Hi,
NOTE: Please wait with uploading until QPDF 7.0~b1 is readily available!
I have released cups-filters 1.17.1 now, with the following changes:
- libcupsfilters: Added direct PNG printing to the PPD
generator, the one of CUPS has it, too.
- libcupsfilters: In the PPD file generator renamed the option
"cupsPrintQuality" into the IPP name "print-quality" as CUPS
does not update the "print-quality=4" entry in the filter
command line based on the setting of "cupsPrintQuality"
(CUPS issue #5090).
- libcupsfilters: Completely redone the way how to determine
the resolutions to use for the default resolution and print
quality option in the PPDs generated for IPP
printers. Resolution lists from IPP attributes are now read
into sorted, duplicate-free lists with wrong resolutions
removed or fixed. Resolutions actually used are the common
ones between the supported PDLs, PDls with inferior maximum
resolution or with broken resolution list are skipped
(Debian bug #868360, Ubuntu bug #1712019, CUPS issue #5088,
CUPS issue #5091).
- rastertopdf: Prefer RLE compression instead of Flate as
there are HP printers where Flate is buggy.
- Build system: Fixed help mesage for "--enable-driverless"
configure option (Bug #1405).
This release is the first bug fix release after adding PCLm support. It
especially contains a redone handling of resolution IPP attributes of
driverless printers, as here I have already observed several firmware
bugs. Also the print quality option in the generated PPDs is actually
working now.
I have already uploaded this to Ubuntu as 1.17.1-0ubuntu1 so that users
can start testing. Please use this Ubuntu package to make your Debian
package.
Thanks in advance.
Till
