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E-mail: Martin.Lottermoser@t-online.de. - -******************************************************************************* -* * -* Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 by Martin Lottermoser * -* All rights reserved * -* * -******************************************************************************* - - -Version 3.3 (released 2001-08-19) -================================= -* Options - - There is a new option "-sPJLJob" for declaring the generated file as a - PJL print job. - - I've documented the options "PCLInit1" and "PCLInit2" because I now know of - a situation where one of them is needed. - - The option "-dCUPSMessages" has been split into "-dCUPSMessages" and - "-dCUPSAccounting". - - I have added a new option "-dConfigureEveryPage" which is needed by some - not strictly PCL-3-conforming printers. -* Compilation - - Adaptation to AFPL ghostscript 7.0 (previously only available as a patch - file) and GNU ghostscript 6.51. -* Other - - I've removed the "PageCountFile" configuration parameter for cups-pcl3 - because the corresponding device parameter can also be set from PostScript. - - I've corrected a bug which showed itself in wrong colour rendering for - yellow on 64-bit platforms when using Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion. - - If you've been using gs-pcl3-hpdj8xxc.ppd or gs-pcl3-hpdj1120c.ppd in an - environment where you had to explicitly specify values for the options - "*eprnBlackLevels" or "*eprnNonBlackLevels" you'll have to replace these - now with a reference to "*pcl3IntensityLevels". - - - -Version 3.2 (released 2001-03-26) -================================= -This is the first non-beta release of pcl3 after hpdj 2.6. - -The main functional extension in this release is support for the Common UNIX -Printing System (CUPS): -- I have added PPD files for the supported subdevices. -- The package now contains a filter for using pcl3 with CUPS. -- The driver has a new option "-dCUPSMessages" to generate messages in the - format demanded by CUPS. - - -Version 3.1 (released 2001-02-28) -================================= -- After waiting almost 5 years for someone to implement it where it logically - belongs (in the ghostscript core distribution somewhere near the "prn" - device), I have finally dropped a deliberate restriction in hpdj/pcl3 and - have implemented Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion on my own. The resulting - quality is quite good, the performance isn't. There is a new option - "-sIntensityRendering" which selects the rendering method to use. -- I have added support for the RGB colour model. This is mostly of interest to - people writing other ghostscript drivers and wishing to use pcl3's "eprn" - device. -- I have changed the "SendNULs" option to be of integer type instead of a - boolean. -- The option "-dNoHalftoning" has been replaced by the value "printer" for the - new option "-sIntensityRendering". -- I have changed the %N name used by the message catalogues for pcl3opts from - "pcltools" to "pcl3opts". You should delete your old catalogues if you - installed them. - - -Version 3.0.2 (released 2000-11-09) -=================================== -- Because I'm disappointed with the way the FTP server previously used for - distributing hpdj is administered, I've moved pcl3's WWW home page to - http://home.t-online.de/home/Martin.Lottermoser/pcl3.html. -- I've made one change in the generated PCL code (argument value for Start - Raster Graphics) which, according to the HP documentation available to me, - should be equivalent but which is apparently a necessary condition for duplex - printing on the HP DJ 970C. -- The option -dOnlyCRD is now documented. -- Rearrangements in the output of pcl3opts, addition of -dOnlyCRD if needed. -- Clarifications in the reference page. - - -Version 3.0.1 (released 2000-10-27) -=================================== -Bugfix release (-sSubdevice leading to 300 ppi resolution). - - -Version 3.0 (released 2000-10-22) -================================= -As predicted in hpdj 2.5, the name of this driver has been changed to "pcl3". -I am sorry it took so long for this version to be released, but, apart from -other tasks intervening, the work for this driver expanded in a manner I had -not anticipated. The current version is practically a new implementation, hence -this is only a beta release which should be approached with appropriate care. - -* Functionality/behaviour of the driver - - + Removed Functionality - - I have removed the optional source code for generating a device-specific - 'InputAttributes' page device parameter. I had misunderstood the purpose - of this parameter in PostScript. - - + Modifications - - The option "Colo[u]rMode" is now called ""Colo[u]rModel" and its default - value is called "Gray" instead of "mono". - - The default for "ManualFeed" is now always "false". - - The "MarginFile" option has been renamed "MediaConfigurationFile" and - media configuration files now expect PPD mediaOption keywords (like "A4") - instead of PCL page size codes ("26" for ISO A4) to identify media sizes. - - The "MediaType" parameter has been renamed "Medium" to prevent a conflict - with PostScript Level 3. There are extensions in the permissible values - as well. - - The "Model" option has been renamed "Subdevice" and the permissible - values have been changed. - - The "PagecountFile" option is now called "PageCountFile" in order to - agree with the spelling of the page device parameter "PageCount". - - The default compression method depends now on the subdevice chosen. - For "unspec", it is 2 instead of 9 as previously. - - + Extensions - - More printer models are explicitly supported (in particular some of the - series 300 and 600 DeskJets). - - It is now possible to select supported printer models (subdevices) - directly by a "-sDEVICE" option. - - The driver can now also deal with media fed long edge first. This is - needed for envelope sizes on some older DeskJets. The implementation is - actually more general and adds support for the standard - PostScript-Level-3 page device parameter "LeadingEdge". - - The driver now reacts to media positions (numbers identifying input or - output trays) determined by PostScript's media selection process. - - The driver now supports banner printing. - - The driver now supports duplex printing. - - There is a new option "-dNoHalftoning" which turns off ghostscript's - halftoning. - - I've added support for printers (e.g., Olivetti JP 792) which violate PCL - in requiring the black pixel plane to be sent last when printing in - colour. - - You now have direct access to print quality parameters for older DeskJets. - - There are two new options with minor usefulness (SendNULs, PJLLanguage). - -* Documentation - - I have rewritten the documentation in SGML, using the DocBook DTD. - The distribution contains derived variants as an nroff/troff manual page - and in HTML format. - - To my dismay I have discovered that the description on how to increase the - halftone screen frequency does not work with current ghostscript versions. - The manual page has been corrected accordingly. - - The support for functionality needing the PCL command "Configure Raster - Data" is no longer marked as unsafe because I have finally obtained some - official HP documentation on it. - - I've added a preliminary version of a TeX document (notes.tex) containing - useful information for other driver implementors. - -* Other Changes - - I've added a command "pcl3opts" which parses PCL-3+ files and guesses the - options needed to generate a file with similar settings using pcl3. This - command is intended for people having access to a manufacturer-endorsed - driver for their printer. - - I've added some PostScript files to the package: - - calign.ps for checking the relative alignment of ink cartridges - - dumpppd.ps for dumping the contents of the page device dictionary to - standard output - - levels-test.ps for checking the basic colour capabilities of ghostscript - and the driver - -* Compilation/Sources - - I have restructured the driver and split it into three layers. - The top-most one is a new abstract gs device ("eprn") extending - ghostscript's standard "prn" device and dealing with aspects independent of - PCL. The lowest layer is a PCL-3+ generator. Both components are intended - to be usable in other contexts as well. The "pcl3" driver proper is the - intermediate layer connecting the other two. - - The way you have to integrate pcl3's sources in the compilation has - changed. You now have less compilation options to worry about. - - - -Version 2.6 (released 1999-10-16) -================================= -The main purpose of this version is to update the address of hpdj's FTP site -and my e-mail address which have changed. Other changes are: - -* Documentation - - I have removed the description of HPDJ_INPUTATTRIBUTES from README.hpdj. - The symbol can still be defined during compilation if you need it, but - because I had misunderstood the purpose of the 'InputAttributes' page - device parameter hpdj's resulting behaviour is not in agreement with the - PostScript language definition. - - README.hpdj now describes a fix for ghostscript's BG/UCR bug which was - previously mentioned only on hpdj's WWW home page. - - I've made numerous small changes in the manual page and README.hpdj. - -* Compilation - - The make file parts needed for hpdj are no longer diffs but simply text - segments which can be inserted with an ordinary text editor. - -There are almost no changes in the source code. - - - -Version 2.5 (released 1998-11-22) -================================= -This is mainly a release to adapt hpdj to gs 5.50. There are no changes in -functionality. - -Unless there arise reasons for quickly issuing a new package, this will be the -last release where the driver is called "hpdj". The new name will probably be -"pcl3" and numbering will start with version 3.0. - -* Changes in behaviour - - hpdj will now complain if you specify the option 'BitsPerPixel' unless the - value given happens to be the same as the one chosen by hpdj. - -* Compilation - - hpdj should now adapt automatically to the ghostscript version used, i.e., - you no longer have to set version-specific defines for older gs releases. - - One user encountered and located a bug in Microsoft VC++ 5.0 which - prevented reading margin files. This release works around the bug. - -* Documentation - - Numerous small changes. - - - -Version 2.4 (released 1998-04-27) -================================= -Starting with this version, hpdj is released under the terms of the GNU Library -General Public License (LGPL) instead of the GNU GPL. - -* Extensions - - This version supports the Color Resolution Enhancement technology (C-REt) - feature of some HP series-800 DeskJets, at least as far as I've been able - to discover how this works without any documentation from HP. See the - description of the new options 'BlackLevels' and 'CMYLevels' in the manual - page. - - There is a new option, "PagecountFile", which can be used to keep track of - the number of pages printed. It is intended for spooler backends. - - As an example of an input filter for a BSD spooler (lpr), I've added a file - 'if-hpdj' to the distribution. Read the comments in the file to find out - what it can do. - - I've extended the list of PCL media size codes known to hpdj by some codes - of interest to people with series-1100 DeskJets. - -* Modifications - - The DJ 850C/855C/unspec margin information has been modified: - - The margins for the JIS B5 format were demonstrably wrong for the DJ 850C - and have been changed. - - I've removed the entry for US A2 envelopes because contrary to what I - believed previously this size is not supported. - -* Documentation - - The FILES section in the manual page has been restructured and extended as - a CONFIGURATION section. In particular, for those not familiar with - PostScript, I've added much more on configuration with PostScript commands. - -* Compilation - - I have added a missing "#include <errno.h>" directive to hpdjprn.c. - - I have added an include directive for Aladdin's header "std.h" where - appropriate in order to avoid some name clashes with non-standard system - types like 'uint' on some operating systems (e.g., FreeBSD). - - - - -Version 2.3 (released 1997-12-16) -================================= -This is a release to fix a bug preventing linking when HPDJ_MARGIN_FILE was -defined during compilation. - - - -Version 2.2 (released 1997-12-08) -================================= -Most of the changes in this version are either in the documentation or internal. -So far, only one bug has been reported for hpdj 2.1 and it is concerned with -compilation and not with the generated PCL code (see below). - -* Changes in behaviour - - - Printing with a series-500 DeskJet on envelope sizes now assumes manual - feed unless overridden by the new 'ManualFeed' option. - - - I have finally managed to see how to support automatic rotation for pages - in landscape orientation without help from 'setpagedevice'. The rule is - now: put media into the input tray short edge first and let hpdj worry - about the rest. - - In particular, it is now possible to use setpagedevice to declare landscape - orientation in default user space and thus obtain a file which can be - viewed on the screen in its proper orientation and which will, without - modifications, print correctly if processed by hpdj. - - - hpdj can now also install its own 'InputAttributes' dictionary in its page - device dictionary. (And if you don't know what that can be used for you - should skip this paragraph.) There will be one entry for each page size - supported by the printer model chosen. This has the disadvantage that - unsupported page sizes no longer produce readable messages like - - ? Device hpdj: This document requests a page size of 210 x 297 pt. - This exceeds the custom page size limits for the DeskJet 850C. - - from hpdj but instead slightly cryptic messages like - - Error: /configurationerror in --setpagedevice-- - Additional information: [/PageSize [210 297]] - - from the setpagedevice operator (some ghostscript versions, e.g. gs 4.03, - even omit the second of these lines). The advantage is that setpagedevice - can now perform the usual media size matching. - - This feature is not active by default because it generates the wrong - initial CTM if the printer model supports custom page sizes and the media - size requested could be matched as a custom page size. This is due to a bug - in make_adjustment_matrix() (file zmedia2.c) which is present in at least - gs 3.53, gs 4.03 and gs 5.10. The hpdj distribution contains a patch file - for zmedia2.c based on gs 5.10 which fixes this problem. - - Compile hpdj with -DHPDJ_INPUTATTRIBUTES to activate this feature. - - -* Command line options: - - - New options (see the manual page for descriptions): - - DryTime - - ManualFeed - - - Changes in option interfaces (no change in functionality): - - ColourMode and ColorMode accept "monochrome" as a synonym for "mono". - - MediaType now recognizes the string "photo paper". - - PrintQuality accepts "best" as a synonym for "presentation". - - -* Manual page: - - I have made the nroff/troff syntax more acceptable to man commands of - limited intelligence and faulty man macros. In particular, man is now more - likely to discover that preprocessing by tbl is needed, and nroff should - no longer get confused what the "previous" font is after CW has been used. - (The Linux system on which I developed hpdj 2.1 did not have these faults, - but since then I have switched distributions...) - - The man page now contains a reference to hpdj's FTP site. - - The list of printers known to work with hpdj has been extended. - - I have rewritten most of the "LIMITATIONS" section. - -* Additional files in the distribution: - - This file :-). - - A copy of the hpdj home page, hpdj.html, giving a short introduction to - ghostscript and hpdj, together with instructions on where to get them. - - Patch files for devs.mak in Aladdin ghostscript 3.53 and 5.10. - - Patch file for zmedia2.c (bug in make_adjustment_matrix()) based on Aladdin - ghostscript 5.10. - - Margin test files in landscape orientation for ISO A4 and US Letter. - -* Compilation: - - In two places, I had used dynamic initializers for structs. This is not - required to be supported by ISO/ANSI C and gave error messages from at - least one compiler. This bug has been fixed. - - A user reported problems with the interpretation of return values of - fprintf() on his non-ISO/ANSI-C-conforming system. This lead to hpdj - erroneously assuming that an error had occurred. The code has been changed - to circumvent this problem. - - Based on user feedback, I have rewritten parts of README.hpdj. - - There is a new printer model, "none", intended only as a compile-time value - for HPDJ_DEFAULT_MODEL. Using this model leads to an error message telling - the user that s/he should explicitly specify -sModel. I have introduced this - value for the benefit of persons distributing binary versions of ghostscript - and wishing to force their users to deliberately choose the printer model. - This is the default value for HPDJ_DEFAULT_MODEL now. - - The source code for the driver is now distributed over 7 files instead of - 3 as before. - - - -Version 2.1 (released 1997-06-08) -================================= -This was the first widely-released version of hpdj. |