Gimp-Print 4.2.4-rc1, released November 19, 2002, is a release candidate for Gimp-Print 4.2.4 the stable Gimp-Print 4.2 series (it is not Gimp-Print 4.2.4).

Gimp-Print is a suite of printer drivers that may be used with most common UNIX print spooling systems, including CUPS, lpr, LPRng, or others. These drivers provide high quality printing for UNIX (including Macintosh OS X 10.2 and newer) and Linux systems in many cases equal to or better than proprietary vendor-supplied drivers, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks.

This software includes the Print plug-in for the Gimp, and GhostScript and CUPS drivers, including Foomatic data.

The Print plug-in for the requires the Gimp 1.2.

The CUPS driver requires CUPS 1.1.9 or higher. 1.1.14 or above is highly recommended, as certain translation-related bugs are fixed and it is possible to print true CMYK.

The Ghostscript driver requires GNU Ghostscript 5.10, 5.50, 6.51, or any later GNU Ghostscript release based on 6.51 (e. g. 6.52). It may also be used with GNU Ghostscript 7.05, or with ESP Ghostscript 7.05.

The IJS GhostScript plugin driver requires GNU Ghostscript 6.53 or later, ESP Ghostscript 7.05 or later, or APFL GhostScript 7.04 or later.

Users of Macintosh OS X 10.2 and above can use this package, as the printing system is based on CUPS, which is supported by Gimp-print. Note that Macintosh OS X 10.0 and 10.1 (including 10.1.5) cannot use this package. We recommend that Macintosh OS X users download the precompiled installer package from http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net rather than attempt to build this package from source, as using the installer is much simpler. We further recommend that Macintosh OS X users install ESP GhostScript, to permit printing from Carbon applications (such as most Adobe applications) that generate PostScript rather than PDF output. Directions for that are also available at http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net.

Please read the README file for full instructions on installing this package.

Gimp-Print 4.2.4-rc1 contains the following fixes and changes over Gimp-Print 4.2.4-pre2:

1) Support for the HP DesignJet 230, 250, 430, 450, 455, 488, 700, 2500, and 3500 printers.

2) PCL laser printers (pcl-2, pcl-3, pcl-4, pcl-5, and pcl-6), including HP LaserJet printers and many other models, now print black correctly (previously it was printed as a medium gray).

3) PCL laser printers now have correct margins on A4 paper.

The following bugs have been fixed in Gimp-Print 4.2.4-rc1:

631936 HP DesignJet Margin Problems 619537 QUALITY - Poor quality w/ Lexmark OprtaE+ and pcl-4 603702 QUALITY-HP LaserJet 5L print is too light

The following bugs are currently open:

409612 Minor positioning prob on 4x6 glossy 538097 QUALITY-Poor quality printing on Canon s400 549677 Incorrect scaling on Canon BJC-1000 557868 QUALITY-Washed out color under Gimp on HP560c 581168 Canon BJC 250 just spits out pages 601767 Mac OS X: Canon BJC 2100 does not print multiple pages 602933 QUALITY-Poor quality on Canon S800 613054 Mac OS X: Printing from InDesign 2.0 on OS 10.2.1 614882 QUALITY - Problems with CANON BJC-55 - Gimp-Print 619299 QUALITY - brightness adjustment problem 621668 Epson Stylus full bleed prints have slight margin 625780 Epson Stylus Pro 5000 does not print 627266 Epson Stylus Pro Autoselect paper feed broken 627978 QUALITY: Canon BJC-6500 has magenta cast. 631937 HP DesignJet Sheet Cutter Problem 639356 Build system: The version of libtool is too old