TurboPrint for Linux version history 28-jul-08 - 2.02-1 - fixed: list of ports not available, printers not saved by TurboPrint Control (cups requests fail if iso-8859-1 instead of utf-8 charset specified) 18-jul-08 - 2.01-2 - installation script now removes TurboPrint 1.x setup & config - 64bit version: gimp plugin now also 64bit 09-jul-08 - 2.01-1 - 64bit version: installation scripts updated 02-jul-08 - 2.00-1 - fixed: tprintdaemon not started at boot time on SuSE Linux 26-jun-08 - 2.00-beta8 - fixed ink status for some Canon printers 29-may-08 - 2.00-beta7 - GIMP plugin: fixed problems with international localization - renamed TurboPrint USB backend from "tusb" to "tpu" to fix problems with hal daemon (queue was stopped when printer was unplugged) - fixed memory leak in turboprint-monitor - turboprint-monitor now reports status for parallel port printers while idle (not while printing) - fixed problem with some Canon drivers (wrong colors on second & following pages) - added "security module" for compatibility with Fedora SElinux - added experimental drivers for: Canon PIXMA MP210,MP220,MP470,MX300,MX310,MX700,MX850, iP2600 Epson Stylus DX7400,8400,9400F,SX200,SX400,TX200,TX400,S10,S20,T10,T20 Epson Stylus Photo RX585,RX685,RX590,R285 - created RPM & DEB packages 09-may-08 - 2.00-beta6 - english html manual - TurboPrint print plugin for GIMP 21-apr-08 - 2.00-beta5 - german html manual 18-apr-08 - 2.00-beta4 - fixes problems with color profile management 28-mar-08 - 2.00-beta2 - user interface and localization fixes 25-mar-08 - 2.00-beta1 - first public beta of TurboPrint 2 11-jan-08 - 1.96-4 - bug fix for CUPS 1.3.4 (write printer list from xtpsetup failed) 30-oct-07 - 1.96-3 - Canon PIXMA iP1800,iP2500,iP3500,iP4500, MP520,MP610 drivers added - desktop icon for TurboPrint Setup not started under SuSE10.3 - fixed 27-jul-07 - 1.96-2 - Canon PIXMA Pro9500 driver added - fixed: Canon iP4200/4300 didn't print on CD / glossy paper in higher quality 17-jul-07 - 1.96-1 - Canon PIXMA Pro9000 driver added - Epson Stylus Photo 1400 / 1410 - Epson Stylus Photo R260 / R265 / R360 / R380 - Epson RX560 / RX640 - Epson Stylus DX4000 / DX4050 - Epson DX5000 / DX5050 / DX6000 / DX6050 / DX7000F (DX models also available as CX....) - Epson Stylus C79 / C88 / C91 / C92 / D78 / D92 - HP PhotoSmart Pro B9180 driver added - fixed: documents with apostrophe (') in document title didn't print - fixed: printer user settings not synchronized with CUPS 26-jan-07 - 1.95-2 - Canon PIXMA iP3300,iP5300,iX4000,iX5000,iP6600D,iP6700D drivers added - fixed problems with MP510,MP810 drivers (not all print modes functional) - fixed problem with ink status reading on Ubuntu/Debian 14-dec-06 - 1.95-1 - Canon PIXMA iP90i,iP1700,iP4300 drivers added - Canon PIXMA MP160,MP180,MP460,MP510,MP600,MP600R,MP810 drivers added - Epson Stylus Pro 4800,7800,9800 drivers added - xtpsetup: calls cups backends to detect new printers - pstoturboprint filter: abort handler for quicker job cancelling - PPD files use integer instead of float page sizes (fixes problem with GIMP) - gnome: xtpsetup started from desktop using gksu - Debian/Ubuntu: .deb archive available 06-jul-06 - 1.94-4 - Canon PIXMA iP6210D,iP6220D,MP530 drivers added - Epson Stylus D68,D88,DX3800/3850,DX4200/4250,DX4800/4850 drivers added - Epson Stylus Photo R220,R240,R340,RX520 added - microweaving for Epson printers improved - ink level detection didn't search /dev/usblpX devices - fixed 15-may-06 - 1.94-3 - Canon PIXMA MP150,170,450 drivers added - Canon PIXMA MP830 driver added - fixes for CUPS 1.2 07-feb-06 - 1.94-2 - Canon PIXMA iP1600,iP2200 drivers added - Canon PIXMA MP500,MP800 drivers added - Epson Stylus PhotoR2400 driver added - rastertoturboprint filter disabled 15-dec-05 - 1.94-1 - Canon PIXMA iP5200 driver added - Epson Stylus PhotoR1800 driver added 24-oct-05 - 1.93-2 - Canon PIXMA iP6000D & iP8500 drivers : no printout on plain paper - fixed 23-sep-05 - 1.93 - Canon PIXMA iP4200 driver added - HP DesignJet 30,70,90,110,130 drivers added - change from 1.92 undone: cupsraster format disabled (problems with GS8.15) - Canon PIXMA CD printing: 600dpi didn't work; fixed - kdigicam: wrong image resolution; fixed - color corrections moved from lpoptions to PPD settings 08-jun-05 - 1.92-2 - Canon PIXMA iP4000R driver added - Canon i255 driver added - Canon Multipass F30 driver added - new color interpolation for neutral grey and smoother gradients - wrong page layout if size not A4 with ESP gs8.15 - fixed - printing to samba printers with user/password not properly supported - fixed - iP2000 driver problems with highest resolution - fixed 15-apr-05 - 1.92 - Canon PIXMA iP1000,MP110,MP130,MP750,MP780 drivers added - Canon PIXMA iP1500 paper feed problem corrected - Canon PIXMA iP2000 plain paper & 4800dpi fixed - Canon PIXMA iP5000,8500 paper source definitions corrected - improved CD printing: - templates for OpenOffice - page size "CD printable" unprintable margins corrected, CD mask added - "Media Detection" command added for Canon printers - changes in pstoturboprint filter: - logfiles limited to 128k - cupsraster format used if ESP GS >= 7.07 installed => correct margins with acrobat reader 13-dec-04 - 1.91-2 - Canon PIXMA iP1500,iP8500 drivers added - Epson Stylus Photo R800 driver added - Canon PIXMA on Windows print server: page size / tray problem fixed - tpconfig: command line call for printing ink status added (see man tpconfig) 08-nov-04 - 1.91 - Canon PIXMA iP2000,iP3000,iP4000,iP5000,iP6000D drivers added - Canon MPC190,MP700,MP730 drivers added - xtpsetup: new features (CUPS spooler only) - printer status display & status control - testpage button - automatic printer & port recoginition - problems with Fedora Core 2 fixed 17-aug-04 - 1.90 - Epson Stylus C66,C86 drivers added - Epson Stylus Photo RX500,RX600 drivers added (no scanner support) 13-jun-04 - 1.89 - Canon i990,i9900,i9950 drivers added - Canon MP360,MP370,MP390 drivers added (no scanner support) - Canon BJ30,BJC70,BJC85 drivers added - Epson Stylus Photo R200,R300 drivers added - tpfilter script for lprng spooler updated - fixes for UTF-8 / SuSE9.1 26-may-04 - 1.88 - Brother HL 5140,5150D,5170DN,6050,7050,8050 drivers added - Canon i80,i860,i960 drivers added - Epson Stylus Photo 960,1280,2200 drivers added - HP LaserJet 1300,2300,4200 drivers added - RPM packages now requires CUPS (LPRng can still be used with .tgz archive) - Canon i865: photo ink status display implemented - some Canon drivers: additional borderless formats added - new error diffusion dithering implemented - fixed color adjustments in xtpconfig 04-mar-04 - 1.87 - Epson C64,C84,Photo900 drivers added - Canon i905D driver fixed - Canon i865 / i965 duplex unit support fixed - some older drivers printed b&w only - fixed - Xandros Linux incompatibility workaround (tpconfig called by boot process) 26-jan-04 - 1.86 - Canon i450,i455,i470,i475,i865,i905D,i965 drivers added - Canon S9xx,i9xx cleaning sequence fixed 29-oct-03 - 1.85MacOS X - Mac OS X installer: incompatibility with OS X 10.3 fixed 22-oct-03 - 1.85 - fixed problems with CUPS 1.1.19 (e.g. SuSE9.0) print jobs were paused - synchronization CUPS <-> xtpsetup didn't work in TP 1.84 - fixed problems with postscript printing from Windows clients - printout too dark with some Epson Stylus Photo printers - fixed 09-oct-03 - 1.84 - Canon i70,i250,i350,i450,i560,i6500,i9100 drivers added - Canon printers - ink status: use exact ink information if available - borderless mode on plain paper fixed (i550,i850) - Epson Stylus C44 driver added - HP DeskJet 515x,565x,585x drivers added - custom page size (defined in xtpconfig) now correctly used with CUPS - fixed problems with localized strings missing in xtpsetup/xtpconfig 30-jul-03 - 1.83 - xtpconfig: user settings were reverted to defaults 18-jul-03 - 1.82-2 - CUPS library sometimes not found; fixed - HP Color Laser fix (skipped parts black) 10-jul-03 - 1.82 - Epson Stylus Photo 2100 driver added - new color correction for Epson Stylus C82 - HP Color Laser bug fixed (end of lines printed black) - xtpsetup now synchronized with changes in CUPS WEB frontend - Mac OS X: - new installer / uninstaller - installation also updates PPD files of installed printers - postscript printing now handled by pstoturboprint filter 08-may-03 - 1.81 - Canon i950,i320,S200 drivers added - Epson Stylus Photo 895 driver added - HP DeskJet 2500C driver added - pstoturboprint filter: PATH variable set (gs sometimes not found) - Epson Stylus C70/80/82: not all colors were printed at page bottom 08-apr-03 - 1.80 - Canon i850 driver added - HP DeskJet 5550, PhotoSmart 71xx,73xx,75xx drivers added - tpfilter and pstoturboprint filters changed (process substitution didn't work in bash2.05b) - PPD file format fixed (problems with SuSE 8.1) 31-mar-03 - 1.74 (MacOS X release version) - Mac OS X only changes: page size problem fixed, ghostscript added to archive 10-feb-03 - 1.72-2 - Epson Stylus Color 680,760,880 and others: missing color correction table added 27-jan-03 - 1.72 - problems with CUPS > 1.1.15 and certain postscript documents fixed 10-jan-03 - 1.71 - problems with Mandrake 9 fixed (log files could not be written after reboot) - security fixes: fixed temporary files removed, logfile permissions changed - setup fix (problems when updating from 1.62 or earlier): update PPD files for currently installed CUPS printers - Canon drivers: printing with setting "inkjet paper" didn't work properly on some models - HP drivers: printouts at 1200dpi were half size 28-nov-02 - 1.70 - Canon S330,S530,S830, i550 drivers added - Epson Stylus C42,C82, Photo915,Photo925 drivers added - HP DeskJet381x,382x,612x, PhotoSmart1000,11xx,12xx,13xx drivers added - LPR(ng) filtering system updated to accept postscript files with options from PPD files 08-nov-02 - 1.65beta (first MacOS X version) - Epson Stylus C62, Photo830,Photo850 drivers added - HP Color Laserjet: experimental beta driver added - Epson Stylus C60: color correction improved, quicker 360x360dpi printing - Epson Stylus Photo 810: color correction improved, borderless mode implemented print head alignment fixed - Canon S9000: A3+ page format fixed - Canon drivers: printing in b&w mode on inkjet/glossy paper implemented - CUPS filter: input format changed from cupsraster to postscript gs is called manually to fix following problems: - copies from StarOffice didn't work - espghostscript sometimes doesn't create output - CUPS 1.1.15 driver name not stored in cups raster file e.g. with RedHat 8.0 / Mandrake 9.0) 03-jun-02 - 1.62 - Canon S520,S750,S820,S900,S9000 drivers added - Epson Stylus C20,40,Photo810 ink status enabled - Epson printers: size of 4x6" photo paper corrected - HP LaserJet Duplex mode: page size initialization removed for reverse side - CUPS printer setup: /usr/sbin added to lpadmin path - changes for SuSE8: menu entries, printcap, demo pages 05-apr-02 - 1.61 - Canon BJC 8200 driver: support for new BCI6 ink added (xtpconfig "cartridge") - fixed: black text was sometimes printed as grey 26-mar-02 - 1.60 - manual updated - tpfilter fixed (sometimes postscript source code was printed) 07-mar-02 - 1.59beta - xtpsetup & xtpconfig localized (languages: English, German) - xtpconfig toolbox: ink status doesn't require root permissions if user has r/w permissions for /dev/lp0 - HP Laserjet drivers added: 4Si,4V,4plus,5,5Si,6,1100,2100 4000,4500,5000,8000,8100,8500 - Brother HL1650,1670N drivers added - Ordered dithering (coarse) for laser printers improved - HP Deskjet duplex adjustment: reverse side can be shifted to prevent top margin being cut off - Canon drivers: 4x6" paper size corrected (tear off margins were missing) 14-feb-02 - 1.52 - installation reworked: "install" renamed to "setup" GUI setup menu added, scripts adapted for RPM creation - xtpsetup: keyfile installation, help browser selection added - rastertoturboprint filter (CUPS): path for tpprint added 06-dec-01 - 1.51 - fixed: raw queues to local device didn't work 03-dec-01 - 1.50 - release version of 1.47beta 22-nov-01 - 1.47beta - Epson C70,C80 drivers added - Mirror printing implemented (default for backprint or transfer paper) - PPD files updated, should fix problems with StarOffice - xtpconfig toolbox: change ink cartridge for Epson StylusColor480 added 12-nov-01 - 1.45beta - Canon drivers added: S100,S300,S500,S630,S6300 - Epson drivers added: C20UX, C40UX, C60, Photo810 - HP drivers added: DeskJet 82x, 92x, 94x, 96x - Copies for non-laserjet printers implemented - HP DeskJet 9xx duples printing under CUPS implemented - Remote printing to socket implemented 07-sep-01 - 1.43 - xtpsetup: max. number of printcap entries increased from 100 to 2000 - xtpsetup with CUPS: added support for printing to socket - tpfilter: debug output sent to /var/log/turboprint_lpr.log instead of /var/spool/lpd/.../log 30-aug-01 - 1.42 - documentation updated 07-aug-01 - 1.41beta - Canon S600 driver added, S800 driver updated (new TrueMatch file) - Epson Stylus Color 480,580 fixed (sorry, "fix" in 1.39 wasn't correct) 23-jul-01 - 1.40 - documentation updated - xtpconfig: functionality of "Apply" button corrected 10-jul-01 - 1.39beta - support for CUPS printer spooler - xtpconfig: custom paper size added; ink saturation settings added CUPS specific settings added - HP DeskJet 600 driver fixed (color mode) - Epson Stylus Color 480,580 fixed (b/w & high quality) 27-jun-01 - 1.23beta - preliminary CUPS support added - xtpsetup: /dev/usblp0, /dev/usblp1 added to devices 16-jun-01 - 1.22beta - tpconfig: command line options for xwgui added 06-jun-01 - 1.21beta - Epson Stylus Color 480,580 drivers added (not completely tested) - HP DeskJet 9xx duplex printing fixed: last odd page wasn't fed 30-may-01 - 1.20 - xtpconfig: "Text" menu page added for a2ps/enscript parameters (page orientation, no. of columns, borders, headers) - German HTML manual added - installation script bilingual (English / German) - default help browser now netscape instead of kdehelp 17-may-01 - 1.11 - HP DeskJet 850/870 bug fixed, medium quality should work now 09-may-01 - 1.10 - release version of 1.05beta 04-may-01 - 1.05beta - Epson Stylus Color, II, IIs, 200, 500, Pro, ProXL added - Epson Stylus ink quantity check: timeout now 6sec instead of 2sec - HP DeskJet "bright white paper" commandcode fixed - GS output: PCX24bit instead of PPM used now (smoother greyscales) - smbprint script fixed, passwords should work now - tpfilter: DVI printing enabled - install: "cut --output-delimiter" didn't work in older distributions replaced by "sed" command 22-Mar-01 - 1.00 - xtpconfig: info page changed, help button added (calls kdehelp or other browser configured in /etc/turboprint/system.cfg) - xtpsetup: help buttons added - FreeEdition limitations: for highest print quality and photo print media a TurboPrint logo is added - Canon drivers added: S400,450,800,4500 - Epson drivers added: Stylus Color 777, Photo 790,875,890,1290 - Epson Stylus Color 670 driver fixed (Quality="Normal" didn't work in color) - HP driver added: DeskJet 980 23-feb-01 - 0.90beta - HTML docs added - tpconfig/xtpconfig: toolbox functionality added (test page, ink status, cleaning; was in tputility) new generic test page for all printers added timeout for ink status function added - tputility: removed - xtpconfig: image printing settings added (picture size & position) - xtpsetup: a test page can be printed after adding a new printer - tpsetup/xtpsetup: "checkpc -f" and "lpc reread" executed on save to get correct spooldir owner/permission and to reread printcap file - color correction files compressed - HP drivers added: DeskJet 870,850,600,6xx,500,550 - Epson drivers added: Stylus Color 680,880,980 - tpfilter: mktemp no longer used for tmp names (didn't work with Debian); paths for tpstdin, smbprint, ncpprint read from /etc/turboprint/system.cfg 07-dec-00 - 0.70beta - new GUI menues xtpsetup and xtpconfig; xtpconfig does not yet offer all settings of tpconfig - new tpsetup menu for setting up of printer queues (functionality removed from tpconfig) - tpsetup: now also a non-turboprint queue can be made default printer - tpconfig: added copies, brightness & color correction settings - Epson Stylus drivers added: Stylus Color 670, Stylus Photo 870,1270 - Epson Stylus USB port initialization added - HP DeskJet 990 driver added - preliminary duplex fix for DJ 970&990 (back of page was upside down; works only for postscript documents, final implementation will follow) - Canon BJC3xxx,6xxx,7xxx,8xxx ink status implemented (binary only: ok / ink low) - tpfilter: rewindstdin eliminated (didn't work with Caldera) - tpfilter: don't use -c flag anymore (didn't work with Caldera) - tpfilter: now interprets LPRng flags correctly 18-oct-00 - 0.63beta - Canon BJC drivers added: BJC 3000,6500,8200,8500 - new color tables for Canon BJC 6xxx,7xxx - utility functions for Canon BJC drivers added (align, clean, nozzlecheck; ink quantity doesn't work yet) 18-sept-00 - 0.62beta (not released) - tpconfig sometimes doesn't show printerlist: debugging messages added, all inputs now case insensitive; problem should be fixed now - LaserJet3, LaserJet4 driver added - Epson_StylusPhotoEX driver fixed (missing entry in .tpp file) - error diffusion dithering at top edges corrected 07-sept-00 - 0.61beta - tputility fixed (didn't work; message "can't complete docinfo") 06-sept-00 - 0.60beta - changed error diffusion dithering at top and side edges, smoother now - HP DeskJet970 duplex printing should work now (can't test) - tpfilter ASCII printing bugs fixed: - switching to enscript didn't work - result of "type a2ps" was sent to stdout - medium now set to A4/A4dj/Letter/Letterdj depending on page size & margins - HP Deskjet drivers added: 81x,83x,84x,88x,890,895,112x,122x - HP Deskjet drivers renamed: 930->93x,950->95x,970->97x - utility functions for HP DeskJet drivers added (align, clean, test) - Canon BJC drivers added: BJC 150,210,240,250,600,610,620 BJC 4000,4100,4200,4300,4400,4550,4650,6200 - Epson Stylus drivers added: Color 400,440,460,600,640,800,850, Color 1520,3000 25-aug-00 - 0.51beta: first public prerelease