + + Made it more tolerant against not exactly DSC-conforming + PostScript. as for example CUPS' "pstops" does not put page- + specific option settings between "%%BeginPageSetup" and + "%%EndPageSetup". + + Handle the problem that there can be a "%%PS-Adobe" header, but + the document is not DSC-conforming. Stop parsing when the next + DSC section is not found after a certain amount of lines. + + Parse also "%%BeginProlog", "%%EndProlog", "%%BeginSetup", + "%%EndSetup", "%%BeginFeature", and "%%EndFeature" comments so + that additional option settings can be inserted. + +2002-11-06 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * src/*omatic.pl.in: Made filters also recognizing option settings + embedded in PostScript files with "dossy" line ends ("\r\n"). + +2002-11-03 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-rip.in: "foomatic-rip", the filter to translate + PostScript input to the printer's native language using printer + capability info from a new Perl-free PPD file. It expects the + name of the PPD file in the environment variable PPD or with the + "-p" command line option and the PostScript on standard input, + the job translated to the printer's native language appears as + standard output. + + The filter recognizes DSC-conforming PostScript documents and + searches for inserted options settings at all allowed places + without loading the whole document into memory. It handles also + command line and PJL arguments given onely for certain pages, in + this case the renderer (usually GhostScript) is restarted with a + new command line and/or new prepended PJL. For + non-DSC-conforming documents only settings in the beginning of + the file are recognized. + + * Makefile.in, configure.in: Taken into account the new + "foomatic-rip" filter. + +2002-10-19 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * src/*omatic.pl.in: Support for custom page sizes. A choice named + "Custom" in the "PageSize" option is considered as custom page + size. Its "<ev_driverval>" should contain a placeholder "%0" for + the page width and "%1" for the page height (both in points). + Alternatively the "<ev_driverval>" can contain two zeros ("0") + from which the first will be replaced by the page width and the + second by the page height. PPD files will get Adobe-complient + for the custom page size support. So CUPS and the printing + dialog of Mac OS X should have no problems with the custom paper + size. Now custom paper sizes are available for all spoolers: + + CUPS: lpr -P huge -o PageSize=Custom.500x750cm bigposter.ps + LPRng: lpr -P huge -Z PageSize=Custom.500x750cm bigposter.ps + GNUlpr: lpr -P huge -o PageSize=Custom.500x750cm bigposter.ps + LPD: lpr -P huge -JPageSize=Custom.500x750cm bigposter.ps + PPR: ppr -P huge -F "*PageSize Custom" -i 500x750cm bigposter.ps + PDQ: pdq -P huge -oPageSize_Custom -aPageWidth=500 + -aPageHeight=750 -oPageSizeUnit_cm bigposter.ps + No spooler: directomatic -P huge -o PageSize=Custom.500x750cm + bigposter.ps + +2002-10-10 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Set revision number of all files to 3.0. + +2002-10-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * README, USAGE: Updated documentation according to the splitted + packages. + +2002-10-08 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Splitted Foomatic into four packages: + + - foomatic-filters: Filter scripts used by the spoolers to + convert the incoming PostScript data into the printer's + native format using a printer/driver specific PPD file + - foomatic-db-engine: Foomatic's database engine generates + PPD files from the data in Foomatic's XML database. It also + contains scripts to directly generate print queues and handle + jobs. + - foomatic-db: The collected knowledge about printers, drivers, + and driver options in XML files, used by foomatic-db-engine + to generate PPD files. + - foomatic-db-hpijs: Foomatic XML data generator for HP's HPIJS + driver. + + This package is foomatic-filters. + + * configure.in, Makefile.in: Removed all portions not needed for + foomatic-filters. + + * configure.in, Makefile.in, makeMan.in, lpdomatic.8.in, + directomatic.1.in: Made insertion of paths in man pages working + without Defaults.pm. + + * configure.in: Fixed check to set /etc instead of /usr/local/etc + as $sysconfdir. + + * mfomatic.in: This file was not maintained for long time and + noone asked for it, removed. + +2002-10-07 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap, + db/source/printer/HP-Business_Inkjet_3000.xml: The HP Business + Inkjet 3000 does not work with the HPIJS driver. + + * db/source/printer/122496.xml, + db/source/printer/HP-DesignJet_750.xml: Removed hint that IJS + driver has problem with large paper sizes. This is fixed. + +2002-10-06 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/opt/*: Added "largeformat-PageSize.xml" special page + size option for large format printers (drivers "dnj650c" and + "Postscript"). Now Foomatic supports paper sizes larger than A3 + with these printers. + +2002-10-05 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added the "lz11" driver entry (enhanced version + of "cZ11" for the Lexmark Z11 printer). + + * db/source/printer/*: Fixed auto-detection info of the HP Color + LaserJet 4500 and removed wrong auto-detection info from the + Kyocera FS-1200. + +2002-10-03 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added driver entry "lxm3200-tweaked", the + "lxm3200" driver modified to also support the Lexmark Z31 and + Z12. + + * db/source/printer/*: Rated the Lexmark Z31 as "Mostly" and the + Z12 as "Partially", due to the "lxm3200-tweaked" driver. + + * db/source/printer/Epson-Stylus_CX3200.xml: Changed rating to + "Paperweight" (nothing known about this device yet). + + * db/source/*/*: Fixed "stc300.upp" driver, execution information + was missing, new URL. + + * db/source/*/*: Added the Epson MJ 520C to the list of supported + printers of the "stcolor", "stcany.upp", and "stc300.upp" + drivers. It is unclear whether it works with Gimp-Print. + +2002-10-02 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added more japanese Epson inkjets: Epson CL + 700, 750, Epson EM 900C, 900CN, 930C, 930CN, MC 2000, 7000, + 9000, MJ 520C, 5100C, 6000C, 8000C, PM 760C, 800C, 820C, 850PT, + 2200C, 3300C, 5000C, PX 7000, 9000. + + * db/source/printer/*: Added the Epson Stylus Photo 825, 1290S, + EX3, Stylus CX3200. + + * db/source/printer/*: Removed broken printer entries for the + Epson PM 760C, 770C, 800C, 820C/3300C, "Stylus PM760", "Stylus + PM820". + + * db/source/printer/*: Re-rated the Epson Stylus Photo 785, 825, + 875, 895, 915, and 925 from "Perfectly" to "Mostly" because one + cannot access the photo card readers with free software. Also + updated the text appropriately. + + * db/source/printer/Epson-Stylus_Pro*: Removed hint that IJS + driver has problem with large paper sizes. This is fixed. + + * db/source/driver/filter*, db/source/opt/jap*: Removed the + "filter*" drivers. I don't know where one can download these + drivers. + + * db/source/driver/PM*: Updated the driver entries to use the new, + correct printer entries. + +2002-10-01 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added japanese Epson inkjets: Epson MC + 5000, 1000, PM 700C, 730C, 750C, 770C, 780C, 790PT, 880C, 950C, + 2000C, 3000C, 3500C, 4000PX, 7000C, 9000C, 10000. + +2002-09-30 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap, db/source/printer/*: + Bugfix: The HP DeskJet 612x printers do not support full-bleed + printing. + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap, db/source/*/*: Added + the HP Business Inkjet 3000, DesignJet 5500, 5500ps, LaserJet + 5100, Color LaserJet 2500, 5500. + +2002-09-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * data-generators/hpijs-rss/*: Added support for HPIJS patched by + Matthias Bunte and Richard Spencer-Smith (see + http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/printing/hpijs/). The + driver entry name is "hpijs-rss". + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-generator: Mentioned that the + current Foomatic data is also for HPIJS 1.2.2. + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap, db/source/printer/*: + Added the HP DeskJet 450, 3320, 6122, 6127, PhotoSmart P230, PSC + 2150. + + * data-generators/hpijs*/hpijs*-generator: Corrected "Best + Grayscale" modes for the HP DeskJet 350, 6xxC series, and the + Apollo printers, the mode supports only 600x300 (not 300x300) + dpi and all except the DeskJet 350 and the 63xC series use + both and not only the black cartridge. + + * db/source/printer/*: Changed recommended driver to "hpijs-rss" + when it was "hpijs" before (the patched version has better + output quality). + + * db/source/printer/*: Raised ratings of all "DJ9xx"-class HP + inkjets without fax facility from "Mostly" to + "Perfectly". Updated the texts of all "DJ9xx"-class models + (because of the patched HPIJS, "hpijs-rss"). + + * db/source/printer/*: Raised ratings of the HP PPA printers + (supported by the "pnm2ppa" driver from "Mostly" to "Perfectly", + the driver supports their full functionality. + + * db/source/driver/PostScript.xml: Added link to Kurt Pfeifle's + tutorial chapter about PostScript to the text of the + "Postscript" driver entry. + +2002-09-27 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * src/cupsomatic.pl.in: Made command line option list only be + logged in debug mode. Mac OS X adds very many options to the + CUPS filter chain and so the option list gets longer than 1024 + bytes and this CUPS cannot handle in its error_log file. + +2002-09-26 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/driver/Postscript.xml: Updated text for new PPD file + download place. + +2002-09-11 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-generator: The 300-dpi normal mode + for the "LJMono" device class uses 600 dpi internally and so + does not work on the 300-dpi-only printers as the HP LaserJet 4L. + Restricted these printers to use the 300-dpi draft mode which + does real 300 dpi. + +2002-08-31 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/opt/*, db/source/driver/pnm2ppa.xml: Cleaned up + options for the "pnm2ppa" driver. + +2002-08-30 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_1000.xml: Updated text and rating + ("Partially") according to a longer posting of the author of the + "pbmtozjs" driver. + + * db/source/driver/oki4w.xml: Added additional hint about the + setup of print queues with this driver to the text. + +2002-08-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/driver/pbmtozjs.xml, + db/source/opt/pbmtozjs-PageSize.xml: Added driver for the + HP LaserJet 1000. + + * db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_1000.xml: Updated text and rating + ("Mostly"). + + * foomatic-configure.in, configure.in, Makefile.in, makeDefaults.in, + USAGE: Added support for HPOJ 0.9. + + * README, USAGE: Corrected version number. + +2002-08-27 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added the HP PSC 2110 and 2210, replaced + the HP PSC 300 by the HP PSC 370 and 380, text fixes for the + HP DeskJet 5550 and 5551, PhotoSmart 7150, 7350, and 7550, + Epson Stylus C61 and C62. + + * db/source/printer/*: Corrected/updated "Recommended driver" and + texts for Epson Stylus Photo 950, 960, 2100, 2200, Stylus Pro + 7600, 9600, and HP DeskJet 3420. + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap: Added HP PSC 370, 380, + 2110, 2210, removed HP PSC 300. + +2002-08-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * src/cupsomatic.pl.in, src/directomatic.pl.in, src/lpdomatic.pl.in: + Now option settings stuffed into the PPD files have priority + against settings done via command line options given with the + printing command. This is done to make sure that settings given + in applications (also on clients with other spooler/OS) have are + taken into account. + + * src/cupsomatic.pl.in: Numerical options give on the command line + and not being exactly of a value given as choice in the + PPD-O-Matic PPD file are now overriding the PPD defaults which + "pstops" inserts into the PostScript, but they are overridden + when an application stuffs settings into the PostScript file. + +2002-08-22 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-generator, + data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap: Updated to HPIJS 1.2.1, + previous file versions in data-generators/hpijs/ tagged with + "hpijs-1_2-files". + + * *: Before the update to HPIJS 1.2.1 tagged all files of the + repository with "hpijs-1_2". + + * db/source/printer/*: Switched "recommended driver" of the HP + DeskJet 400 and 420C to "hpijs", updated text and rating of HP + DeskJet 420C. + +2002-08-17 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added the Epson Stylus Photo 830, 915, 925, + Epson Stylus C41UX, C41SX, C42SX, C61, C62, C82. + + * db/source/printer/*: Fixes on text and rating for the Epson + Stylus Color 880, 980, 8 3, C42UX, C80. + +2002-08-12 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile.in: In the "inplace" mode the line "use lib/;" and not + "use lib/Foomatic/;" must be inserted to make the scripts using + the Foomatic libraries from the source tree and not the system- + wide ones. + +2002-08-10 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-generator: Given the short name + "Resolution" to the "Quality, MediaType, Ink Type" option, + so it gets accessable in the GIMP. + +2002-08-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Text fixes for the HP OfficeJet 6xx/7xx and + OfficeJet Pro 1175C (thanks to David Paschal for all the info). + + * db/source/printer/186729.xml: Corrected auto-detection data for + the HP DeskJet 970C. + +2002-08-08 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Adapted texts of the printer entries to the + new HPOJ 0.9 (all devices scan with SANE now and photo cards are + supported by the stable version), also corrected the address of + the SANE home page in the printer entries. Raised HP PhotoSmart + 7x50 and DeskJet 555x to "Perfectly" because full-bleed printing + works now (thanks to David Paschal for all the info). + + * db/source/printer/HP-PhotoSmart_7550.xml: Added HP PhotoSmart + 7550. + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap: Added HP PhotoSmart + 7550. + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-[pg]*: Added full-blead support for + the HP PhotoSmart 7x50 and DeskJet 555x. + +2002-08-07 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Change the recommended drivers for + Gimp-Print-supported printers from "gimp-print-ijs" to + "gimp-print", the IJS interface of Gimp-Print has problems with + non-english locales. + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-generator: Fixed bug that the old + models (HP DeskJet 6xx, Apollo) do only 600x300 dpi and not 600 + dpi in best grayscale mode. + + * db/source/opt/69.xml: Set default quality mode for the "cdjXXX" + and "chp2200" drivers to "Normal" instead of "Presentation". + +2002-08-06 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * foomatic-combo-xml.1.in: Applied Eric S. Raymonds patch. Adds + missing header and fixes typo. + +2002-07-27 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/HP-DeskJet_656C.xml: Corrected text, max. + resolution and rating. + +2002-07-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * src/cupsomatic.pl.in: CUPS 1.1.15 mangles the "docs" option and so + the documentation page was not printed any more. Fixed. + +2002-07-23 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/Epson-Stylus_Pro_?600*.xml: Re-arranged + entries for the Epson Stylus Pro 7600/9600 not being separate + for different ink types to fit to the Foomatic generator of + Gimp-Print. + + * db/source/printer/*: Raised the ratings of the Epson Stylus C42UX, + Stylus Photo 950, 960, 2100, 2000 from "Paperweight" to + "Partially", there is preliminary support by Gimp-Print. + +2002-07-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * *: Raised revision number of all files to 2.9. + + * db/source/printer/Epson-Stylus_Photo_960: Added Epson Stylus + Photo 960. + + * db/source/printer/Epson-Stylus_Photo_950: Text update. + +2002-07-19 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * README, USAGE: Foomatic version 2.0.0 (Stable branch of + Foomatic, package splitting and PPD-centric Foomatic will be + developed in head branch, version 2.9.x) + + * *: Before any further development is done, tagged all files + of the repository with "foomatic-2_0_0" and "foomatic-2_0-bp", + started stable branch "foomatic-2_0-branch". + +2002-07-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-combo-xml.c: Added facilities for drivers to suppress + the usage of PJL option by adding a "<nopjl />" flag to the + "<execution>" section of a driver's XML file. This can be used + for drivers which produce their own XML headers as "hpijs" and + "hl1250". + + * README: Documentation for the new "<nopjl />" flag. + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-generator: Added "<nopjl />" flag to + "hpijs" driver. + + * db/source/driver/hl1250.xml: Added "<nopjl />" flag to "hl1250" + driver. + + * foomatic-perl-data.c: Let "<nopjl />" flag also be put into the + combo Perl data structure, to use it on the "Execution Details" + pages of linuxprinting.org. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Added hint in "Execution Details" when a + driver suppressing PJL options is used with a PJL-capable + printer. + + * db/source/printer/*: Changed recommended driver of the HP + DeskJet 500, 510, 520, 500C, 540C, OfficeJet, OfficeJet LX, + OfficeJet 300, 330, and 350 to "hpijs". + +2002-07-17 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/Epson-Stylus_C42UX.xml: Added the Epson Stylus + C42UX ("Paperweight"). + + * src/cupsomatic.pl.in: Fixed bug of PostScript code for CUPS + page logging not working correctly for PostScript level 1 + files rendered by a PostScript level 2/3 interpreter. + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-generator, + data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap: Updated to HPIJS 1.2, + previous file versions in data-generators/hpijs/ tagged with + "hpijs-1_1-files". + + * *: Before the update to HPIJS 1.2 tagged all files of the + repository with "hpijs-1_1". + + * db/source/printer/*: Added the HP DeskJet 670TV, 843C, 916C, + 933C, 934C, 935C, and PhotoSmart P130. + + * db/source/printer/*: Text/rating updates of many HP printers due + to HPIJS 1.2. + +2002-07-15 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * src/cupsomatic.pl.in: Fixed bug of PostScript code for CUPS + page logging not working correctly on all documents and also + not working when more than one copy was requested. + +2002-07-14 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Corrected link in the entries of the + Samsung SmartGDI printers. + + * db/source/driver/gdi.xml: Mentione that the provided MagicFilter + file only works with MagicFilter 1.2. + +2002-07-10 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure.in: Fixed incompatibility with Perl 5.0.x: + "delete" could not delete array elements. Thanks to Olaf Till + (i7tiol at t-online dot de). + + * db/source/printer/*: Added auto-detection info to the HP LaserJet + 2100. Due to the 2100 and 2100M having the same auto-detection + info, they can be confused by frontends, so used "pxlmono" as + recommended driver because it works on both. + + * db/source/driver/*: Added HP LaserJet 2100M to the printer lists + of the PCL 5/6 printer drivers. + +2002-07-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Updated text of HP DeskJet 5550, 5551, + PhotoSmart 7150. + + * db/source/printer/HP-PhotoSmart_7350.xml: Added HP PhotoSmart + 7350. + +2002-07-06 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*, data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap: Added new + HP printers: HP DeskJet 3420, 3820, 5550, 5551, PhotoSmart 7150, + Color LaserJet 4600. + + * db/source/printer/*: Re-rated Epson Stylus C20/C40 and Stylus + Color 680 to "Perfectly", added hint about head-alignment to the + Epson Stylus Photo 810/820. Text cleanup for Epson Stylus Color + 880/980. + + * db/source/printer/317321.xml: Re-rated Epson Stylus Color 480 + to "Perfectly". Cartridge change with "mtink" was confirmed. + +2002-06-26 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * README: Improvements of the description of the Foomatic XML data + structure. + +2002-06-25 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Corrected tags for PJL support in HP + printer entries. Many old LaserJets do not support PJL. + + * db/source/printer/*: Removed many "Unverified" tags from + HP printer entries. + + * db/source/printer/23104.xml: Re-rated LaserJet 2D to "Mostly", + the duplex unit is not supported, + + * data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap: Added the HP DesignJet + ColorPro CAD to the printers supported by HPIJS, it is a + repackaged HP 2500C. Re-rated it to "Perfectly". + + * src/cupsomatic.in, src/lpdomatic.in, src/ppromatic.in, + src/directomatic.in, lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Removed the usage of + the PJL commands "JOB" and "EOJ" because not all PJL-capable + printers support it. + +2002-06-22 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * README: Updated the description of the Foomatic XML data + structure. + + * USAGE: Updated for OpenOffice.org 1.0, added work-around for bug + that OpenOffice.org and Star Office do not print the Euro currency + symbol, added hint how to get PPD from remote CUPS server. + +2002-06-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added the Epson Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600 + printers. + +2002-06-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added the Epson AcuLaser C4000 and C4000PS. + + * db/source/*/*: Added the "alc4000" driver entry and updated the + "PostScript" driver entry for thr Epson AcuLaser C4000 and + C4000PS. + +2002-06-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * README: Added commented example of a Foomatic PPD with embedded + Perl data structure. + + * Foomatic-Devel-Ideas.txt: New file to collect ideas about the + further development of Foomatic. + +2002-06-12 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added hint to the "mtink" + (http://xwtools.automatix.de/) printer maintenance tool to the + entries for the Epson Stylus Color 480/580. It allows software- + controlled cartridge changing. + +2002-06-10 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added the Epson Stylus Photo 950, 2100, and + 2200. + +2002-06-02 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/Epson-EPL-5900L.xml: Added the Epson EPL-5900L + ("Paperweight"). + +2002-05-30 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Changed recommended driver for large-format + printers (A2 and bigger) from "gimp-print-ijs" to "gimp-print" + and added a comment. IJS cannot handle very large raster + graphics. + + * db/source/printer/Epson-Stylus_Pro_7500.xml: Raised rating to + "Perfectly", I had no problem to print booth posters for the + LinuxTag 2002 with it. + +2002-05-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/opt/cdj5XX-BlackCorrect.xml: Corrected weird short + name of the "BlackCorrect" option for the "cdj5xx" drivers. + +2002-05-28 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*, data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-generator, + data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap: Added HP DeskJet 957C, + 959C, and 975C to the database. + +2002-05-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*, data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-generator, + data-generators/hpijs/hpijs-printermap: Added HP DeskJet 850C, + 855C, 870C, 890C, 1100C, OfficeJet Pro 1150C to the supported + printers of the "hpijs" driver. David Suffield, developer of + "hpijs" at HP told that they work with that driver. + + * db/source/driver/*: Corrected URLs of the drivers which come with + GhostScript (GNU GhostScript 7.05 instead of 6.51). + +2002-05-23 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Fixed URLs in several printer entries + (added missing "http://"). + +2002-05-19 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * README, USAGE: Added information that make_configure needs libxml + 2.x.Fixed some typos. + + * foomatic-fix-xml.in: Fixed initial comment. + +2002-05-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * data-generators/hpijs/*, db/source/*/hpijs*, Makefile.in: Included + generator script for HPIJS in the Foomatic package, the + appropriate entries are generated during the build process now. + + * Makefile.in: Added "uninstall" targets. + +2002-05-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/Lexmark-Z13.xml: Added the Lexmark Z13 to the + printer database. + + * db/source/*/*: Fixed HPIJS data for the HP DeskJet 825C/845C: they + do grayscale with the black cartridge and not with the color + cartridge. + +2002-05-15 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-preferred-driver.in: Updated driver priority list to + give higher priority to the old HP LaserJet/PCL drivers coming + with GhostScript than to Gimp-Print. The old drivers work better + on laser printers. + + * db/source/printer/*: Use the old GhostScript driers ("ljet4", + "laserjet", ...) instead of "gimp-print-ijs" as recommended + driver for laser printers. + +2002-05-11 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-preferred-driver.in: Updated driver priority list. + + * db/source/printer/*: Use "gimp-print-ijs" as recommended driver + where "gimp-print" was the recommended driver before. + + * db/source/driver/lm1100.xml: Added hint how to compile it with + gcc 3.1 to the description text. + +2002-05-10 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/driver/hpijs.xml: Corrected version number in "hpijs" + driver entry to be 1.1. + +2002-05-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added HP Business Inkjet 2230 and 2280 printers. + + * db/source/*/*: Updated HPIJS driver entries to version 1.1. + + * db/source/printer/HP-PhotoSmart_P100.xml: Raised the HP PhotoSmart + P100 to "Perfectly". + +2002-05-07 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added the printer models HP OfficeJet, OfficeJet + LX, OfficeJet 300, 330, 350, PhotoSmart. Updated driver entries + "pcl3", "hpdj", and "djet500" appropriately. + + * db/source/printer/*: small corrections on the HP DeskJet 520, + 560C, Olivetti JP450, DEC DECwriter 110i. + +2002-05-05 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Let paper size also be read from + "-dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=..."/"-dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=...", needed for + "gimp-print-ijs" and "hpijs" drivers. + +2002-04-22 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * foomatic-perl-data.1.in: Created basic manpage for + foomatic-perl-data. + +2002-04-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Added some more paper sizes to the + "getpapersize()" function, according to DeviceForm.cpp on the OMNI + CVS. + +2002-04-17 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Corrected "hpijs" entry for the HP 2500C/2500CN, + they belong to the "DJ9xxVIP" group (as the HP DeskJet 990C), so + they work perfectly with "hpijs". Replaced model string "HP + BUSINESS INKJET 2250" by "DESKJET 990", the former string is + not recognized by "hpijs" (in contrary to the driver's + documentation). + + * db/source/*/*: Added the Sony IJP-V100 multi-function device. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Added '*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 653"' entry + for GhostScript 6.53 to the PPD files. In the "getpapersize()" + function let the ISO B sizes be returned, when the paper size + name is only "Bx" without "JIS" or "ISO". This is also the + default of GhostScript. + + * Makefile.in: Fixed bug of database going to + /usr/local/share/share/foomatic. + + * foomatic-configure.in: Made "foomatic-configure -Q -q -r" + working correctly with CUPS 1.1.14. + + * Makefile.in, makeDefaults.in, configure.in, lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: + Eliminated dependency on the "libwww-perl" Perl library, used + command line tools "wget" or "curl" instead. Now Foomatic should + work only with standard Perl libraries as being part of Perl + itself. + + * USAGE, README: Added the requirement of one of the tools "wget" + and "curl". + + * db/source/driver/gdi.xml: Updates URLs. + +2002-04-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added HP 2000C/2500C/2500CM to the "hpijs" + driver, Removed 1200-dpi hires mode from HP Business Inkjet 22xx + models. + + * db/source/*/*: Added HP Business Inkjet 2600 + + * db/source/*/*: Text corrections on HP Business Inkjet 22xx + printers. + + * foomatic-kitload.in: Let existing files not being overwritten + unless the "-f" ("force") switch is used, improved screen + output, "CVS" subdirectories in the kit get ignored. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: In the "getexecdocs()" function apply the + "htmlify()" to all strings which are shown on the web page. + Added paper sizes for the "omni" driver to the + "getpapersizes()" function. + +2002-04-15 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * USAGE: Improvements on the installation instructions. + + * make_configure: Added a workaround for a bug in the autoconf + macros of libxml2. + + * db/source/*/*: Fixed entries for the HP 2000C/2500C/2500CM + printers. + +2002-04-14 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * configure.in, acinclude.m4, Makefile.in, Makefile, install-sh, + make_configure, makeMan.in, makeMan, makeDefaults.in, + makeDefaults, foomatic-addpjloptions.in, foomatic-addpjloptions, + foomatic-cleanupdrivers.in, foomatic-cleanupdrivers, + foomatic-compiledb.in, foomatic-compiledb, + foomatic-configure.in, foomatic-configure, foomatic-datafile.in, + foomatic-datafile, foomatic-fix-xml.in, foomatic-fix-xml, + foomatic-getpjloptions.in, foomatic-getpjloptions, + foomatic-gswrapper.in, foomatic-gswrapper, foomatic-kitload.in, + foomatic-kitload, foomatic-ppdload.in, foomatic-ppdload, + foomatic-preferred-driver.in, foomatic-preferred-driver, + foomatic-printjob.in, foomatic-printjob, mfomatic.in, mfomatic, + README, USAGE, src/cupsomatic.pl.in, src/cupsomatic.pl, + src/directomatic.pl.in, src/directomatic.pl, + src/lpdomatic.pl.in, src/lpdomatic.pl, src/ppromatic.pl.in, + src/ppromatic.pl: Introduced a GNU-autoconf-generated "configure" + script, now one can easily install Foomatic with the well-known + "./configure; make; make install". + +2002-04-12 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-ppdload: Switched foomatic-ppdload to the new + Perl-XML/Grove-free DB.pm. + + * foomatic-ppdload, foomatic-ppdload.8.in: Added "-R" option to + remove a printer from the "ppd" driver. + + * README: Removed paragraph that foomatic-ppdload needs the old + Perl-XML/Grove DB.pm. + + * lib/Foomatic/PPD.pm: Let the "PageRegion" option in the PPD file + being skipped when creating Foomatic XML data. It is te same + option as "PageSize". + + * db/source/driver/Postscript.xml: Corrected HTML tags. + +2002-04-10 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-perl-data.c: Added reading of auto-detection data also + for the USB and SNMP connection types. Added support for returning + commants and texts in other languages the english ("-l <language>" + command line option). + + * db/source/printer/HP-PSC_750.xml: Added USB auto-detection info. + +2002-04-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Made the "sortargs()" and "sortvals()" + functions working with Perl 5.0x. The "sort()" function of these + old Perl versions only supports the two items to compare being + given to the copmaring function via the global variables "$a" + and "$b", and not via "@_". linuxprinting.org runs Perl 5.005. + Made also the choices for the options better sorted, especially + Letter/A4 paper sizes in the beginning of the list, resolutions + and "Upper"/"Middle"/"Lower" trays correctly sorted, "Default" + in the beginning of the lists. + +2002-04-08 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-perl-data.c: New C program to parse the XML code to + generate Perl data structures from it. Uses libxml (libxml 2.x + recommended because otherwise XML files beginning with a blank + line cannot be read). + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Removed disk cache and XML/Grove Perl + library usage completely, all XML handling is done by C code + now. Added paper sizes of the Dymo-CoStar/Avery label printers + to the "getpapersize()" function, now the "ImageableArea" and + "PaperDimension" entries in the PPD files are built correctly + for these printers. Added possibility to output a combo XML file + with the option default settings set to the values of the queue + currently worked on. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB_perl_xml.pm: Stored old XML/Grove/disk cache + version of the Foomatic database library. Added documentation + for this file as comments in its beginning. + + * foomatic-configure, foomatic-printjob: Removed "grove-pathval" + expression from "use Foomatic::DB.pm" line. + + * foomatic-configure: When a printer queue is set up or modified, + the option default settings are also set in the + /etc/foomatic/<queue>.xml.gz printer/driver combo XML file. So + frontends can also read the option settings from the XML file. + + * foomatic-ppdload: Re-linked to old lib/Foomatic/DB_perl_xml.pm, + Perl-XML/Grove-free version not implemented yet. + + * foomatic-compiledb, foomatic-compiledb.8.in, + foomatic-compiledb.1.in: In the cache-less time this has a new + purpose: It generates data files for a chosen spooler (or combo + XML files) and for either selected or all drivers. Moved man + page to section 1, foomatic-compiledb works from a normal user + account now (due to the removed cache). + + * foomatic-datafile.8.in, foomatic-datafile.1.in: Moved man + page to section 1, foomatic-datafile works from a normal user + account now (due to the removed cache). + + * foomatic-fix-xml: Remove leading blank lines from the XML files + in the local Foomatic database. The leading blank lines make the + XML files not readable by libxml 1.x. + + * Makefile: Added compilation and installation of + foomatic-perl-data.c. + + * Makefile, makeDefault: Commented out all cache-related stuff. + + * Makefile: Moved foomatic-datafile and foomatic-compiledb from + /usr/sbin to /usr/bin. + + * README, USAGE: Foomatic version 1.9 (Foomatic without + Perl-XML/Grove and without disk cache). + + * db/source/*/*: Replaced all occurences of a cross character + (used in resolutions as "600x300 dpi") by an "x" (the letter + "X"). libxml chokes on the cross. Removed leading blank lines + from the XML files, because this breaks libxml 1.x. + +2002-04-03 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Added new paper sizes of Gimp-Print to the + paper size table of the "getpapersize" function, fixed a bug of + wrong calculation of "wXXXhYYY" and "XXXxYYY" paper sizes in the + same function. + +2002-03-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * src/ppromatic.pl: Made ppromatic also working in non-english + configurations. + +2002-03-28 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_12?0.xml: New user report + for the LaserJet 1200/1220. + + * db/source/*/*: Added new Kyocera models: FS-1000+, FS-1010, + FS-1800, FS-1900, FS-3800, FS-9100DN, FS-9500-DN. + + * db/source/driver/stp.xml: Added warning that this file is only + for Gimp-Print 4.0.x. + +2002-03-27 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-combo-xml.c: Added possibility to modify the default + option settings in the generated XML ("-o" command line option + for foomatic-combo-xml). + +2002-03-26 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/153056.xml: Updated text of the HP DeskJet + 340C according to a new user report. + + * db/source/*/*: Added Lexmark Z83 multi-function device. + +2002-03-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_12?0.xml: LaserJet 1200/1220 is + very slow in graphics, added user report. + +2002-03-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Updated text of all HP printers and + multi-function devices which need HPOJ or the modified printer.c + kernel module to be able to print via USB. + + * db/source/printer/*: Updated text of the HP PhotoSmart 1[012]xx + printers because they need the modified USB printer.c kernel + module from the HPOJ website to work together with HPOJ. + + * db/source/*/*: Added the Okidata OL400e, HP OfficeJet D125, and + HP LaserJet 3310 MFP and updated the driver data appropriately. + + * db/source/*/*: Removed spaces from the names of the Okidata + OLxxx models, so that they get correctly sorted in the printer + listings. Modified option entries appropriately. + +2002-03-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Updated text of many HP and Apollo printers + and moved many of them from "Mostly" to "Perfectly". + + * db/source/printer/*: Updated text of HP OfficeJet G and K series + because they need HPOJ also when one only wants to print via + USB. + + * db/source/*/*: Added the Apollo P-1220 Barbie, P1250, P2250, + P-2550, and P-2650. Updated the driver data appropriately. + +2002-03-19 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Updated data for the "hpijs" driver to fit + to HPIJS 1.0.4. Modified printer entries appropriate to the new + features ("hpijs" also recommended on large format printers, + DeskJet 990 and compatibles work "Perfectly"). + +2002-03-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Modified text of HP LaserJet 1200, USB + printing only works with HPOJ. + +2002-03-17 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-combo-xml.c: Introduced two debug output levels ("-v", + "-vv"). Now I do not need a special debug version any more. + +2002-03-17 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * makeDefaults: Added flag $DEBUG to enable debug messages from + Perl modules. It is not exported by default, you can import it + by adding qw(:DEFAULT $DEBUG) to the "use Foomatic::Defaults" + clause. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Cache is disabled if CACHEDIR is set to an + empty string at compile time, ie. "make CACHEDIR=". + +2002-03-17 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * debian/*: Docs README, TODO, USAGE were not included in the + debian package. + Changed handling of local changes by the debconf interface. + +2002-03-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Modified text of HP LaserJet 31x0 + multi-function devices, because of the available code pieces for + a free software driver for these models. + +2002-03-14 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Corrected entries for Brother printers + driven by the "hl7x0" driver. + +2002-03-12 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Fixed default "Quality" setting for the photo- + capable HP DeskJet 6xxC printers with the "hpijs" driver. + +2002-03-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Fixed Foomatic data for the B4 and B5 paper sizes + of the "hpijs" driver. + * db/source/*/*: "Photo Full Bleed" paper size is only supported by + the PhotoSmart P100 for the "hpijs" driver, fixed Foomatic data. + +2002-03-08 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added the Canon BJC-255SP and BJC-265SP. Modified + "bjx250gs" driver entry appropriately. + +2002-03-07 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: When "foomatic-configure" creates a queue + for LPRng, the permissions for the /var/log/lp-errs file are set + correctly now. + +2002-03-05 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added Lexmark E210 laser printer (Samsung ML-4500 + clone, "gdi" driver). + + * foomatic-configure: Fixed bug that of float options in + PPD-O-Matic PPD files only the integer part of the default value + was read. + + * foomatic-gswrapper: Fixed Red Hat bug #58319 + (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58319). + Some PostScript files cannot be handled by "gs ... - < file", + but they need "gs ... /dev/fd/0 < file". + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Fixed quoting for PDQ, now more complicated + driver command lines with quotes and shell script variables also + work with the PDQ-O-Matic config file generator. Assured that for + every call of GhostScript "foomatic-gswrapper" is used, to fix + Red Hat bug #58319 for all drivers, especially "Postscript". + + * src/*omatic.pl: Assured that for every call of GhostScript + "foomatic-gswrapper" is used, to fix Red Hat bug #58319 for all + drivers, especially "Postscript". + +2002-03-04 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added new HP multi-function devices: HP OfficeJet + D135, D145, D155, LaserJet 3300 MFP, 3320 MFP, 3320N MFP, 3330 + MFP. Updated driver and option entries appropriately. + + * db/source/*/*: Fixed default driver for HP LaserJet 6P, added + HP DeskJet 610CL to the "hpijs" driver, fixed text for the + HP DeskJet 1125C. + + * src/lpdomatic.pl: Replaced "if ( @pjlprepend > 0 )" by "if ( + @pjlprepend > 1 )" so that PJL headers are only used when really + a PJL options is there. Many printers are listed as PJL-capable + in the database, but in reality they are not. + +2002-03-03 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * src/cupsomatic.pl, src/ppromatic.pl: Fixed reading default option + choices with a "+" from the PPD file. + +2002-03-02 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Fixed the entry for the Brother MFC-9600, it does + 600 dpi with the "hl1250" driver. + +2002-03-01 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * src/cupsomatic.pl: Disabled accounting for the "Postscript" + driver, it leads to an extra blank page coming out with every + job. + + * db/source/*/*: Added Canon S100, S200, S300, S500, S630, + BJC-2110, Lexmark Optra C710, HP DeskJet 200, DeskJet 841C, + Okidata Okipage 14ex, OL400, Xerox Able 1406, Anitech M24, + Citizen printiva600U, printiva700, printiva1700, Alps MD-2010, + MD-2300, MD-5500. Added these printers to the appropriate driver + entries. + + * db/source/*/*: Added the "ppmtomd" driver for MicroDry (Alps MD, + Citizen printiva, Okidata DP) printers. + + * db/source/*/*: Set "hpijs" as the recommended driver for all + printers supported by this driver. + + * db/source/*/*: Raised Lexmark Z53 from "Paperweight" to + "Perfectly", it is compatible to the Z52. + +2002-02-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Updated Foomatic data for the "hpijs" driver to + version 1.0.3. + +2002-02-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/driver/lj5*: Removed HP LaserJet 6P, it does not work + with the "lj5gray"/"lj5mono" drivers. + +2002-02-13 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * debian/{control,rules} Added Debconf interface to manage + filter.conf. + + * debian/foomatic-bin.{config,templates,postinst} New files needed + by debconf. + +2002-02-09 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Check if existing cache file is empty. + + +2002-02-06 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Cache files created by "foomatic-combo-xml" + were not read sometimes, fixed. + +2002-02-05 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile: Added "remove_trash" target to remove temporary and + backup files created by editors and the patch utility. In + "testing_clean" target added "-f" to the "rm" command for the + links to the cache so that make does not stop with an error when + the links are not there. + +2002-02-04 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile, src/*omatic, filter.conf: Modified Foomatic to only + make the filter scripts out of the source files in src/. Fixed + bugs on filter script source files: "enscript -b <title>", not + "enscript -b=<title>"; empty title gave a line on the top of the + page when using "mpage". Added "-J" (job title) option to + directomatic. Added sample filter.conf. + + * cupsomatic, ppromatic, lpdomatic, directomatic: Removed obsolete + filter scripts. + + * directomatic.1.in: Added "-J" (job title) option. + +2002-02-03 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * USAGE: Corrected link for the "ptal" CUPS backend script. + +2002-02-03 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * src/Makefile: Make generated scripts executable. + +2002-02-03 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * debian/rules: Set LPRNG_CONF=/etc/lprng/lpd.conf. + + * src/lpdomatic.pl: Integrated changes from lpdomatic 1.10. + Overwrite PATH in INPLACE version too. Changed revision to 2.1 + to avoid $lomversion clashes with the old scripts. + + * src/cupsomatic.pl, src/directomatic.pl, src/ppromatic.pl: + Bootstrapped from corresponding filter scripts. + + * src/Makefile: cupsomatic, directomatic and ppromatic get also + built. + +2002-02-02 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile, makeDefaults, foomatic-configure, USAGE, README: Added + support for HPOJ (http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/, low-level driver + for HP's multi-function devices) with "ptal:/..." URIs. + +2002-01-31 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm (get_overview_xml): Create directory, like + get_overview_grove does. Also fixed quoting. + +2002-01-30 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * lpdomatic: Corrected the path to the configuration file. + +2002-01-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-kitload, foomatic-kitload.8.in: Added "-d" option to + install the kit into a staging area from which a package will + be built (as "DESTDIR=..." in GNU automake/autoconf). This is + a patch from Roger Leigh. + + * makeDefaults: Added the possibility to set the cache directory + alternatively with FOOMATIC_CACHEDIR instead of CACHEDIR. + + * cupsomatic, ppromatic, lpdomatic, directomatic: Modified parser + for options embedded in the job data so that option and value + names can contain all printable characters except white space + and "=". This fixed a problem with the "Color Mode" option of + the "pcl3" driver. + +2002-01-28 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added the HP LaserJet 3P with PCL5 extension. + +2002-01-27 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * USAGE: Minor text modifications for XPP 1.1. + + * db/source/*/*: Renamed the database entry for the Canon LIPS-II+ + from "Canon-LIPS-II+" to "Canon-LIPS-IIplus". With the "+" in its + ID the printer entry was not accessible on the linuxprinting.org + web site. + +2002-01-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-gswrapper: Replaced "-sOutputFile=|cat>&3" by + "-sOutputFile=/dev/fd/3" to make foomatic-gswrapper working with + all versions of GhostScript, of the shell, and of Unix. + +2002-01-24 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * foomatic-configure.1.in: Corrected manpage section in header. + * foomatic-kitload.8.in: Filled some gaps. + * lpdomatic.8.in: Describe how to print the docs. + * src/lpdomatic.pl: PJL patch from Tim Waugh. Can select one of + the builtin enscriptcommands by setting textfilter to "a2ps", + "mpage" or "enscript" (without arguments). + * debian/rules: Cleanup database. + +2002-01-23 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * src: Introduced the subdirectory. + * Makefile: Include a target to make the filter scripts from src/. + * src/lpdomatic.pl: New source file from which lpdomatic can be + generated. + * src/Makefile: Builds lpdomatic from src/lpdomatic.pl. + +2002-01-22 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lpdomatic: Cleaned up user-editable settings part. + +2002-01-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/opt/160.xml: Added Epson EPL lasers to constraint in + "Mode" option of "pxlmono"/"pxlcolor", they print only in bw. + + * db/source/printer/*: The Epson EPL-5900/5900PS works perfectly + with "pxlmono", updated text, rating, and recommended driver. + + * db/source/printer/*: Raised the rating for the Lexmark Z42 and + Compaq IJ1200 to "Mostly", to reflect the experience of the + author of "drv_z42" with these printers. + + * db/source/printer/*: Corrected the ratings/texts for the Epson + Stylus Pro 7000/7500/9000/9500/10000. + + * lpdomatic/makeDefaults: Modified the config file support to not + need a Perl library to make it easier to install lpdomatic without + installing the whole Foomatic package. + +2002-01-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Added '*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 652"' entry + for GhostScript 6.52 to the PPD files. + +2002-01-20 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * lpdomatic: Corrected the use of ConfigFile.pm. + * makeDefaults: Write "1;" at the end of ConfigFile.pm. + * foomatic-configure: Added $J to lprng filter options, (prints + job title with a2ps). + * makeDefaults: Added code to write lib/Foomatic/ConfigFile.pm. + * lpdomatic: Adds --center-title=$optJ to a2ps command line. + Enscriptcommand and debug flag can be specified in a config file + in $ETCDIR/filter.conf. Syntax is tag\s*:\s*value. + Added tabulator/indentation settings for emacs. + +2002-01-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/Epson-AcuLaser_C1000.xml: Added the Epson + AcuLaser C1000 (Paperweight). + + * db/source/*/*: Applied a patch by Tim Waugh (twaugh at redhat + dot com) which makes the Perl one-liners for paper tray + selection on PCL laser printers working on both Perl 5.6.0 and + 5.6.1. The one-liners are in the GhostScript command lines of + the drivers entries for the PCL laser drivers ("lj5gray", + "ljet4", ...). + + * db/source/printer/*: Updated text of the Epson EPL-5900/5900PS + because of a bug in Epson's driver. + +2002-01-17 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added new Epson laser printer models: + EPL-5900, EPL-N2120. + + * db/source/*/*: Added new driver entries "epl2120" and "epl5900" + for Epson-Kowa laser driver 1.0.4. + +2002-01-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * cupsomatic, lpdomatic, ppromatic, directomatic: Auto-detection + of file converters a2ps, enscript, mpage, usage of the printer's + paper size setting for conversion to PostScript, with a2ps the + possibility to print also PDF, images, etc with LPD/LPRng and + with directomatic (CUPS and PPR do this by themselves, they use + the converter only for the docs pages). + + * foomatic-configure: Fixed bug of "-Q" with PPR not working for + non-root users. CUPS queues are automatically set up with + PPD-O-Matic PPD files now (use "--oldppd" to get CUPS-O-Matic + PPD files), for PPD the PPD file is not stored twice any more, a + symbolic link is set instead. + + * README, ChangeLog, foomatic-configure.1.in: Updated documentation + to take into account the new "--oldppd" option. + + * db/source/*/*: HP removed the "HP only" clause from the license + of HPIJS, so HPIJS is free now. + +2002-01-15 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Fixed some incompatibilities in the PDQ file + generator which prevented HPIJS 1.0 from working with PDQ. + +2002-01-14 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Fixed bug of foomatic-configure stopping on + directomatic printer configuration when there is no directomatic + config file. + +2002-01-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * cupsomatic/ppromatic: The PPD default values of float options were + not read correctly, fixed. + +2002-01-12 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added HP e-printer e20 to HPIJS 1.0 datafiles. + + * db/source/printers/*: Removed "Unverified" flags and cleaned up + text in many datafiles of HP inkjet printers. + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Only set new default driver when the + current one is not OK. + + * foomatic-configure: Insert ":ppdfile=<PPD file name>:\" lines + into /etc/printcap (for LPD/GNUlpr/LPRng), so that the graphical + printing frontend GPR finds the PPD-O-Matic PPD files + automatically. + +2002-01-11 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added "bjc250gs" driver and Canon BJC-250ex + printer. + +2002-01-10 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-gswrapper: Replaced "-sOutputFile=|cat >&3" by + "-sOutputFile=|cat>&3" because the second one also works when + "gs" is a wrapper script around the real GhostScript binary. + +2002-01-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * cupsomatic: Numerical options given on the command line were + ignored when using a PPD-O-Matic PPD file for the CUPS queue. + Fixed. + +2002-01-08 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile, makeDefaults, lpdomatic.8.in: Moved lpdomatic back to + /usr/sbin. + +2002-01-06 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Added support for direct, spooler-less + printing with directomatic, added auto-detection of PPR. + + * directomatic: Added support for having a default printer. + + * foomatic-datafile: Added "lprng" as possible datafile type (gives + the same result as "lpd"). + + * foomatic-configure.1.in: Completed the list of possible options, + corrected "-D" options ("Default", not "Delete"). + + * foomatic-printjob.1.in: Corrected command line for printing. + + * README, USAGE: Updated to take into account all recent changes. + +2002-01-06 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * foomatic-configure: Bails out if it encounters a lprng style + printcap, like those created by lprngtool, as it would hose it + otherwise. This needs a better solution. + * foomatic-configure.1.in: Added description of the above problem. + * debian/control: The conflict with the cupsomatic-ppd package is + indicated. + +2002-01-05 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile, makeDefaults: Added definitions for PPR and for + spooler-less printing. + + * db/source/driver/Postscript.xml: Updated the text to also + mention that PPD files can be used also with the PPR spooler or + the GPR printing frontend. + +2002-01-04 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * ppromatic: Made ppromatic stuffing the PostScript code of all + PostScript options into the job, in contrary to CUPS PPR only + stuffs in the code of options explicitly given on the command + line or in the "Switchset". + + * foomatic-configure: Added PPR support. + +2002-01-03 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * ppromatic: Made it possible to have PPD files in other + directories than /usr/share/ppr/PPDFiles, let ppromatic eat up + data on STDIN to make documentation printing ("-i docs") working + correctly. When original job is not completely read, PPR does + not dequeue the print job and stops the printer because it + assumes that the job was not correctly printed. + +2002-01-02 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added Compaq IJ1200 (Z42 clone), assigned Lexmark + 5700 drivers to Compaq IJ900 (5700 clone). Fixed text of Lexmark + 5700. + + * db/source/opt/hpijs-Quality.xml: Fixed typo in human-readable + text for 600-dpi-CMYK-normal quality. + +2002-01-01 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/opt/hpijs-PageSize.xml: Worked around a bug in HPIJS + 1.0 which breaks the paper size setting via PostScript commands. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Added photo paper sizes for the HPIJS 1.0 + driver to the "getpapersize()" function. + +2002-01-01 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * debian/rules: see debian/changelog for details. + +2001-12-31 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/driver/*.xml: Updated URLs of the home pages for the + "cZ11" and "c2070" drivers. + +2001-12-30 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/Epson-EPL-5800L.xml: Added the Epson EPL-5800L + laser winprinter. + +2001-12-23 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * debian/foomatic-bin.manpages: Corrected section for lpdomatic + manpage. + * lpdomatic.1.in: Made this manpage useful. + * foomatic-gswrapper.1.in: Minor editing. + +2001-12-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/hpijs*: Updated the entries for the "hpijs" driver + to the new 1,0 release. + + * db/source/printer/*: More updates on the comments of the HP + inkjet printers. + +2001-12-19 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Updated comments and "Recommended driver" + settings of the HP/Apollo printers for the new "hpijs" 1.0 + version. + +2001-12-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added/modified HP inkjets for the "hpijs" 1.0 + driver. + +2001-12-17 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Applied a patch from Crutcher Dunnavant + (crutcher@redhat.com) which sets all Perl variables in shell + command lines ($poid, $drv. $libdir, ...) into single quotes, so + that nothing breaks when a strange printer/driver ID or a + strangely named directory is used. + + * db/source/driver/*: Made Perl one-liner for paper tray selection + in PCL laser printer driver XML files less memory-consuming. + +2001-12-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/Minolta-PagePro_1100L.xml, + db/source/printer/642674.xml: Added the Paperweight "Minolta + PagePro 1100L". + +2001-12-14 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Made "-f" (Force compilation) flag working + for overview request ("-O"). + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Functions using "foomatic-combo-xml" check + the cache before and use it, if appropriate files + available. Printer ID set into single quotes in the + "foomatic-combo-xml" command line, to not break with the new + clear text printer IDs (Thanks to Crutcher Dunnavant, + crutcher@redhat.com for his suggestions). + + * Makefile: Let "make install" also install the man pages. + +2001-12-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * directomatic: Possibility to use a printer definition file in + ~/.foomatic/direct/ or in the current directory. + + * Makefile, makeDefaults: Added /etc/ppr directory, fixed typo. + +2001-12-12 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Set links for the new location of the + "Lexmark Foomatic Kit" in the comments of the database entries + for the Lexmark Z22, Z23, Z32, Z33, Z52, Z53. + +2001-12-11 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Made the "PaperDimension", "ImageableArea", + and "PageRegion" entries in CUPS and generic PPD files working + if the "PageSize" option is not the standard PostScript option, + but a command line option or something else (as in the + "ppmtocpva" or in the "pentaxpj" drivers. + + * db/source/opt/2.xml, db/source/driver/c2050.xml: Drivers + "c2050", "cZ11", and "cZ11somsom" had no "PageSize" option, + fixed. + +2001-12-11 Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * directomatic.1.in manpage added. + + * debian/: Bugfixes in the Debian specific files. + +2001-12-10 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Updated home page address and comment of the + "lm1100" driver and added a "Brightness" option to that driver + and replaced the "Monochrome" option by "Ink Type". + + * db/source/drivers/lpstyl.xml: Re-hosted "lpstyl" driver on + linuxprinting,org, original home page is dead. Modified the + comments in the database entry file appropriately. + + * db/source/drivers/gdi.xml: Added filter for MagicFilter users to + easily integrate this driver. Modified the comments in the + database entry file appropriately. + + * db/source/*/*: Okipage 6w only works with "oki4w" 2.0, not with + 2.1. Modified the comments in the database entry files + appropriately. + + * db/source/printers/214153.xml: My Stylus Color 500 has problems + with Gimp-Print 4.2. Modified the comments in the database entry + files appropriately. + + * db/source/opt/cZ11somsom-*: Set default values of the ink + densities to 50 instead of 100. + + * db/source/driver/cZ11somsom.xml: Corrected command line to make + printing with the black cartridge working. + + * db/source/printer/89152.xml: Comments cleaned up for Canon + BJC-2000. + + * db/source/printer/Canon-BJC-2010.xml: New printer entry: Canon + BJC-2010. + + * db/source/driver/bjc600.xml, db/source/opt/6.xml: Added Canon + BJC-2010 to the "bjc600" driver. + + * db/source/printer/Canon-BJ-100.xml: New printer entry: Canon + BJ-100. + + * db/source/driver/bj200.xml: Added Canon BJ-100 to the "bj200" + driver. + + * db/source/printer/123584.xml: Added comments about the problems + with the Xerox DocuPrint XJ8C. + + * db/source/printer/Pentax-PocketJet*: Added the ultra-portable + printers from Pentax. + + * db/source/*/pentaxpj*: Added "pentaxpj" driver for the + ultra-portable Pentax PocketJet printers. + +2001-12-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * cupsomatic: Added support for the accounting facility of CUPS. + Only works with $debug = 0 and when GhostScript is rendering + the PostScript. + + * foomatic-ppdload, lib/Foomatic/PPD.pm: "new PPD" and "new + UIElem" replaced by "new Foomatic::PPD" and "new + Foomatic::UIElem", otherwise the "new" methods will not be found + in the respective libraries. + + * db/source/printer/Lexmark-Z43.xml: Updated the comments. + +2001-12-07 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * directomatic: New filter for spooler-less printing. See in the + comments in the beginning how to use it. + + * Makefile: Added definitions for PPR, added directomatic + and ppromatic to be installed + + * makeDefaults: Added definitions for PPR, moved lpdomatic to + /usr/bin + + * lpdomatic.1.in: lpdomatic in /usr/bin => "man 1 lpdomatic" + + * foomatic-datafile: Added "direct" data file type for + Direct-O-Matic + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Modified comments of the LPD-O-Matic printer + description file (generated by the function "getlpddata()") + because these files are also used for Direct-O-Matic. + +2001-12-07 Manfred Wassmann <foomatic@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> + + * Makefile: Split the install target into install-bin and + install-db. Added PHONY target to mark targets not related to + real files. + * Manpages: Added a script to generate manpages with correct + pathnames from files named <manpage>.<section>.in. + Created more or less useable manpages for all binaries. + * debian: Bootstrapped a debian directory for building Debian + packages. + +2001-12-06 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * cupsomatic: Corrected link to documentation web page in the + comments in the beginning of the script. + +2001-12-04 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * cupsomatic, lpdomatic, ppromatic: Cleaned up multi-processing, + now the parent processes wait for their children to finish and + the interprocess communication pipes are closed after use. The + main process waiting for their children to exit fixes especially + a problem of lpdomatic: LPRng resetted the printer port when the + lpdomatic was ready, but in reality lpdomatic sub-processes were + still working on the job, which lead to incomplete pages being + printed (Bug #486096 on SourceForge). Also updated the comments + in the beginning of the files + + * foomatic-datafile: Added PPR support. + + * foomatic-configure: Added the "-w 1" option to "nc" used in the + $postpipe for LPD, otherwise "nc" only exits a rather long time + after all data has be transmitted to the printer. This prevents + the new lpdomatic from exiting immediately after the job has + finished and so it takes a longer time until the next job + starts. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Used "/PageSize[...]" instead of + "/PageRegion[...]" in the "*PageRegion" option of the + PPD-O-Matic PPD files becasue GhostScript does not understand + "/PageRegion[...]" (found this out during tests of PPR, which + uses the "*PageRegion" option and not the "*PageSize" option to + set the paper size. + +2001-12-02 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * ppromatic: Completed first version of ppromatic: Added error and + signal handling. Introduced back channel from child processes to + main process and let main process wait until all children finish, + to not loose any error message or exit status to report to PPR. + +2001-11-30 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added some comments about the similarity of the + Sharp and Xerox inkjets. + + * db/source/opt/207.xml: Made "Model" option of "pcl3" having only + the correct model entry as possible choice (as "Model" option of + "gimp-print"/"stp". + +2001-11-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Higher priority for "pcl3" against + "sharp.upp", the support of the "pcl3" driver for the Sharp and + Xerox inkjets is much better since version 3.3 of "pcl3". + + * db/source/*/*: Added Sharp/Xerox printers to list of printers + supported by "pcl3" because of better Sharp/Xerox support by + "pcl3" version 3.3, also changed the recommended driver of the + Sharp and Xerox inkjets to "pcl3" and the functionality to + "Mostly". + +2001-11-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * ppromatic: Interface for the spooler PPR (ppr.sourceforge.net) + introduced. To set up printer download PPD-O-Matic PPD file from + your driver's page of the linuxprinting.org database (or use + "foomatic-datafile -t ppd ...") and do + + cp ppromatic /usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/ + cp <downloaded ppd file> /usr/share/ppr/PPDFiles/ + ppad interface <queue> ppromatic <address> + ppad options <queue> backend=<interface> + ppad ppd <queue> <ppd file without path> + (Addiyional command to set up paper trays) + + <interface> means the PPR interface name for the desired printer + connection type (all in /usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/: parallel, + serial, tcpip, lpr, smb, atalk, ...). + <address> means the printer address as needed by the interface + (/dev/lp0 for parallel, printer.domain.com:9100 for tcpip, ...) + <ppd file without path> is the name under which you have saved + your downloaded PPD file. Do not specify the path + /usr/share/ppr/PPDFiles/ + +2001-11-23 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * cupsomatic: Let numerical option default settings in be used + when a printer is used with a PPD-O-Matic PPD file. + +2001-11-22 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Made HTML display of how to invoke a driver + working correctly with the new XML Foomatic and enhanced it, + especially for tricky command lines ("Execution Details" pages). + + * db/source/opt/*: Corrected the "Required" state for many + options, to get the "Execution Details" pages correct. + +2001-11-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/drv_z42: New web site for "drv_z42". + +2001-11-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Set "Recommended driver" field + (<driver>..</driver>) in all non-Paperweight printer entries. + +2001-11-19 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: The Epson Stylus C70/C80 do 2880x1440 dpi + under free OS. Added comment in the appropriate database + entries. + +2001-11-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * README, USAGE: Added info about the PPD-O-MATIC PPD files. + Especially USAGE contains info about printing with graphical + interfaces and out of applications now. + +2001-11-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Added the "sj48" driver in the list, + so that when one adds "omni" as the last entry, the "sj48" will + get priority. + +2001-11-15 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * cupsomatic: Added support for GPR as CUPS printing frontend. + + * db/source/*/*: Added Lexmark Z43 (supported by "drv_z42" + driver), corrections on Lexmark Z42. + +2001-11-14 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Added generation of a generic purpose PPD + file (PPD-O-Matic), made generated PDQ scripts using settings + added by an application using the PPD file, fixed bug of PDQ not + printing when driver command line is composed of various shell + commands. Removed some replacements of special characters in the + generation of PDQ config files, they caused some driver command + lines to get "overquoted" characters. + + * cupsomatic, lpdomatic: Added support for the new generic PPD + files, jobs are searched for settings done by applications using + these PPD files. + + * foomatic-datafile: Added "-t ppd" option to generate generic PPD + files. + + * foomatic-configure: Now for every queue a generic PPD file is + created and maintained as /etc/foomatic/<queuename>.ppd. + + * db/source/driver/oki4w.xml: Comments updated for oki4linux 2.1 + + * db/source/*/*: Resolution of Okidata OL 410e fixed (300 dpi only + with "ljet4", RedHat bug #43120). + +2001-11-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/driver/*: Added "-Mutf8" to the "perl" calls in the + command line of the PCL/PCL-XL laser printer drivers with tray + selection, otherwise Perl 5.6.0 and older cannot handle hex + representations of binary strings in the Perl commands. + +2001-11-08 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/opt/*: Fixed default resolutions for the "eps9mid" and + "eps9high" drivers. + +2001-11-07 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/opt/*: For the Epson laser printer drivers (EPL, + AcuLaser) fixed forgotten default values for MediaType and + default input tray for the colour models. + +2001-10-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Perfect support for the Epson Stylus + C70/C80 with Gimp-Print 4.1.99b4. + +2001-10-23 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Changed the comments/ratings of the Epson + AcuLaser colour printers according to results of tests at Epson + Paris. + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Given priority to the "alcXXXX" + drivers on Epson color inkjets, they print in color. + +2001-10-22 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added comment about up/download of data to + the photo cards in the card reader of the HP PhotoSmart + printers. + +2001-10-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/630066.xml, db/source/driver/*: Removed + duplicate entry for the HP DeskJet Plus. + +2001-10-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added the Epson Stylus Photo 820. + +2001-10-15 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added the HP OfficeJet R65 and R80 printers. + + * db/source/*/*: Added more Samsung SmartGDI/PassThru printers: + Samsung ML-1010, 1020, 200, 210. + +2001-10-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Some newer Epsons (Stylus Photo 785, 875, 895) + are USB only, corrected database entries. + +2001-10-11 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Re-rated Epson Stylus C60 and Epson Stylus Scan + 2500 as "Perfectly" supported. + + * USAGE: Fixed text, "postpipe", not "backpipe". + +2001-10-10 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Removed HP LaserJet 6L from "lj5gray"/"lj5mono" + drivers, this combo is reported not to work. + + * db/source/printer/*: Changes on the text of the HP LaserJet 5L, + 5P, and 6L printers. + +2001-10-09 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added Samsung SmartGDI/PassThru printers: Samsung + ML-1000, 1200, 1210, 1220, 5080, 6040. + + * db/source/*/*: Modified the Foomatic data for the "drv_z42" driver + to fit to version 0.3 of the driver. + + * db/source/*/*: Assigned drivers to the HP PhotoSmart P100 printer. + +2001-10-08 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/Epson-Stylus_C[78]0.xml: Changed rating from + "Paperweight" to "Partially", Gimp-Print 4.1.99b3 provides + preliminary support. + + * db/source/*/*: Added HP DeskJet 1120C to the printers supported + by the "hpijs" driver. + +2001-10-06 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added the printers HP LaserJet 1000, DeskJet + 845C, 940C, PhotoSmart P100, P1115, P1315. + + * db/source/*/*: Corrected URLs for the HP inkjet printers. + + * db/source/opt/hpijs-PageSize.xml: Added A6 and Photo paper sizes + for the "hpijs" driver, + +2001-10-04 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-combo-xml.c: Added an "#include <stdlib.h>" to make + the code working on IA64. + +2001-10-03 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * README, USAGE: Updates on the documentation. + + * db/source/*/*: Fixes on the "cljet5" driver. + + * db/source/*/*: Added options to the drivers "cdj500", "cdj550", + "pj", "pjxl", "pjxl300", "declj250", and "dj505j". + + * db/source/driver/*: Updated links to the GhostScript web pages. + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Correction for the DEC LJ250. + +2001-10-02 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added paper tray selection to all the other PCL + laser printer drivers. Bugfixes on paper tray selection for the + "ljet4" driver. + + * db/source/*/*: Added "cljet5c" driver (Color LaserJet 5 in + Contone mode). + + * db/source/*/*: Added "ljet4d" driver ("ljet4" with PCL Duplex). + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Updated for the new drivers. + +2001-10-01 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added paper tray selection option to the PCL-XL + drivers ("lj5gray"/"lj5mono", "pxlmono"/"pxlcolor") and to the + "ljet4" driver. + +2001-09-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added driver "drv_z42" for the Lexmark Z42, + re-rated the printer as "Partially" supported. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Assured that the "PageSize" option is always + present in CUPS PPD files, evwn when it has only one choice, + CUPS does not work when there is a PPD file without "PageSize" + option. + + * foomatic-combo-xml.c: Replaced an "strcat" by an "strcpy" when + setting the default value for an option because otherwise there + appear two values in the string for the default value. + + * db/source/*/*: Added GhostScript pre-filtering facility to the + "Postscript" driver, this allows to use additionally installed + GS fonts or converting to a lower PostScript level. + +2001-09-28 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Made all file creation be done with "umask + 0002", so that the cache can be deleted by anyone in the group + of the cache creator. + + * db/source/*/*: Added Foomatic data for the Epson Stylus Color + 640 UPP files which come with GhostScript 6.50 and newer. + + * db/source/printer/HP-DesignJet_750.xml: Corrected bug in printer + ID, which prevented entry from showing up correctly on + www.linuxprinting.org. + +2001-09-27 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added the Lexmark Z82. + + * db/source/*/*: Made the "pbm2l7k" driver not needing 120 MB swap + with GS 6.x and newer. + + * db/source/*/*: Added Foomatic data for the UPP files + "s400a1.upp" and "s400b1.upp". + + * db/source/printer/123776.xml: Corrections in the text about the + BJC-8200. + + * db/source/printer/Canon-S600.xml: Added the Canon S600. + + * db/source/*/*: Added Foomatic data for the UPP files for the + Canon BJC-8200 which come with GhostScript 6.50 or newer. + + * db/source/driver/pcl3.xml: Fixed typo. + +2001-09-26 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-combo-xml.c: In the "loadfile()" function "close" was + used instead of "fclose". This kept all files open and lead to + problems with more than 1000 printer models. + + * db/source/*/*: Added the Xerox DocuPrint N4512, corrected comments + for the HP PSC 950 and the Epson Stylus C80. + +2001-09-25 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Given priority to the lxm3200 driver + against Gimp-Print/stp, the support of the Lexmark 3200 by + Gimp-Print is broken. + +2001-09-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-combo-xml.c: Fixed a bug of not setting the high scores + for the constraints. + +2001-09-22 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: "checkpc -f" after any change on an LPRng + system. LPRng refuses to print when one file has wrong + permissions. + +2001-09-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * cupsomatic: Made the "sides" (Duplex) option of CUPS working + with printers using Foomatic. + + * foomatic-configure: SIGHUP to LPRng daemon when setting the + default printer or deleting one. + +2001-09-12 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added the Lexmark Z23, Z33, and Z53 + + * db/source/printer/486066.xml: The Lexmark Z12 does not print + ain text + + * db/source/printer/328553.xml: With the current Gimp-Print the + Lexmark Z52 works "Perfectly". + + * db/source/printer/*: Updated and corrected text of the Lexmark + Z23, Z33, and Z52. + + * db/source/printer/62720.xml, db/source/driver/lj5*: The HP + LaserJet 5L does not work with the lj5gray/lj5mono drivers. + + * cupsomatic: All enumerated options with choices "On", "Off", + "Yes", "No", "True", or "False" did not work with CUPS. This is + fixed now. + +2001-09-03 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Possibility to set a system-wide default + printer for all spoolers, for CUPS and PDQ, non-root users can + also set a personal default printer. Due to the architecture of + LPD a queue named "lp" will be renamed when another queue is set + as the default queue. + + * Makefile, makeDefaults: Added the "lpoptions" utility of CUPS + which is needed to set a remote printer as default or to set + a personal default printer for non-root users. + + * USAGE: Added information about the new default printer setting + facility. + + * README: Adapted to all recent changes. + + * TODO: Removed the topic about speed and memory consumption, this + is solved by foomatic-combo-xml.c now. + +2001-09-02 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-combo-xml.c: Added functionality for generating the + overview XML file ("-O" option). Makes the overview XML + generation much faster, less than a second on most machines. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Let the overview XML generation be done + preferrably by foomatic-combo-xml.c. + + * Makefile: Added the removal of the foomatic-combo-xml binary + to the "clean" section, let foomatic-preferred-driver be + installed in /usr/sbin. + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Bugfix: Often default driver entries + were not inserted into the printer XML file. + + * db/source/driver/ppmtocpva.xml: Added the Alps MD-1500 printer. + +2001-08-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Several fixes on the comments of the HP + OfficeJets. + + * db/source/*/*: Added the Apple LaserWriter 4/600. + + * db/source/printer/605074.xml, db/source/printer/609714.xml: + Correction: The HP LaserJet 5Si and 3200se support PJL. + + * db/source/driver/lj5gray.xml: Removed duplicate entry for the + HP LaserJet 5Si. + +2001-08-28 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-combo-xml.c: C program to build XML files for + printer/driver combos, around 600 times faster than the perl + routines in lib/Foomatic/DB.pm (one Gimp-Print combo in 0.5-1.5 + sec. foomatic-compiledb in a few minutes), needs less than 10 MB + of memory. Pre-building of the database for distros not needed + any more. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Make foomatic-combo-xml.c being preferrably + used for building printer/driver combo data. + + * Makefile, makeDefaults: Integration of foomatic-combo-xml.c. + +2001-08-26 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/driver/*: Removed printer entry 207945 from the printer + list of the "laserjet" and "stp" drivers, the printer was deleted. + +2001-08-25 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/HP-DesignJet_750.xml: added HP DesignJet 750, + it is supported by Gimp-Print now. + +2001-08-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added a whole bunch of japanese printers and + drivers, thanks to Crutcher Dunnavant from Red Hat. + + * db/source/driver/md2k.xml: Added the Alps MD-1500. + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Priorities for the japanese drivers. + + * db/source/*/*: Corrected driver names for Epson's colour lasers. + +2001-08-23 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added the recent Epson laser printers: Epson + EPL-5800, EPL-N1600, EPL-N2050, EPL-N2050+, EPL-N2750, AcuLaser + C2000, C8500. + + * db/source/printer/Brother*: Small adjustments of the entries. + + * db/source/printer/*: Added the new Epson lasers to the drivers + "Postscript", "pxlmono", "lj5gray", "lj5mono", "cljet5". + + * db/source/*/*: Added the Epson laser printer drivers provided + by Epson: "epl5800", "epl2050", "epl2050p", "acl2000", "acl8500". + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Epson laser printer drivers. + + * db/source/printer/641170.xml: Removed duplicate entry for the + Canon LBP-800. + +2001-08-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/*/*: Added new Brother printers: HL-1440, H:-1450, + HL-1470N, HL-2460, HL-2460N, HL-2400CeN, HL-3400CN, MFC-P2500. + + * db/source/*/*: Added some more Brothers to the hl1250 driver. + + * db/source/opt/207.xml, db/source/opt/208.xml: Corrected default + settings for the Apollo P-1200 with the pcl3 driver. It needs + the the model setting "Unspecified old model" and a CMY colour + mode. + + * db/source/driver/hpijs.xml, db/source/opt/hpijs-Model.xml, + db/source/opt/hpijs-Quality.xml, db/source/printer/413737.xml: + The Apollo P-2200 works with drivers for the HP DeskJet 612C, + taken this into account. + + * db/source/printer/Okidata-ML_32?.xml, db/source/driver/okiibm.xml: + Added the printers Okidata ML 320/321. + + * db/source/printer/63200.xml: Added comment to the IBM 4019. + + * db/source/printer/317321.xml, db/source/printer/607474.xml: + Added instructions how to change the cartridges without needing + special software. + + * db/source/printer/24832.xml: Added useful info about the NEC P6 + plus. + + * db/source/driver/epsonc.xml: This driver is needed to print on + the NEC PinWriter P6/P6 plus in colour. + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Given priority to the "necp6" driver + against the "epsonc" because in most cases the NEC PinWriter P6 + is used without colour add-on. + + * db/source/*/*: Fixed bug in hpijs driver data: The docs talk about + "DJ6xxP" for the "DeviceName" setting for photo-capable DeskJet + 6xx models, in reality "DJ6xxPhoto" has to be used. + + * db/source/driver/sharp.upp.xml: Explained how to install + "sharp.upp". + +2001-08-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/337577.xml: Duplicate entry for the HP OfficeJet + G55, deleted. + + * db/source/printer/Sharp*: Added the printers Sharp AJ-1805, + AJ-2005, and AJ-2100. + + * db/source/printer/*: Updated the entries for the Xerox DocuPrint + M750 and M760, they print with "sharp.upp" and are both partially + working. + + * db/source/driver/sharp.upp.xml: Added the new Sharp printers + (AJ-1805/2005) and the Xerox DucuPrint M750/M760. + + * db/source/driver/hl1250.xml: Updated the URL of the driver's home + page. + + * db/source/driver/hl1250.xml, db/source/opt/53.xml: Removed the + "Model" option from the "hl1250" driver, the GhostScript option + "-sDEVICE=hl1240" or "-sDEVICE=hl1250" only determines the + default resolution which is anyway overridden by Foomatic. + + * db/source/opt/161.xml: The media source selection for the + "Postscript" driver only works for HP printers, restricted to HP. + +2001-08-19 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/printer/*: Added HP and Apollo printers: Apollo P-2100, + P-2150, HP DeskJet 816C, 980C, e-printer e20, PhotoSmart P1215, + P1218, OfficeJet K60, K80, V40, PSC 300, 750. + + * db/source/*/hpijs*: Updated the data for the inkjet driver of HP + ("hpijs"). + + * db/source/*/DJ*: Deleted the old data of the HP driver (drivers + "DJxxx"). + + * db/source/*/*: Updated all information about the multifunction + devices of HP, they are all capable for scanning with free + software. + + * db/source/printer/641138.xml: Duplicate entry for the Canon + LBP-800, deleted. + + * db/source/printer/207945.xml: Duplicate entry for the HP LaserJet + 2, deleted. + + * foomatic-preferred-driver: Added new "hpijs" driver. + +2001-08-17 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile: Moved foomatic-configure from /usr/sbin to /usr/bin. + + * db/source/printer/Epson-Stylus_C[24]0*: Split up the entries for + the Epson Stylus C20/C40 into the SX and UX models. This is needed + for the Gimp-Print GhostScript driver. + +2001-08-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Support for printers on NetWare (with LPD + and LPRng), output of the printer list both as root and normal + user, LPRng SIGHUP after adding a new queue, spooler detection + bug fix. + +2001-08-11 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Fixed bug of options not being conserved + when changing parameters of a CUPS or PDQ printer. $olddatablob + was defined at the wrong place. Added paths for rlpr, nc, and + smbclient to Defaults.pm, so these commands can also be called + when foomatic-configure is running in an environment without + $PATH, for example during the installation of a distro. + + * Makefile, makeDefaults: Paths for rlpr, nc, and smbclient added. + +2001-08-05 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * db/source/opt/ppmtocpva-solidblack.xml: Added option "-solidblack" + to "ppmtocpva" driver, it is new in the version 1.0 of the driver. + + * db/source/printer/168201.xml: Corrected the resolution of the + Citizen Printiva 600C. + + * db/source/driver/ppmtocpva.xml: Added the old Alps MD models to + the printers supported by the "ppmtocpva" driver. + +2001-08-01 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-cleanupdrivers: Removes all driver entries without + command line (<prototype>..</prototype>) from a local Foomatic + database. So frontends do not display "unusable" printer/driver + combos. + + * foomatic-preferred-drivers: Simple program which adds a + <driver>..</driver> entry to every printer. The best driver is + determined by a ranking. When one deletes all XML files for + drivers which are not available on the system (and adds XML files + for additional drivers) all printers will have the best driver + of the current system as preferred driver. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Exported "get_overview" for + foomatic-preferred-drivers. + + * db/source/*/*: Added the newest inkjets of Epson and the newest + lasers of HP: Epson Stylus C20, C40, Epson Stylus Photo 785, + 875, 895, Epson Stylus Pro 10000, HP LaserJet 1200, 1220, 2200, + 3200m, 4100, 8150, 9000, HP Color LaserJet 4550. + + * db/source/*/*: Corrected driver list for the HP LaserJet 3200se, + it is the same as for the HP LaserJet 3200 now. + + * db/source/driver/bjc600.xml: Removed the Canon BJC-5000 from the + list of supported printers, it is a paperweight for sure. + + * db/source/printer/474354.xml: Removed this extra entry for the + Canon BJC-85. It was a relict of the time when the database was + publicly editable. + +2001-07-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Take preferred driver (<driver>..</driver> + tag) into thw overview listing (overview.xml, foomatic-configure + -O). + + * db/source/opt/69.xml: Made the "Normal" quality with the "cdj880" + driver available again for all printers. With GNU GhostScript + 6.51 it works without problems. + +2001-07-25 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: When one uses the -P option with a printer + and a driver to obtain the datablob of this combo, one can also + supply a queue to apply the default options of that queue to the + datablob of the chosen combo. This can be used when one wants to + change the driver used for a queue with the help of a + frontend. The obtained datablob can be used to generate the + option dialog in this situation. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: The option and choice value arrays are + sorted now (by a standard option list, by the "normalizename" + function which is already used for printer names on the web + site, and alphabatically/case-insensitive), so in XPDQ, KUPS, + QtCUPS, XPP, the upcoming new printerdrake (Mandrake 8.1), and + other frontends the options and choices will appear sorted. + +2001-07-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Added the possibility to copy/clone queues, + now queues can be transferred to another spooler conserving all + settings, including the default option settings. Restructured + all queue query functions, now they can also generate complete + Perl datablobs with all option default settings (even settings + which XPDQ has written into /etc/pdq/printrc or which KUPS has + written into the PPD files) and all queue settings as the + connection URI, description, location, ... (in the new + 'queuedata' field). This facility can be used by graphical + frontends. Now foomatic-configure also supports to be called + unser different names and to load the default spooler choice + from a file. + +2001-07-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Restructured all queue setup functions, now + it is possible with all the spoolers to modify queues by only + supplying the items which are changed on the foomatic-configure + command line. One can even delete the description or location + entries or switch from a queue with driver to a raw + queue. Default settings for options do not get lost when one + changes the driver and the new driver has options with the same + name. Also option settings done with the "native" tools of CUPS + and PDQ do not get lost on any kind of manipulation done with + foomatic-configure. Extra Perl datablob files removed to avoid + problems with maintaining redundant data repositories. Datablobs + are now in the main config files (they were already there for + CUPS and LPD/LPRng, for PDQ they are addad now. Output of + datablobs for frontends will be done by a special command line + option. The query functions are cleaned up now. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Added Perl datablob to the PDQ datafiles, + added a line break to the end of all "die" and "warn" messages + to clean the error message output. + +2001-07-19 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-printjob: Fixed command line option translation when + printing with PDQ (numerical options). + + * foomatic-configure: XML-Combo data in /etc/foomatic is gzipped + now (compression factor 10), Perl datablobs with the + user-supplied default option settings are stored in + /etc/foomatic, too (gzip factor 8). They serve for frontends to + get the available options and make it easier to transfer the + queues without loss of option settings. + Setup function for LPD/LPRng restructured, it allows modifying a + queue only supplying the information which changes on the + foomatic-configure command line. One can even change the driver + and all default settings of options with the same name in the + old and the new driver are conserved. + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Fixed help page of PDQ (numerical options). + +2001-07-18 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-printjob: Links named "lp", "lpr", "lpq", "lprm", and + "lpc" to the foomatic-printjob executable can be made and the + program does the action of the appropriate command when called + through one of the links, job list ("lpq") output of LPRng + filtered so that it comes out in the same form as the job + listings of the other spoolers, possibility to save a default + spooler. + +2001-07-17 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-printjob: Added all missing job listing and job removal + functions. Added functionality for advanced queue and job + control. Updated help message. + + * Makefile: Added CUPS commands for queue and job control. + + * makeDefaults: Added CUPS commands for queue and job control. + +2001-07-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-printjob: Added job listing (query) and job removal + functions for PDQ. Added job listing function for LPD. Added + line breaks at the end of all "die" calls so that the line + number is not shown when the program executes the appropriate + "die", + + * foomatic-configure: Added line breaks at the end of all "die" + calls. + +2001-07-15 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-printjob: Coomand line options which are not used by + foomatic-printjob are passed to spooler-specific printing + command, Support for printing multiple copies with PDQ, printer + queue can also be specified with the "-d" option. + +2001-07-14 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-printjob: Exit status of the spooler's printing command + is passed back to the user as the exit status of + foomatic-printjob, GNU-lpr (VA-Linux) is auto-detected and the + options are passed appropriately. Clean-up of the help message + (option -h). + + * foomatic-configure: Support for setting default options, help + message cleaned up. + +2001-07-13 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Removed backquote from the boolean option + example in the PDQ help page. It broke the shell script for + printing the page. Preliminary fix for foomatic-configure not + exiting when building combo data with the Gimp-Print Foomatic + data installed: Flushing memory cache during build after + treatment of every option. + + * foomatic-printjob: Fixed option handling, + + * foomatic-configure: Set automatically a search path to + /etc/foomatic/pdq into the /usr/lib/pdq/printrc file, so that + the Foomatic driver description files are found. + +2001-07-11 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile: The INSTALLPREFIX facility was broken. Fixed. + + * USAGE: Added user instructions. + + * README: Pointed to new USAGE file + +2001-07-05 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * sharp.upp: New driver for the Sharp AJ-1800/2000 inkjet printers + +2001-07-02 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefile: Added foomatic-printjob to the user programs to be + installed + +2001-07-01 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Now the combo XML data and not only the + printer data is stored in /etc/foomatic for every queue, the + "-X" option allows also getting combo data by supplying both a + printer and a driver, the logfile for the LPD/LPRng queues, + /var/log/lp-errs is touched now when a queue is added, so that + it is made sure that it exists. + + * foomatic-printjob, Makefile, makeDefaults: First sketch of + foomatic-printjob: Now one has basic printing functionality with + options on all spoolers. + +2001-06-30 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure, Makefile, makeDefaults: PDQ support added: + Now we have a command-line-based administration interface for + PDQ and the basic functionality of foomatic-configure is + completed. Fixed bug in help message of foomatic-configure. In + LPD "rlpr" is only used for remote LPD queues with filter, for + raw queues the "rm" and "rp" tags in the /etc/printcap file are + used. + +2001-06-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Added LPRng support (without + magicfilter). The support is done by adding the differences + between LPD and LPRng in the functions for handling LPD. Fixed + autodetection of LPRng (typo). +2001-06-29 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lpdomatic: Fixed: The documentation page did not show the + correct lpr command line example for LPRng and when lpdomatic + does not find the printer driver description file (*.lom) it did + not put the file name into the error message. + + * Makefile: Removed comment that LPRng is not supported yet. + +2001-06-28 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * lib/Foomatic/DB.pm: Fixed several bugs in the function + getpdqdata(): PostScript/PJL options were not prepended to the + job data/the GhostScript output, let the choice names be + <option>_<choice> and not only <choice>, because in PDQ one + provides only the choice name and not the option name and the + choice name on the command line. So options with the same choice + names (as "Duplex" and "Manualfeed" on the LaserJet 4050 with + "ljet4" driver, which have both "On" and "Off" as choices) are + ambiguous, added "docs" option to print documentation page with + PDQ, fixed boolean options, they were broken. Text file printout + done with "mpage" now. + + * cupsomatic, lpdomatic: Fixed bug of "This option corresponds to + a PJL command" not appearing on documentation page (option + "docs"). + +2001-06-27 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Query function for CUPS, corrected bug in + function dump_config where the <queue ...> tag was closed by + </foomatic>, fixed query function for LPD, so that it supports + all backend types, remote LPD printing under LPD done with + "rlpr". + + * Makefile, makeDefaults: Added /etc/cups/printers.conf. + +2001-06-26 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Support for adding/modifying and removing + CUPS queues (for all backends supported by CUPS). + + * cupsomatic: Parsing of options embedded in the document + fixed. For accessing the value of an enumerated option $avalue + instead of $value was used, so the values read into $value were + not inserted into the option list. Search the first 1000 lines + for options because after polling the PJL options from a printer + or with a PostScript printer with many features in its PPD file + the 100 lines can easily be exceeded. + + * lpdomatic/cupsomatic (common part): The support of PJL option is + marked by the existence of the "pjl" key in the Perl data set of + the printer/driver combo. So "if (defined($dat->{'pjl'}))" and + not "if ($dat->{'pjl'})" has to be asked to check PJL support. + +2001-06-25 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Support for adding CUPS queues (all queue + types supported by "lpadmin"). Bugfixes in queue setup for LPD: + Make directories before the backend script for raw queues is + written to there, Rename old $etcfile and $etcxfile also when + one sets up a raw queue. + + * Makefile, makeDefaults: Set default paths and file names for CUPS, + let cupsomatic be installed in the CUPS filter directory. + +2001-06-24 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * foomatic-configure: Now one can configure all types of + LPD queues automatically: local USB/parallel, remote + LPD/SMB/Socket. In addition one can define a queue which pipes the + output into an arbitrary command or a raw queue. Bugfix: Removed + colon after "q" (="quiet") in "getopts()" line. Introduced "-f" + (="force") flag of foomatic-datafile. + + * lpdomatic (bugfix): In lpdomatic the + prepending of PJL options is suppressed for non-PJL printers. + + * Makefile (bugfix): Added foomatic-*pjloptions, moved + foomatic-configure to admin programs. Fixed links of the pcache + and compiled directories in /var/cache/foomatic to + /usr/local/share/foomatic/db, before the printer combo was always + recompiled. + +2001-06-21 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Makefiles: Allowed the possibility to install the Perl libs with + another prefix than the rest of the files. So installation is also + possible when Perl does not search for libraries in /usr/local. + +2001-06-20 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * Bugfixes: foomatic-configure could not delete queues, makeDefaults + set a wrong path for lpdomatic, Makefile missed a "make" in + the process of installing the Perl libraries. + +2001-06-16 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmx.net> + + * PJL options can be added to the Foomatic data now: + foomatic-getpjloptions retrives them from the printer, + foomatic-addpjloptions generates XML datasets from them. + +2001-04-01 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@linuxprinting.org> + + * Various renaming has happened. Instead of 'PHTDBPUB', it's + Foomatic::DB. Foomatic::Defaults exports the libdir et al into + you, and the flock of companion modules represent other mostly + internal code. + + * Rearranged all the code; now there's a proper Perl module, in + theory at least, in Foomatic/, and the toplevel Makefile + supports this. There's also 'make testing', for a run-in-place + setup. + +2001-03-14 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@linuxprinting.org> + + * Minor updates to reflect website postgres->xml conversion. + +2001-03-10 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@linuxprinting.org> + + * Added section="??" attribuge to arg_postscript. Now it's clear + where the Postscript snippets should be placed in the document. + OTOH, the filters haven't even absorbed Crutcher's DocumentSetup + patch, nevermind support for other locations. And JCL still + isn't handled. Or ppd constraints. Or queries. Etc. + + * Fixed Till's bug wrt empty options being left out. Also fixed a + few other subtle bugs in ppd parser and foo option generator. + + * Small updates to Makefile; it might work again. Note that it + modifies the scripts in place before installing, which will + cause confusion if you attempt further work in place. + + * Added foomatic-kitload, which imports source data subsets into + the local data library. + +2001-03-07 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@linuxprinting.org> + + * Various additional checks and things when doing combo ops in + hopes of avoiding horribly mysterious error messages. + + * Implemented foomatic-ppdload. It might even work(tm). + +2001-03-06 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@linuxprinting.org> + + * Made dump_db strip out illegal constraints, and implemented + comments filtering. Only <p> and <a> are allowed now. <br> is + mapped into <p>. + + * New snap of Postgres database + + * Make install should(tm) now do something sensible. It still + ought to autodetect "flavor" for foomatic-configure. + + * Rename make-datafile to foomatic-datafile. + + * Wrap f-c -Q output in <queues> to make it have one toplevel + entity. + +2001-03-04 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@linuxprinting.org> + + * Removed constraints entirely from combo data. So arg_defval now + appears at /option/arg_defval instead of at + /option/constraints/constraint/arg_defval. + + * Switch verified tag to an unverified tag. Eventually, the xml + dataset will be defined as containing only verified information, + so this way there's one less tag for maintainers to fiddle with. + + * Prepare for CVS integration. + + * Various minor twiddles around the website programs. + + * args_byname twiddle for Till. + + * Include all the backends in the package. + +2001-02-28 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@linuxprinting.org> + + * Require Storable + + * Added printer autodetect sections to overview. Use xpath or + similar to see the values in /printer/autodetect/parallel + + * -Q in foomatic-configure; prints XML summary of system printer + configuration. -X and -O allow examination of the whole + database. f-c API should now be sufficient to build GUIs atop. + + * compile_db changes to limit pain of Perl memory leaks. + + * Added the pcache, a persistent pre-parsed cache of everything. + + * Various buglets from Till. Invalid constraints just warn, don't + hose the whole option. Etc. + + * Add foomatic-configure; initial LPD support. + + * Various typos and minor fixes; the overview compile/save was + broken, and the overview Perl was missing the driver list. + + * Begin beta3. + +2001-02-25 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@linuxprinting.org> + + * Added methods get_makes, get_javascript2, get_models_by_make, + get_printer_from_make_model. + + * Added overview support. Various methods now return or use the + overview infromation; the overview is just a summary listing of + various database-wide info. By using it, many operations are + less horribly slow. The overview is db/compiled/overview.xml + + * Don't actually need XML::Grove::PerlSAX. + + * Added -f clag to compile_db, and extra work avoidance code. + + * Fixed variable naming bug in pdq generator, and fixed boolean + option conversion in getdat. + +2001-02-25 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@habanero.picante.com> + + * Included an experimental dataset from the new data generation + code I've written for gimp-print. The driver "stp-4.1.5" might + even work(tm). + +2001-02-20 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@habanero.picante.com> + + * Subtle adjustments to <constraint> contents. The <sense> + element is gone; replaced with the sense="true" or sense="false" + attribute on the <constraint> tag itself. Also, you can now + specify a <printer>printer-id</printer> element instead of + make/model; this is useful for automatically generated data. |