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2e4ff8af MS |
4 | CHANGES IN CUPS V1.4b1 |
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4509bb49 MS |
6 | - The PPD compiler did not include OID query keywords in PPD |
7 | files (STR #2871) | |
8 | - The cups-driverd helper program now directly supports driver | |
9 | information files. | |
75bd9771 MS |
10 | - The USB backend now uses libusb when available (STR #1575) |
11 | - Added ppdLocalizeAttr function to get the localized version | |
12 | of an attribute. | |
dd1abb6b MS |
13 | - MIME types now support a priority() attribute (STR #2719) |
14 | - The standard MIME types are now installed in | |
15 | DataDir/mime (STR #2719) | |
16 | - The lpoptions command now describes custom options and | |
17 | the necessary parameters (STR #2660) | |
18 | - The ppdmerge program did not support Simplified Chinese | |
19 | or Traditional Chinese language version strings (STR #2851) | |
bdd6c45b MS |
20 | - The PPD compiler now supports localizable attributes |
21 | (STR #2738) | |
22 | - The ppdpo utility now includes cupsIPPReasons values in | |
23 | the message catalogs it generates (STR #2754) | |
24 | - The PPD compiler now supports conditional directives | |
25 | (STR #2636) | |
26 | - The ppdc utility now supports a "-t" option to test PPD | |
27 | files (STR #2739) | |
28 | - The ppdc utility now supports a "-m" option to use the | |
29 | ModelName value as the output filename. | |
30 | - The ppdc utility now supports a FileName directive to | |
31 | set an alternate output filename (STR #2740) | |
20fbc903 MS |
32 | - The side-channel API now supports SNMP queries for the |
33 | standard network backends. | |
01ce6322 MS |
34 | - Added a PageLogFormat directive to the cupsd.conf file to |
35 | control the format of lines in the page_log file. | |
c9fc04c6 MS |
36 | - Filters can now send PPD: messages to stderr to set PPD |
37 | keywords like DefaultPageSize while a job is printing. | |
7a14d768 MS |
38 | - Added a mdns backend for discovery and printing to printers |
39 | that advertise themselves via DNS-SD (Bonjour) | |
40 | - The ipp, lpd, and socket backends now support DNS-SD service | |
41 | name resolution. | |
42 | - The scheduler now uses a single shared file descriptor for | |
43 | all DNS-SD registrations (STR #2674) | |
44 | - The ipp, lpd, and socket backends now support SNMP-based | |
45 | page accounting and supply level monitoring (STR #1655) | |
634763e8 MS |
46 | - Added support for cupsPJLDisplay attribute to control what |
47 | PJL commands are used to display the job information. | |
3dfe78b3 MS |
48 | - Driver information files can now be installed in |
49 | /Library/Printers/PPDs.drv on Mac OS X. | |
50 | - The CUPS image library now supports reading images larger | |
51 | than 2GB. | |
52 | - The scheduler now delays writing config and state files to | |
53 | reduce disk activity (STR #2684) | |
ae71f5de MS |
54 | - The CUPS-Get-Devices operation now supports the |
55 | exclude-schemes and timeout attributes to control which | |
56 | backends are polled and for how long. | |
57 | - The cups-deviced helper application now runs backends in | |
58 | parallel to get the list of devices faster. | |
839a51c8 MS |
59 | - Added --enable-pap configure option. |
60 | - The default cupsd.conf file now includes an "authenticated" | |
61 | policy which requires authentication for remote print jobs. | |
62 | - Added support for Czech and Hungarian in PPD files | |
63 | (STR #2735, STR #2736) | |
64 | - The PPD compiler tools now support Mac OS X .strings files | |
65 | for localization (STR #2737) | |
66 | - ppdOpen*() now default the colorspace member to PPD_CS_N | |
67 | when no DefaultColorSpace attribute is present in the PPD | |
68 | file. | |
50fe7201 MS |
69 | - The build system has been updated to support separate |
70 | installation of data, program, header, and library files. | |
71 | - All support libraries are now built as shared libraries | |
72 | by default. | |
568fa3fa MS |
73 | - The scheduler now manages ICC color profiles on Mac OS X. |
74 | - The network backends (ipp, lpd, socket) now support | |
75 | SNMP-based supply and page count monitoring (STR #1655) | |
76 | - The lppasswd program is no longer installed setuid to | |
77 | root to make the default installation more secure. | |
5a738aea MS |
78 | - Added a new ppdLocalizeMarkerName() function to get |
79 | the localized version of a marker-names value. | |
d9bca400 MS |
80 | - The scheduler now provides the printer-dns-sd-name |
81 | attribute for printers shared via DNS-SD/Bonjour. | |
91c84a35 MS |
82 | - The pdftops filter now executes the Xpdf or poppler |
83 | pdftops utility to convert PDF files (STR #1471) | |
080811b1 MS |
84 | - Bonjour printer registrations now advertise as local or |
85 | global based on the current access policies for the | |
86 | printer. | |
87 | - cupsGetDests*() and cupsSetDests*() now track the last | |
88 | used printer preference on Mac OS X. | |
3d052e43 | 89 | - Added a new streaming request API (STR #2261) |
a4924f6c MS |
90 | - Added a new cupsGetNamedDest() function to the CUPS |
91 | library for faster printing with lp and lpr (STR #2638) | |
92 | - The scheduler now sets the PAM RHOST value on systems | |
93 | that support it (STR #2637) | |
94 | - The scheduler now sandboxes child processes when | |
95 | possible. | |
0a682745 MS |
96 | - The Cancel-Job operation now supports a purge-job |
97 | attriibute to purge a specified job. | |
98 | - ppdEmit* and ppdCollect* now use the NonUIOrderDependency | |
99 | attributes for custom option selections. | |
2e4ff8af MS |
100 | - The web interface now enables/disables the printer |
101 | sharing (formerly publishing) controls based on the | |
102 | server-is-sharing-printers state (STR #2233) | |
103 | - The scheduler now tracks printer sharing via the | |
104 | server-is-sharing-printers attribute, and manages LPD | |
105 | and SMB sharing as well (STR #2233) | |
106 | - The web interface now allows you to go back to the make/ | |
107 | manufacturer page if there is no matching printer driver | |
108 | on the model page (STR #2436) | |
109 | - The printer list now shows the default media, banner, and | |
110 | duplex options as well as the color and duplex capabilities | |
111 | of printers (STR #1175) | |
112 | - The web interface look-n-feel has been updated (STR #2492) | |
113 | - The scheduler now supports a CUPS-Get-Document operation | |
114 | that returns the specified print job document (STR #118) | |
115 | - The cupsfilter utility now supports a "-J jobid" option | |
116 | to filter the document from the specified job. | |
117 | - The scheduler (cupsd) now supports a new option (-t) to | |
118 | do a syntax check of the cupsd.conf file (STR #2003) | |
119 | - Added new cupsGetPPD3() API to allow applications to | |
120 | cache PPDs safely (STR #1473) | |
121 | - Added generic PostScript and PCL printer driver PPDs. | |
56ab62c6 | 122 |