OpenPrinting Announcements : OpenPrinting User Forums
Here we post news about OpenPrinting, like new printers or drivers listed in the database, changes on the web site, new services, ...
Foomatic 4.0.0 Released!
Posted by: till (IP Logged)
Date: January 14, 2009 01:26PM
Foomatic 4.0.0 is released and now available for download. Most important new feature is that it supports the PDF printing workflow (replacing PostScript by PDF as standard print job format).
It also uses the CUPS PPD extenstions for custom options (numerical, string, and password options) so that these options can get fully accessed in graphical user interfaces like the web administration interface of CUPS 1.4 or the GTK printing dialog.
The universal print filter foomatic-rip is now rewritten in C, so that it can directly make use of libraries without needing Perl bindings. This simplifies future development, like adding job ticket support.
Support for more detailed driver information, to make it easier for users to choose the best driver, either by browsing the OpenPrinting web site or by the local printer setup tool offering drivers from OpenPrinting for automatic download. Also non-free drivers and PPDs are now supported by the database.
New driver search facility. The OpenPrinting database can be queried with a device ID read from a connected printer and also with incomplete or not absolutely correctly typed manufacturer and model names and it gives the best matches of possible printer models.
More flexibility in writing XML data files. printer/driver relations can now also be defined in the printer XML files and not only in the driver XMLs.
See more features in the README file of the foomatic-db-engine package.
My special thanks go to Lars Uebernickel who did most of the work on developing Foomatic 4.0 as an intern at the Linux Foundation, mentored by me.
Have a lot of fun with the new Foomatic generation!
Till
OpenPrinting Manager
OpenPrinting (linuxprinting.org) Forum and web site administrator
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/14/2009 01:43PM by till.
It also uses the CUPS PPD extenstions for custom options (numerical, string, and password options) so that these options can get fully accessed in graphical user interfaces like the web administration interface of CUPS 1.4 or the GTK printing dialog.
The universal print filter foomatic-rip is now rewritten in C, so that it can directly make use of libraries without needing Perl bindings. This simplifies future development, like adding job ticket support.
Support for more detailed driver information, to make it easier for users to choose the best driver, either by browsing the OpenPrinting web site or by the local printer setup tool offering drivers from OpenPrinting for automatic download. Also non-free drivers and PPDs are now supported by the database.
New driver search facility. The OpenPrinting database can be queried with a device ID read from a connected printer and also with incomplete or not absolutely correctly typed manufacturer and model names and it gives the best matches of possible printer models.
More flexibility in writing XML data files. printer/driver relations can now also be defined in the printer XML files and not only in the driver XMLs.
See more features in the README file of the foomatic-db-engine package.
My special thanks go to Lars Uebernickel who did most of the work on developing Foomatic 4.0 as an intern at the Linux Foundation, mentored by me.
Have a lot of fun with the new Foomatic generation!
Till
OpenPrinting Manager
OpenPrinting (linuxprinting.org) Forum and web site administrator
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/14/2009 01:43PM by till.
This Thread has been closed