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CUPS - 1.3.7

common UNIX printing system

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This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.3.7
Release Date: 2008-04-01
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 2,525
Downloads (all versions): 15,189

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Product Description:

CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX-based operating systems. It is developed and maintained by Easy Software Products to promote a standard printing solution and is the standard printing system in MacOS X and most Linux distributions.

CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the basis for managing print jobs and queues and adds network printer browsing and PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") based printing options to support real-world printing.

What's new in this version:

The new release includes three security fixes and several printing and authentication fixes. We encourage all CUPS users to update to the current release.

Changes include:
  • CVE-2008-0047: cgiCompileSearch buffer overflow (STR #2729)
  • CVE-2008-1373: CUPS GIF image filter overflow (STR #2765)
  • Updated the "make check" tests to do a more thorough automated test.
  • cups-driverd complained about missing directories (STR #2777)
  • cupsaddsmb would leave the Samba username and password on disk if no Windows drivers were installed (STR #2779)
  • The Linux USB backend used 100% CPU when a printer was disconnected (STR #2769)
  • The sample raster drivers did not properly handle SIGTERM (STR #2770)
  • The scheduler sent notify_post() messages too often on Mac OS X.
  • Kerberos access to the web interface did not work (STR #2748)
  • The scheduler did not support "AuthType Default" in IPP policies (STR #2749)
  • The scheduler did not support the "HideImplicitMembers" directive as documented (STR #2760)
  • "make check" didn't return a non-zero exit code on error (STR #2758)
  • The scheduler incorrectly logged AUTH_foo environment variables in debug mode (STR #2751)
  • The image filters inverted PBM files (STR #2746)
  • cupsctl would crash if the scheduler was not running (STR #2741)
  • The scheduler could crash when printing using a port monitor (STR #2742)
  • The scheduler would crash if PAM was broken (STR #2734)
  • The image filters did not work with some CMYK JPEG files produced by Adobe applications (STR #2727)
  • The Mac OS X USB backend did not work with printers that did not report a make or model.
  • The job-sheets option was not encoded properly (STR #2715)
  • The scheduler incorrectly complained about missing LSB PPD directories.

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
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.0

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CUPS Usage TipBinaries available.. - Version: 1.3.6, 2/20/2008 12:00AM PST

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A. Nony Mouse
Mac OS X binaries are still available here: http://web.mac.com/a.ramos/Site/Als_Blog/Als_Blog.html Click the download link. What people say is true. If you don't know what you're doing then run far away. Otherwise these packages work and I use them myself. See the blog for tips and some troubleshooting or visit CUPS.org for support from the authors. ENJOY!
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CUPS ReviewQ: So why should you be SCARED of a CUPS update? - Version: 1.3.6, 2/20/2008 12:00AM PST

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zunipus
A: Because Apple didn't augment it to work with Mac OS X.

I figured providing something a bit more descriptive than 'run away' might be helpful for inquiring minds.

Simply installing an update of CUPS into Mac OS X, as described in previous posts, will DAMAGE your ability to print in Mac OS X. CUPS is NOT simply a drop-in program for any version of Mac OS X. Apple have to toss in coding of their own to make CUPS work properly for the Mac platform.

So, if you don't know exactly what to do with a CUPS update, just leave the thing alone. Do not read the documentation and get some vague idea that installing the update into Mac OS X might actually do something useful. It won't. Expect the absolute worst, specifically having to reinstall your version of Mac OS X from scratch. There are lots of Open Source apps you can easily update into Mac OS X. This ain't one of them, no way, no how.

Suggestion: Instead go read about, download and install the latest stable version of Gutenprint for Mac OS X. It's not going to hurt anything.
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CUPS CommentaryDanger - Version: 1.3.6, 2/19/2008 12:00AM PST

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duckhue1
This is not for the every day Mac user, Even if you have used Macs like I have since they first came out.

You don't need this. It's NOT an update. This is Open Sore software for developers, geeks, and nerds.

Run away, flee for your life.
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