This appendix provides a description of the changes in each
release of the CUPS DDK.
Changes in v1.2.1
- "#include foo" was (incorrectly) treated like "{ #include foo }" (STR #2514)
- Color profiles and other localizable attributes were not localized in generated PPD files (STR #2507)
- Page sizes were not properly localized in multi- language PPD files (STR #2524)
- "#include <file name>" did not work (STR #2506)
- The ppdpo utility did not include localizable attributes (STR #2479)
- The ppdc utility did not add a newline at the end of boolean and keyword attributes (STR #2481)
- The ppdc utility incorrectly wrote Product attributes twice.
Changes in v1.2.0
- The DDK is now owned and licensed by Apple Inc.
- Added many new and updated message catalogs for the default localization strings.
- The ppdc utility did not generate localized PageSize, InputSlot, or MediaType options.
- The ppdpo utility incorrectly included the copyright text in the .po file.
- The ppdc utility incorrectly included two copies of the <font.defs> file.
- The ppdc utility did not allow you to override the cupsVersion attribute.
- The ppdmerge utility now recognizes "Korean" as a LanguageVersion.
- The ppdmerge utility incorrectly used "cn" for the Chinese locale.
Changes in v1.1.1
- The ppdmerge utility incorrectly used "jp" for the Japanese locale (STR #2300)
Changes in v1.1.0
- The ppdpo utility no longer includes the LanguageEncoding or LanguageVersion strings (STR #1525)
- The PPD compiler now provides a -D option to set variables from the command-line (STR #2066)
- If the PCFileName uses a lowercase ".ppd" extension, the PPD compiler will not convert the entire filename to lowercase (STR #2065)
- Added the ppdmerge utility.
- The "dymo" driver has been renamed to "label", which is the name used in CUPS 1.2 and higher.
- The PPD compiler now supports generation of compressed PPD files.
- The PPD compiler now supports generation of PPD files with line endings other than just a line feed.
- The PPD compiler now supports generation of globalized (multi-language) PPD files.
- Fixed the MacOS X Universal Binary support.
- The drivers now have their own man pages.
- The drivers are now bundled in a separate "cupsddk-drivers" package to allow vendors to provide the drivers separate from the developer kit.
Changes in v1.0.1
- The ppdc utility did not return a non-zero exit code
when it was unable to load a message catalog.
- The ppdc utility now looks for and uses existing
ModelName, NickName, ShortNickName, LanguageEncoding,
and LanguageVersion attributes; if missing, the
previous auto-generated values are used (STR #709)
- The ppdi utility could add extra "*" characters to the
beginning of main keywords in UIConstraints depending
on the version of CUPS that was used (STR #703)
- Added man pages for the rastertoescpx and rastertopclx
filters (STR #626)
- The ppdi utility crashed when importing a PPD file
without Manufacturer, ModelName, PCFileName, or
FileVersion attributes (STR #883)
- The configure script did not use the cups-config
reported compiler options when testing for the presence
of the cups/cups.h include file (STR #748)
- Fixed MacOS X 10.4 compilation problems.
- Fixed the comments in the included localization files.
- Fixed the R300 tutorial.
- Some attribute values were incorrectly quoted (STR
#706)
- UIConstraints were incorrectly quoted (STR #705)
- The attribute strings containing quotes were not
quoted properly when saved in the driver information
file; this was most visible in the ppdi utility (STR
#702)
Changes in v1.0
Changes in v1.0rc2
- Fixed some makefile errors that prevented installation
of the software.
- Added ppdhtml utility to produce a summary of the
options for each driver in a file.
- The configure script did not use the output of
"cups-config --ldflags" to properly set the LDFLAGS
variable (STR #657)
- The ppdi utility didn't remove the leading
manufacturer prefix from the existing ModelName
string.
- The ppdi utility added an extra * in front of the
option keywords in constraints.
- Imported PPDs might contain NULL code, causing
problems with exported files.
Changes in v1.0rc1
- Much improved documentation.
- Added support for cupsAllXY and cupsAllGamma CMYK
transform attributes.
- Updated ESC/P driver to support both the old ESC . and
new ESC i graphics commands.
- The ESC/P driver no longer uses the individual remote
mode model number bits, but instead relies on the CUPS
attributes instead.
- The ESC/P driver now supports automatic paper feed
value computation.
- The ESC/P driver now uses a more intuitive value for
the row count.
- Added the CUPS simple profile generator,
cupsprofile.
- Added driver types for the CUPS sample drivers.
- Reorganized the build system and directory structure
for DDK components.
- Changed the default PCL media type to 'PLAIN' instead
of 'Plain'.
- The PCL driver did not set the default PPD options.
Changes in v0.20
- First public release.
- Updated dither lookup code to support density values
beyond 2.0.
- Added PCL command filter for cleaning the print heads.
- The PCL driver did not support grayscale/black output
with Mode 10 compression.
- The PCL driver did not support 7-color modes.
Changes in v0.15
- The cupsCheckValue() function did its comparisons
incorrectly, causing missing lines.
- The PPD compiler internally limited the size of code
in PPD files to 1024 bytes; this has been increased to
10240 bytes (10k)
- The ESC/P driver did not support the softweaved modes
properly.
- The PCL driver did not initialize the seed buffer
correctly for mode 3 compression, causing spooky
prints on PCL color devices in RGB mode.
- The PCL driver did not set the DISPLAY variable in its
PJL JOB command, so some printers did not display the
job info on the printer's LCD.
- Initial prototype of GUI development environment
(ppddevel).
- First draft of PPDC manual.
Changes in v0.14
- Improved the performance of the ppdi utility.
- The ppdc utility now converts the PCFileName string to
lowercase when creating PPD files.
- Added new 'Fonts *' directive to include base fonts;
otherwise PS PPD files would get non-PS base fonts.
- Added new 'CustomMedia' directive for non-standard
media sizes/commands.
- Generated PPD files now use attributes instead of
the standard values if defined (e.g. PSVersion's,
Product's, etc.)
- The advanced PCL driver now uses non-standard cupsXYZ
option names for all finishing options to avoid
conflicts with HP and Lexmark PPD plug-ins on OSX.
- The advanced ESC/P driver now sets the correct top
margin and position.
Changes in v0.13
- Added the advanced PCL driver.
- The cupsCMYKLoad() function looked for the
cupsBlackGeneration attribute instead of
cupsBlackGamma for the black gamma correction and
density lookup table.
- Fixed some spots where the ppdcDriver class did not
localize the UI strings using the current message
catalog.
- UIConstraints for Custom options now correctly map to
NonUIConstraints in the output PPD file.
Changes in v0.12
- Added hooks for cut method and pressure on high-end
EPSON Stylus Pro models.
- The CMYK LUT code incorrectly required the
cupsBlackGeneration attribute.
Changes in v0.11
- Added hooks for keeping track of the driver "type" so
that known drivers (ESC/P and PCL) can have meaningful
ModelNumber values in the driver info/source files
when saved.
- Now support localization via GNU gettext-like .po
files.
- Changed the names of all CMYK lookup table attributes
to be shorter and less specific to the CMYK code.
- Fixed the CMYK lookup table XY code - need to do a
reverse transform from the provided data to get the
proper results.
- The Lab color management code now generates 8-bit
N-channel data for use with the CMYK lookup table
stuff. This should make profiling a lot easier.
- The ESC/P driver now uses more PPD attributes for
printer-specific stuff.
Changes in v0.10