Gutenprint
Gutenprint (formerly Gimp-Print) is a collection of printer drivers for Unix/Linux that currently supports over 800 printers. It emphasizes quality and flexibility, offering a wide variety of options to meet most printing needs. It includes a CUPS driver, an IJS-based Ghostscript driver, Foomatic data, an enhanced Print plugin for The GIMP, and other printer maintenance utilities. It can be used equally well for fast printing of text or critical printing of high quality graphics and photographs.
| Tags | printing multimedia Graphics Hardware |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL FDL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Mac OS X |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 23 Dec 2008 09:15
Changes: This release fixes problems with translated CUPS PPD files with CUPS 1.2 and above, and fixes printing on the Epson NX100, S20, Artisan 700, Artisan 800, and related printers. It also fixes duplex support on a number of Epson printers, and finally adds initial support for some Canon printers.
- 17 Nov 2008 01:13
Changes: This release fixes printing problems with a number of Epson MFP devices, with the new Artisan inkjet printers, and with the Stylus Photo R1900. An Italian translation has been added.
- 22 Oct 2008 05:44
Changes: This is the first stable release in the 5.2 series. It offers many enhancements over 5.0, including support for many more printers, greatly improved quality and performance on many Epson inkjet printers and some others, a rewritten Postscript driver, substantial enhancements to the CUPS driver, and much more.
- 06 Oct 2008 13:11
Changes: This version features release prep for 5.2 (such as an updated user's manual and release notes). There are a few bugfixes, most notably that printing has been corrected on many Epson multi-function devices.
- 18 Aug 2008 15:48
Changes: This release offers support for globalized PPD files (all translations in one file, reducing the number of PPD files), support for additional printers, and numerous bugfixes. This is the final planned beta prior to the 5.2 stable release.
