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Gutenprint - 5.2.0beta2

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Current Version:	5.2.0beta2
Release Date:	2008-04-28
License:	Beta
Downloads (this version):	1,875
Downloads (all versions):	212,541

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Product Description:

Gutenprint, formerly named Gimp-Print, is a suite of printer drivers that may be used with most common UNIX print spooling systems, including CUPS, lpr, LPRng, or others. These drivers provide high quality printing for UNIX (including Macintosh OS X 10.2 and above) and Linux systems that in many cases equal or exceed proprietary vendor-supplied drivers in quality and functionality, and can be used for demanding printing tasks requiring flexibility and high quality. This software package includes an enhanced Print plug-in for the GIMP that replaces the plug-in packaged with the GIMP, and Ghostscript and CUPS drivers, as well as Foomatic data supporting the Ghostscript driver.

What's new in this version:

There are several notable changes since the previous releases:

Support for generic large format PCL laser printers has been added
Printing for the Canon PIXMA iP4500 has been fixed
L-size phot paper (3 1/2 x 5 inches) has been added.

Additional bug fixes and new features are listed in the full release notes, available at http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1537&release_id=595643.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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Works with Bluetooth - Version: 5.1.7, 4/26/2008 12:39PM PST

pmaharg

Bought an Epson RX580 that I wanted to use via bluetooth with an IBook with 10.3.9. Could not get to work with Epson drivers but worked right away with Gutenprint. Works for me.

v5.1.7 is an unstable Developer-only release. Use v5.0.2. - Version: 5.1.7, 3/8/2008 12:44AM PST

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derekcurrie

Here is the actual news release about Gutenprint version 5.1.7:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=794924

To quote:
"By all means feel free to deliver this release as a
"gutenprint-unstable" release if you want to make bleeding edge
packages available as an option. "

IOW: This is a Developer Release. It is NOT for anyone else.

The current STABLE release of Gutenprint is v5.0.2 from January of 2008. I HIGHLY recommend it. I know of no reason whatsoever to be *scared* of it. It is a terrific update to the CUPS printer drivers provided by Apple. You can read about at:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=768371

Now what really IS *VERY SCARY* is updating CUPS itself into Mac OS X. DON'T DO IT! You will quite simply destroy your Mac OS X installation's ability to print. Apple do a lot of work to make CUPS compatible with Mac OS X. Let Apple provide the updates. (Developers are of course welcome to experiment).

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v5.1.7 is an unstable Developer-only release. Use v5.0.2.

Stop right there buster - Version: 5.1.7, 3/7/2008 08:47PM PST

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Ancient_Boii_Tribe

You don't need this and you don't need CUPS updates. This kind of stuff is for geeks. Just have a bootable clone update on your slave drive and an external drive using SuperDuper if you're going to start playing with fire.