cups-filters 1.28.17 released!
January 24, 2023
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Bug fix release, to more reliably discover all printer capablities from driverless printers, especially borderless printing, and to preferably use Apple Raster instead of PWG Raster or PCLM.
- libcupsfilters: In PPD generator create only one
*cupsFilter2:line for raster. Only use the most desirable/reliable format, usually Apple Raster (Issue #498). - libcupsfilters: In
get_printer_attributes()pollmedia-col-databaseseparately if needed. On some printers one getsmedia-col-databaseonly this way. Often it reveals important functionality, like for example borderless printing (Issue #492). - libcupsfilters: Let PPD generator also parse
media-col-readyIPP attribute.media-col-readylists the loaded media, in contrary tomedia-ready, as list of complete descriptions of the media (media-coldata structure). This often lists also variants like borderless (it is the same physical paper). Especially useful whenmedia-col-databaseis not available (Issue #492). - libcupsfilters: In
generate_sizes()consider all margin alternatives. When generating the PPD file for a driverless printer, and in themedia-{left,right,top,bottom}-margin-supportedprinter IPP attributes there was more than 1 value, the first value (which often was the 0 for borderless printing) was not considered, leaving the borderless functionality of many printers undiscovered (Issue #492).
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