escputil

I've improved escputil -i and -e as follows:

1) For ink colors, I'm now indexing off m1 in the header (ink
   cartridge name) rather than m2 (ink color).  The ink cartridge name
   appears to be more constant across different printers than the ink
   color.  I noticed this with the R2400 in particular (which I'm
   trying to get started on).

2) I've made the column format identical for all ink commands on all
   printers (the column widths had been different).

3) It now recognizes a variety of single-cartridge printers (such as
   the 870 and the C44) and returns extended ink information for those
   printers.

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[bugzilla-daemon <at> bugzilla.gnome.org: [Bug 127957] Support for gimpprint 5.0]

Tyler,

The GIMP folks are interested in picking up our GIMP plugin.  The way
I envision it is that they'd grab just the stub and we would continue
to own the UI (gutenprintui2).  For that to work, we'd need to build
the UI (which depends on GTK2) for the Macintosh for MacGIMP to work.
What are your thoughts on this?

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Subject: [Bug 127957] Support for gimpprint 5.0
Date: Sun,  2 Oct 2005 09:21:12 -0400 (EDT)

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- ------- Additional Comments From Robert Krawitz  2005-10-02 13:21 -------
Gutenprint (which is currently at release candidate status) ships with both GIMP
2.x and GIMP 1.2 plugins.  Both plugins are factored into a small GIMP-specific
portion and a larger UI library based on the appropriate version of GTK.  The
1.2 plugin is deprecated and will be withdrawn (with the UI library perhaps
turned over to Cinepaint) following 5.0 release (i. e. 5.1 will not have a
1.2-based plugin).

The 5.0 API is completely locked down at this point.  We've declared color
freeze (i. e. we won't be changing the colors except to fix really serious

Subject: Questions not frequently asked

Hi,

Why I have an empty directory:
 /usr/local/lib/gutenprint/5.0.0-rc1/modules/

Why cups-calibrate is installed in the
directory /usr/bin and not /usr/local/bin ?
(other software is installed in /usr/local/bin, only system
programs are in the /usr/bin/directory

Why after I upgrade gutenprint with an official release (not with the
snapshot!) the quadtone printing does not work?
I have the trouble with -beta3 -beta4 and -rc1 ...
I can't solve it until now... 
(If I select standard inks all inks are used and the image is correct)
I have checked ppd, recompiled all libraries, rerun
cups-ppdupdate-5.0 ....
What is the library or the file used only when printing whith quadtone
inks ?

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Subject: Re: Questions not frequently asked

   From: regisr <regisr <at> regix.com>
   Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:33:44 +0200

   Why I have an empty directory:
    /usr/local/lib/gutenprint/5.0.0-rc1/modules/

Roger, should this be created if modules aren't used?

   Why cups-calibrate is installed in the
   directory /usr/bin and not /usr/local/bin ?

All of the CUPS stuff seems to go in /usr, not /usr/local.  I don't
know if that's the right thing in this case.  For that matter, I don't
understand why cups-calibrate is distributed as part of Gutenprint
rather than with CUPS.

   (other software is installed in /usr/local/bin, only system
   programs are in the /usr/bin/directory

   Why after I upgrade gutenprint with an official release (not with the
   snapshot!) the quadtone printing does not work?
   I have the trouble with -beta3 -beta4 and -rc1 ...
   I can't solve it until now... 
   (If I select standard inks all inks are used and the image is correct)

What happens when you use quadtone inks?

   I have checked ppd, recompiled all libraries, rerun
   cups-ppdupdate-5.0 ....
   What is the library or the file used only when printing whith quadtone

Subject: Re: Questions not frequently asked

Robert L Krawitz wrote:
>    From: regisr <regisr <at> regix.com>
>    Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:33:44 +0200
> 
>    Why I have an empty directory:
>     /usr/local/lib/gutenprint/5.0.0-rc1/modules/
> 
> Roger, should this be created if modules aren't used?
> 
>    Why cups-calibrate is installed in the
>    directory /usr/bin and not /usr/local/bin ?
> 
> All of the CUPS stuff seems to go in /usr, not /usr/local.  I don't
> know if that's the right thing in this case.  For that matter, I don't
> understand why cups-calibrate is distributed as part of Gutenprint
> rather than with CUPS.

The official version is called "cupsprofile" and is distributed with
the CUPS DDK.  I see no reason for the Gutenprint version to continue
being included, particularly when Gutenprint already provides its own
color profiles and cups-calibrate profiles aren't supported on OSX...

As for the installation path, any user programs you install should be
installed in $(bindir).  Any filters (e.g. rastertogutenprint) must
be installed in the CUPS serverbin directory.

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Subject: Re: Questions not frequently asked

   Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:11:24 -0400
   From: Michael Sweet <mike <at> easysw.com>
   CC: regisr <at> regix.com, gimp-print-devel <at> lists.sourceforge.net

   Robert L Krawitz wrote:
   >    From: regisr <regisr <at> regix.com>
   >    Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:33:44 +0200
   > 
   >    Why I have an empty directory:
   >     /usr/local/lib/gutenprint/5.0.0-rc1/modules/
   > 
   > Roger, should this be created if modules aren't used?
   > 
   >    Why cups-calibrate is installed in the
   >    directory /usr/bin and not /usr/local/bin ?
   > 
   > All of the CUPS stuff seems to go in /usr, not /usr/local.  I don't
   > know if that's the right thing in this case.  For that matter, I don't
   > understand why cups-calibrate is distributed as part of Gutenprint
   > rather than with CUPS.

   The official version is called "cupsprofile" and is distributed
   with the CUPS DDK.  I see no reason for the Gutenprint version to
   continue being included, particularly when Gutenprint already
   provides its own color profiles and cups-calibrate profiles aren't
   supported on OSX...

OK, anyone have objections to removing it?

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Subject: Re: Questions not frequently asked

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 18:54:00 -0400
Robert L Krawitz <rlk <at> alum.mit.edu> a écrit:

> What happens when you use quadtone inks?

I obtain one grey  (but there is some areas a little lighter or darker)
on all the print area.

> Same library and file is used.  I doubt very much that this is a PPD
> issue.

Last time I have rebuild all libraries on my system, rerun the
installation process and I can print again in quadtone. But I don't
known why it was working. When I upgrade with snapshot I have no
trouble. When I have upgraded to rc1 the problem come back!
I have rebuild all again but without success.

Does some parameters are used only with quadtone inks? (or for different
use?) 
Dark/gray transition? (but this don't explain the result...)
Is it possible to know the defaults for them?  

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Subject: Re: Questions not frequently asked

Robert L Krawitz <rlk <at> alum.mit.edu> writes:

>    From: regisr <regisr <at> regix.com>
>    Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:33:44 +0200
>
>    Why I have an empty directory:
>     /usr/local/lib/gutenprint/5.0.0-rc1/modules/
>
> Roger, should this be created if modules aren't used?

Yes; it's an automake limitation.  See install-data-hook in
src/cups/Makefile.am for how we work around it there.

>    Why cups-calibrate is installed in the
>    directory /usr/bin and not /usr/local/bin ?

You need to specify the CUPS prefix with --with-cups=PREFIX.  It
defaults to /usr, but also uses cups-config if available.

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Subject: Re: Questions not frequently asked

   Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 08:20:17 +0200
   From: regisr <regisr <at> regix.com>

   On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 18:54:00 -0400
   Robert L Krawitz <rlk <at> alum.mit.edu> a écrit:

   > What happens when you use quadtone inks?

   I obtain one grey  (but there is some areas a little lighter or darker)
   on all the print area.

   > Same library and file is used.  I doubt very much that this is a PPD
   > issue.

   Last time I have rebuild all libraries on my system, rerun the
   installation process and I can print again in quadtone. But I don't
   known why it was working. When I upgrade with snapshot I have no
   trouble. When I have upgraded to rc1 the problem come back!  I have
   rebuild all again but without success.

   Does some parameters are used only with quadtone inks? (or for
   different use?)  Dark/gray transition? (but this don't explain the
   result...)  Is it possible to know the defaults for them?

Does it work if you use the GIMP plugin?

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Subject: Re: Questions not frequently asked

   From: Roger Leigh <rleigh <at> whinlatter.ukfsn.org>
   Cc: regisr <at> regix.com, gimp-print-devel <at> lists.sourceforge.net
   Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 10:08:37 +0100

   Robert L Krawitz <rlk <at> alum.mit.edu> writes:

   >    From: regisr <regisr <at> regix.com>
   >    Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:33:44 +0200
   >
   >    Why I have an empty directory:
   >     /usr/local/lib/gutenprint/5.0.0-rc1/modules/
   >
   > Roger, should this be created if modules aren't used?

   Yes; it's an automake limitation.  See install-data-hook in
   src/cups/Makefile.am for how we work around it there.

Ugh.

   >    Why cups-calibrate is installed in the
   >    directory /usr/bin and not /usr/local/bin ?

   You need to specify the CUPS prefix with --with-cups=PREFIX.  It
   defaults to /usr, but also uses cups-config if available.

cups-calibrate isn't a CUPS driver; it's a user-level program and (if
we don't drop it) would best be installed with other user-level
programs.  It looks like that might be difficult to accomplish,
though.