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Gutenprint and Gimp-Print for Mac OS X (10.2 through 10.14)

High quality printer drivers for Canon, Epson, Lexmark, dye sublimation, and PCL printers.
For multi-function devices, the drivers only support the printer function.

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Installation problems with MacOS 10.15 "Catalina"
October 23, 2019 - We are aware of installation problems that many people are having on MacOS 10.15 "Catalina". We are working on this problem, but do not have a timeline for resolution at this time. We will update this as appropriate.

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We do not know whether Gutenprint will function on Catalina. If you choose to upgrade and rely on Gutenprint, please unerstand that that is at your own risk.

Gutenprint 5.3.3 is released!
August 25, 2019 - The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.3.3, the first stable release of Gutenprint 5.3. This package is 64-bit only.NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully! See the Release notes for more detail. See the Downloads section for download links.

Gutenprint 5.2.15 is released!
June 12, 2019 - The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.15, the final planned release of Gutenprint 5.2. Future releases will be based on Gutenprint 5.3. This release fixes a problem with dye sublimation printers not functioning, restores the uninstaller, and should fix some other issues on OS X. As of this release, this package is 64-bit only.NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully! See the Release notes for more detail. See the Downloads section for download links.

Gutenprint 5.2.14 is released!
May 17, 2018 - The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.14, a stable release Gutenprint 5.2. This release adds full color support for most color laser printers, fixes some important bugs, adds support for additional printers, and offers improvements for others. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully! See the Release notes for more detail. See the Downloads section for download links.

Gutenprint 5.2.13-pre1 is released!
May 23, 2017 - The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.13-pre1, a pre-release of Gutenprint 5.2.13. This release fixes some important bugs, adds support for additional printers, and offers improvements for others. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully! See the Release notes for more detail. See the Downloads section for download links.

Gutenprint 5.2.12 is released!
January 19, 2017 - The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.12, a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. This release adds support for many new printers and other improvements over 5.2.11. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully! See the Release notes for more detail. See the Downloads section for download links.

Gutenprint 5.2.11 is released!
January 22, 2016 - The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.11, a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. This release provides full support for OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). This release adds support for many new printers and other improvements over 5.2.10, but no longer supports OS X 10.5 or below. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully! See the Release notes for more detail. See the Downloads section for download links.

Gutenprint 5.2.10 is released!
May 20, 2014 - The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.10, a stable release of 5.2. This release adds support for many new printers and other improvements over 5.2.9, but no longer supports OS X 10.3 or 10.4. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully! See the Release notes for more detail. See the Downloads section for download links.

Gutenprint 5.0.2 is released!
January 3, 2008 - The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.0.2, a stable release in the Gutenprint 5.0 series. This release features full support for borderless printing on Epson inkjet printers, support for more Epson, Canon, and dye sublimation printers, and more. See the Downloads section.

Gimp-Print 4.2.7 is released!
July 14, 2004 - This is the last stable release of Gimp-Print in the 4.2.x series.

Support

Read the FAQ!

The Gutenprint FAQ for OS X answers most questions about Gutenprint and how to print in Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar.

Check the Forums

If your question about Gutenprint is not answered in the FAQ or in the documentation included with the installer your next stop should be the Gutenprint project forums.

If you are experiencing a problem that you believe may be a driver bug please check the bug tracker. If the problem you are facing is not listed in the installer disk documentation, the FAQ, the forums, or the bug tracker then you should file a support request against it. If there is a feature missing from Gutenprint that you would like to see added please file a feature request.

Downloads

Gutenprint 5.3.3
gutenprint-5.3.3.dmg  (6.1 MB)

The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.3.3, the first stable release of Gutenprint 5.3. The package is 64-bit only and requires 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or higher.  (source code)

Gutenprint 5.2.15
gutenprint-5.2.15.dmg  (6.1 MB)

The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.15, the last planned release of Gutenprint 5.2. Future releases will be based on Gutenprint 5.3. The package is now 64-bit only, and requires 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or higher.  (source code)

Gutenprint 5.2.14
gutenprint-5.2.14.dmg  (12.4 MB)

The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.14, a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2.   (source code)

Gutenprint 5.2.13-pre1
gutenprint-5.2.13-pre1.dmg  (12.4 MB)

The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.13-pre1, a pre-release of Gutenprint 5.2.13.   (source code)

Gutenprint 5.2.12
gutenprint-5.2.12.dmg  (12.4 MB)

The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.12, a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. Gutenprint 5.2.12 provides full support for Macintosh OS X 10.12 (Sierra).  (source code)

Gutenprint 5.2.11
gutenprint-5.2.11.dmg  (12.4 MB)

The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.11, a stable release of 5.2. Gutenprint 5.2.11 provides full support for Macintosh OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). It no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.5 or below; it now requires 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or higher.  (source code)

Gutenprint 5.2.10
gutenprint-5.2.10a.dmg  (12.4 MB)

The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.10, a stable release of 5.2. Gutenprint 5.2.10 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.4 or below; it now requires 10.5 (Leopard) or higher.  (source code)

Gutenprint 5.0.2
gutenprint-5.0.2-ub.dmg  (16.5 MB)

Gutenprint 5.0.2 is the latest release from the stable branch of Gutenprint 5.0. This release supports additional printers and offers some important bug fixes. It is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard). The updated uninstaller is also included and is Mac OS X 10.5.x compatible. Mac OS X Jaguar users need ESP GhostScript for full support. ESP Ghostscript is not required for users running Mac OS X "Panther" or later.  (source code)

Gimp-Print 4.2.7
gimp-print-4.2.7-0.ppc.dmg  (5.9 MB)

Gimp-Print 4.2.7 is the last stable release of Gimp-Print version 4.2.x for Mac OS X; it includes 225 drivers supporting over 600 printers. The disk-image file includes an OS X installer package, an uninstaller package, plus illustrated documentation to easily guide you through the printer set-up process.  (source code)

Please note: Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2.x) users need ESP Ghostscript (see below); later versions of Mac OS X do not require this companion software!

Gutenprint Uninstaller
updated for El Capitan (OS X10.11)
uninstall-gutenprint  (109 KB)

The updated uninstaller will work on any system OS X 10.2.x through at least 10.11.

The Gutenprint uninstaller will completely remove any version of Gutenprint/Gimp-Print that was installed with an official Mac OS X installer package provided by the Gimp-Print project. It will also remove the version of Gutenprint/Gimp-Print that is included on any Apple OS X install disk.

ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1
espgs-7.07.1-0.ppc.dmg  (5.4 MB)

ESP Ghostscript (ESPGS) is an open-source PostScript interpreter derived from GNU Ghostscript. This package is required for users running Mac OS X "Jaguar" as it provides full support for printing from all "Carbon" applications. Gimp-Print users running "Panther" and later versions of Mac OS X do not require this software.  (source code)

Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta4 and later require Mac OS X Panther (10.3) or later! Gutenprint 5.0.2 and Gimp-Print 4.2.7 for Mac require Mac OS X Jaguar (version 10.2) or later!

Project Notes

  • Gutenprint (and its predecessor, Gimp-Print) is available in source code form under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You are entitled to download the source code. Gutenprint on Mac OS X would not be possible without CUPS, the open-source print spooler built-in for Mac OS X starting with version 10.2 (Jaguar).
  • Gutenprint is strictly a printer support package. For multi-function devices, it supports only the printer function.
  • The last release that will work under Mac OS X 10.2.x (Jaguar) is 5.0.2. Jaguar users should also install Ghostscript. Please see the Downloads section on this page.
  • The last release that will work under Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) is 5.2.9.
  • The last release that will work under Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) is 5.2.10.

Please visit our project page, which contains a lot more information about us!

Enjoy!

- The Gutenprint Project Team

News Items

Gutenprint 5.3.3 2019-08-25

Gutenprint 5.3.3 is the first stable release of Gutenprint 5.3. This package is 64-bit only. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully!

  1. First stable release of Gutenprint 5.3.3
  2. Please see the release notes for full details.
Gutenprint 5.2.15 2019-06-12

Gutenprint 5.2.15 is the last planned release of Gutenprint 5.2; future releases will be based on 5.3. This release fixes a problem with dye sublimation printers not functioning, restores the uninstaller, and should fix some other issues on OS X. As of this release, this package is 64-bit only. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully!

  1. Fix some important outstanding bugs in the OS X package
  2. Adds support for additional printers
Gutenprint 5.2.14 2018-04-09

Gutenprint 5.2.14 is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. This release adds full color support for most color laser printers, fixes some important bugs, adds support for additional printers, and offers improvements for others. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully!

  1. Full color support for color laser printers
  2. Fix some important outstanding bugs
  3. Adds support for additional printers
  4. Offers improvements for some printers
Gutenprint 5.2.13-pre1 2017-01-19

Gutenprint 5.2.13-pre1 is a pre-release of Gutenprint 5.2.13. This pre-release fixes some important bugs, adds support for additional printers, and offers improvements for others. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully!

  1. Fix some important outstanding bugs
  2. Adds support for additional printers
  3. Offers improvements for some printers
Gutenprint 5.2.12 2017-01-19

Gutenprint 5.2.12 is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. This release adds support for many new printers and other improvements over 5.2.11. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully!

  1. Support most Datamax-O'Neil DPL printers
  2. Add support and improvements for additional dye sublimation printers
  3. Add support for additional Epson inkjet printers, including preliminary/experimental support for many SureColor P-series printers. There are restrictions on the latter; please read the release notes for details.
  4. Add support for more Canon inkjet printers
Gutenprint 5.2.11 2016-01-22

Gutenprint 5.2.11 is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. This release adds support for many new printers (including the initial introduction of support for Datamax-O'Neil label printers, dye sublimation and Canon inkjet printers and other improvements over 5.2.10. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully!

  1. Support Macintosh OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)
  2. Support Datamax-O'Neil Performance series printers and Workstation printer
  3. Add support for additional dye sublimation printers
  4. Add support for many Canon inkjet printers
  5. Fix problems with certain Canon printers, which in some cases means removing some printing modes
Gutenprint 5.2.10 2014-05-21

Gutenprint 5.2.10 is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2 This release adds support for many new printers (particularly dye sublimation and Canon inkjet printers and other improvements over 5.2.9. NOTE: Users of many dye sublimation printers must follow a special installation procedure. Please read the release notes very carefully!

  1. Expand printable area at the bottom of the page for the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 and 3880
  2. Add duplex support for the Epson WorkForce 630, 635, and 645, and NX635.
  3. Correct page dimensions for borderless printing with Canon inkjet printers.
  4. Add Catalan, Turkish, and Vietnamese translations.
Gutenprint 5.2.9 2012-07-07

Gutenprint 5.2.9 is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2 This release fixes a several bugs from 5.2.8. The main impact is for developers that link against the Gutenprint library.

  1. This release fixes an inappropriate change to the internal library version number (.soname or equivalent) made in 5.2.8. All distributors should immediately apply this update to their distributions to avoid other software linking against libgutenprint breaking.
  2. Duplicate Transparency entries in the media types for Canon iP4100 and similar printers have been removed.
  3. The range of fine position adjustment of CD media has been increased for Epson printers.
  4. The German translation has been updated.
  5. Canon PIXMA Pro9000 plain media high quality mode bug fix.
Gutenprint 5.2.8 2012-06-11

Gutenprint 5.2.8 is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2 The Canon driver has been significantly overhauled for this release, and output (and in some cases functionality) may be significantly different from previous releases. We expect to perform further work in future releases. Also, an additional eighteen new Epson printers has been added. For all the specific changes, please see the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.8-pre1 2011-12-28

Gutenprint 5.2.8-pre1 is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2 This release has bug fixes, support for additional printers, and a few new features over 5.2.7.

  1. New printers supported in this release:

    Note that support for all printers marked "EXPERIMENTAL" (untested) or "PRELIMINARY" (minimally tested but untuned) is subject to change without notice. Printers not marked "EXPERIMENTAL" generally will not change between releases, but notice will be given and if possible back compatibility will be provided.

    • Canon inkjet printers:
      • Canon BJC 4550 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S330 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S520 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S530D (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S630 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S750 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S820 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S830D (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S900 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S9000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA mini220(EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA mini320(EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA mini360(EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA DS700 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA DS810 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i50 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i70 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i450 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i455 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i470D (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i550 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i900D (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i950 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i960 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i6100 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i6500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i9100 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i9900 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP3600 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP3500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP3300 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP4900 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP6210D(EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP6220D(EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP6310D(EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP7100 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP7500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP8100 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP8600 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP9910 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP140 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP190 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP210 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP240 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP375R
      • Canon PIXMA MP470 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP490 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP530 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP900 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MG2100 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MG3100 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MG4100 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MG5300 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MG6200 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MG8200 (EXPERIMENTAL)
    • Epson inkjet printers:
      • EPSON ME Office 940FW
      • EPSON PX 204
      • EPSON PX 504A
      • EPSON Stylus CX3900
      • EPSON Stylus NX530
      • EPSON Stylus NX635
      • EPSON Stylus Office BX535WD
      • EPSON Stylus Office BX630FW
      • EPSON Stylus Office BX635FWD
      • EPSON Stylus Office TX620FWD
      • EPSON Stylus Photo RX650
      • EPSON Stylus SX535WD
      • EPSON WorkForce 545
      • EPSON WorkForce 630
      • EPSON WorkForce 645
    • Epson wide carriage inkjet printers:
      • EPSON Stylus Pro 7900 (Partial -- no orange/green inks)
      • EPSON Stylus Pro 9900 (Partial -- no orange/green inks)

      These printers function as 8 color photo printers using CMYK inks, similar to the 7890/9890. They have not been tuned. At present, we do not have a schedule for adding support for the green and orange inks.
  2. A crash with the EPSON Stylus Photo R3000 has been fixed.
  3. Chinese (Mandarin), Galician, and Ukrainian translations have been added.
  4. (API) Added function stp_vars_copy_from() to override settings in one settings object with those in another.
  5. The following printer models were completely redefined or had major changes carried out in the supported modes:
    • Canon inkjet printers:
      • Canon BJC 3000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S300 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S600 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon BJC S800 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i80 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i560 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA i850 (EXPERIMENTAL) *1
      • Canon PIXMA i860 (EXPERIMENTAL) *1
      • Canon PIXMA i865 (EXPERIMENTAL) *1
      • Canon PIXMA iP2000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP4100 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP5000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP600
      • Canon PIXMA MP750
      • Canon PIXMA MP760
      • Canon PIXMA MP770
      • Canon PIXMA MP780
      • Canon PIXMA MP790
      • Canon PIXMA MP970

      *1: for compatibility, the original printers are named with "old" appended. These old printers will be deprecated in a future release.
  6. Support for the following printers was greatly improved, or tested:
    • Canon inkjet printers:
      • Canon PIXMA MP700
      • Canon PIXMA MP710
      • Canon PIXMA MP730
      • Canon PIXMA MP740
      • Canon PIXMA MP950
      • Canon PIXMA MP960
      • Canon PIXMA MX340
      • Canon PIXMA MX350
      • Canon PIXMA iP4000
      • Canon PIXMA MG5100
  7. The following printer models were either not added, or removed, as they cannot currently be supported, even experimentally, owing to an as-yet unknown command format or other issues:
    • Canon inkjet printers:
      • Canon PIXMA i250
      • Canon PIXMA i320
      • Canon PIXMA i350
      • Canon PIXMA iP90
      • Canon PIXMA iP90v *1
      • Canon PIXMA iP100 *2
      • Canon PIXMA iP1000
      • Canon PIXMA iP1200
      • Canon PIXMA iP1300
      • Canon PIXMA iP1500
      • Canon PIXMA iP1600
      • Canon PIXMA iP1700
      • Canon PIXMA iP1800
      • Canon PIXMA iP1900
      • Canon PIXMA iP2200
      • Canon PIXMA iP2500
      • Canon PIXMA iP2600
      • Canon PIXMA MP5
      • Canon PIXMA MP10
      • Canon PIXMA MP55
      • Canon PIXMA MP110
      • Canon PIXMA MP130
      • Canon PIXMA PRO-1 *3
      • Canon SELPHY CP-720 *4
      • Canon SELPHY CP-780 *4
      • Canon SELPHY CP-800 *4
      • Canon SELPHY ES1 *4
      • Canon SELPHY ES2 *4
      • Canon SELPHY ES3 *4
      • Canon SELPHY ES20 *4
      • Canon SELPHY ES30 *4
      • Canon SELPHY ES40 *4

      *1: data format partially understood (WIP)
      *2: data format partially understood (WIP)
      *3: protocol is supported but inks used are not yet supported (WIP)
      *4: requires special communication protocol
  8. Canon BJC series printers using photo cartridge have printing modes added that will select this cartridge.

Full details are listed in the release notes included with the download.

Gutenprint 5.2.7 2011-05-02

Gutenprint 5.2.7 is a stable release of 5.2 This release offers support for more than 80 additional printers from Canon, Epson, and Kodak. There are also some changes for other Epson printers.

  1. New printers supported in this release:

    Note that support for all printers marked "EXPERIMENTAL" (untested) or "PRELIMINARY" (minimally tested but untuned) is subject to change without notice. Printers not marked "EXPERIMENTAL" generally will not change between releases, but notice will be given and if possible back compatibility will be provided.

    • Canon inkjet printers:
      • Canon PIXMA iP1000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP1200 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP1300 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP1500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP1600 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP1700 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP1800 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP1900 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP2000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP2200 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP2500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP2600 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP2700
      • Canon PIXMA iP3100 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP4700
      • Canon PIXMA iP4800 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iP6100D
      • Canon PIXMA iP6600D
      • Canon PIXMA iX6500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA iX7000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MG5100
      • Canon PIXMA MG5200
      • Canon PIXMA MG6100
      • Canon PIXMA MG8100
      • Canon PIXMA MP250
      • Canon PIXMA MP270
      • Canon PIXMA MP280
      • Canon PIXMA MP450
      • Canon PIXMA MP460
      • Canon PIXMA MP480
      • Canon PIXMA MP493 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP495
      • Canon PIXMA MP520
      • Canon PIXMA MP540
      • Canon PIXMA MP550
      • Canon PIXMA MP600
      • Canon PIXMA MP620
      • Canon PIXMA MP630
      • Canon PIXMA MP640
      • Canon PIXMA MP800 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP810 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP950
      • Canon PIXMA MP960
      • Canon PIXMA MP980 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MP990
      • Canon PIXMA MX300 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX310 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX330 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX340 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX350 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX360 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX410 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX420 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX700 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX850 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX860 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX870 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX880 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA MX7600 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA Pro9000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Mk.II (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA Pro9500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Canon PIXMA Pro9500 Mk.II (EXPERIMENTAL)
    • Epson inkjet printers:
      • EPSON B-310
      • EPSON B-310N
      • EPSON B-510DN
      • EPSON ME Office 600F
      • EPSON ME Office 620F
      • Epson Stylus Photo R3000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Epson Stylus Pro 3885
      • Epson Stylus Pro 4000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Epson Stylus Pro 4450 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Epson Stylus Pro 7700 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Epson Stylus Pro 7890 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Epson Stylus Pro 9700 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Epson Stylus Pro 9890 (EXPERIMENTAL)
    • Dye sublimation printers:
      • Kodak EasyShare G600 Printer Dock
      • Kodak PD-4000
      • Kodak PD-6000
      • Kodak Photo Printer
      • Kodak Photo Printer 500
      • Kodak Printer Dock Plus
      • Kodak Printer Dock Plus S3
  2. Corrected color matching profile used for Mac OS X 10.5.x. sRGB will now be used instead of Generic RGB. Users with work-flows dependant on the previously used Generic RGB can select this color profile in the print window by using ColorSync to choose the profile rather than using VendorMatching.
  3. Add additional photo modes to Canon inkjet printers.
  4. Correct page size limit for EPSON Stylus Pro 7600, 7800, 7880, 9600, 9800, and 9880 (previously these printers had overly restrictive page limits).
  5. Correct printing to the EPSON Stylus NX200, NX215, SX200, SX205, SX210, and SX215.
  6. Corrected basic printer definitions of EPSON Stylus Pro 3800, 3880, 7800, and 9800.
  7. Corrected media definitions and improve printing quality for EPSON Stylus Pro 3800, 3880, 4800, 4880, 7800, 7880, 9800, 9880, 11800, and 11880. This will result in substantial changes in output; if this is an issue, please use the EPSON Stylus Pro 7600 or 9600 driver as appropriate. There are new printer definitions named "EPSON Stylus Pro 4800/4880 Back Compatible" and "EPSON Stylus Pro 11800/11880 Back Compatible" available for people with existing tuned workflows for those printers.

    There are no back compatibility modes for the EPSON Stylus Pro 3800 and 3880 as those printers were previously marked experimental with a note that their output was expected to change substantially.

  8. Allow EPSON Stylus Pro 3800 and 3880 to select matte and photo black ink automatically based on ink set choice (it is no longer necessary to set this on the front panel).
  9. Corrected base density for Photo Paper on printers using Claria ink (use 20% less ink). The default results in heavy ink puddling in some cases.
  10. Improved reliability of escputil.
  11. A problem whereby an attempt to use the the optional ink map curves (e. g. Cyan Hue Map) with the EPSON Stylus Photo R800, R1800, and R1900 would cause an error has been fixed.
  12. The Dutch and Italian translations have been updated.
  13. A Slovenian translation has been added.

Full details are listed in the release notes included with the download.

Gutenprint 5.2.6 2010-08-12

Gutenprint 5.2.6 is a stable release of 5.2 This release offers additional support for Epson Stylus Pro printers, along with some changes for other Epson printers and support for additional Canon inkjets and PCL laser printers.

  1. New printers supported in this release:
    • Canon inkjet printers:
      • Canon PIXMA MP360
      • Canon PIXMA MP370
      • Canon PIXMA MP390
      • Canon PIXMA MP510
      • Canon PIXMA MP970
    • Epson inkjet printers:
      • EPSON Artisan 50
      • EPSON EP-302
      • EPSON EP-702A
      • EPSON Stylus Photo P50
      • EPSON Stylus Pro 3800 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • EPSON Stylus Pro 3880 (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • EPSON Stylus Pro 4800
      • EPSON Stylus Pro 4880
      • EPSON Stylus Pro 11800
      • EPSON Stylus T59
      • EPSON Stylus T60
      • EPSON Stylus TX659

      NOTE: The support for the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 and 3880 is experimental and WILL CHANGE SUBSTANTIALLLY in future releases. It should not be considered suitable for productions use at this time.
    • PCL laser printers:
      • Brother HL-2030
      • Brother HL-2035
      • Canon LBP-3360
      • Kyocera CS-1815
      • Kyocera FS-1018MFP
      • Kyocera FS-1020D
      • Kyocera FS-1030D
      • Kyocera FS-1118MFP
      • Kyocera FS-1714M
      • Kyocera FS-1920
      • Kyocera FS-2000D
      • Kyocera FS-3718M
      • Kyocera FS-3820N
      • Kyocera FS-3830N
      • Kyocera FS-3900DN
      • Kyocera FS-4000DN
      • Kyocera FS-6020
      • Kyocera FS-6026
      • Kyocera FS-6300
      • Kyocera FS-6750
      • Kyocera FS-6900
      • Kyocera FS-6950DN
      • Kyocera FS-7028M
      • Kyocera FS-9130DN
      • Kyocera FS-920
      • Kyocera FS-9530DN
      • Kyocera KM-1510
      • Kyocera KM-1815
      • Kyocera KM-1820
      • Kyocera KM-3050
      • Kyocera KM-4050
      • Kyocera KM-4230/5230
      • Kyocera KM-5050
      • Kyocera KM-6030
      • Kyocera KM-8030
      • Oki B4350
      • Tektronix Phaser 750DP
      • Tektronix Phaser 750DX
      • Tektronix Phaser 750N
      • Tektronix Phaser 750P
      • Xerox Phaser 2135
      • Xerox Phaser 4400B
      • Xerox Phaser 4400DT
      • Xerox Phaser 4400DX
      • Xerox Phaser 4400N
      • Xerox Phaser 4500B
      • Xerox Phaser 4500DT
      • Xerox Phaser 4500DX
      • Xerox Phaser 4500N
      • Xerox Phaser 4510B
      • Xerox Phaser 4510DT
      • Xerox Phaser 4510DX
      • Xerox Phaser 4510N
      • Xerox Phaser 5500B
      • Xerox Phaser 5500DN
      • Xerox Phaser 5500DT
      • Xerox Phaser 5500DX
      • Xerox Phaser 5500N
      • Xerox Phaser 6130N
      • Xerox Phaser 6180DN
      • Xerox Phaser 6180MFP-D
      • Xerox Phaser 6200B
      • Xerox Phaser 6200DP
      • Xerox Phaser 6200DX
      • Xerox Phaser 6200N
      • Xerox Phaser 6250B
      • Xerox Phaser 6250DP
      • Xerox Phaser 6250DT
      • Xerox Phaser 6250DX
      • Xerox Phaser 6250N
      • Xerox Phaser 6300DN
      • Xerox Phaser 6300N
      • Xerox Phaser 6350DP
      • Xerox Phaser 6350DT
      • Xerox Phaser 6350DX
      • Xerox Phaser 6360DN
      • Xerox Phaser 6360DX
      • Xerox Phaser 7300B
      • Xerox Phaser 7300DN
      • Xerox Phaser 7300DT
      • Xerox Phaser 7300DX
      • Xerox Phaser 7300N
      • Xerox Phaser 7400DN
      • Xerox Phaser 7400DT
      • Xerox Phaser 7400DX
      • Xerox Phaser 7400DXF
      • Xerox Phaser 7400N
      • Xerox Phaser 7700DN
      • Xerox Phaser 7700DX
      • Xerox Phaser 7700GX
      • Xerox Phaser 7750B
      • Xerox Phaser 7750DN
      • Xerox Phaser 7750DXF
      • Xerox Phaser 7750GX
      • Xerox Phaser 7760DN
      • Xerox Phaser 7760DX
      • Xerox Phaser 7760GX
      • Xerox Phaser 8400B
      • Xerox Phaser 8400BD
      • Xerox Phaser 8400DP
      • Xerox Phaser 8400DX
      • Xerox Phaser 8400N
      • Xerox Phaser 8500DN
      • Xerox Phaser 8500N
      • Xerox Phaser 8550DP
      • Xerox Phaser 8550DT
      • Xerox Phaser 8550DX
      • Xerox Phaser 8560DN
      • Xerox WorkCentre 7345
  2. Fix printing to Epson Stylus S20, S21, T20, and T21.
  3. Adjust printer definitions of EPSON Stylus Pro 7800 and 9800 (to use Ultrachrome K3 rather than Ultrachrome inks and media definitions). This may result in minor changes in color output; if you determine this to be an issue, use the 7600 or 9600 driver as appropriate or do not take this upgrade.
  4. Adjust the printer definitions of the Epson Stylus Pro 7880, 9880, and 11880 to be consistent with new definition of 4880 and use Ultrachrome K3 w/Vivid Magenta ink. This may result in minor changes in color output; if you determine this to be an issue, use the 7600 or 9600 driver as appropriate or do not take this upgrade.
  5. Correct printing on Epson Stylus Pro printers (x600, x800, and x880 series) to position images correctly on the page and to correctly cut the print in roll feed mode.
  6. Correct printer definitions of some Kyocera laser printers to specify tabloid-size (11.7x17) output.
  7. Correct printer definition of Canon ImageRunner 330s (large format).
  8. Add CD Allow Other Media Sizes option to Epson printers to permit printing to other media sizes when using third party trays.
  9. Correct the behavior of scan and page dry times for Epson Stylus Pro printers.
  10. A Finnish translation has been added.

Full details are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.6-pre1 2010-07-19

Gutenprint 5.2.6-pre1 is a release candidate for the upcoming 5.2.6 release. This release offers additional support for Epson Stylus Pro printers, along with some changes for other Epson printers. We particularly encourage users of the following printers to test this release:

  • Epson Stylus Pro 4800, 4880, 7600, 7800, 7880, 9600, 9800, 9880, 11800, 11880:
    • Test for correct functionality and output in general at different resolutions.
    • Test black and white with Ink Types of Three Color Composite, Four Color Standard, Five Color Photo Composite, and Six Color Photo.
    • Test full bleed in both color and black and white mode, and specifically check horizontal positioning of the output compared to 5.2.5.
  • Epson Stylus Pro 3880: test that the printer functions correctly and produces good output using the Stylus Pro 4880 driver (obviously roll feed functionality won't work).
  • Epson Stylus Pro 3800: test that the printer functions correctly and produces good output using the Stylus Pro 4800 driver (obviously roll feed functionality won't work).
  • Epson Stylus Color 3000, Stylus Color 440: test black and white at resolutions 360x90, 180, 360x180, and 360 MicroWeave (360x90 isn't available on the SC3000). Also, test Quality settings of Fast Economy, Economy, and Draft.
  • Epson Stylus Color: test black and white mode at all resolutions (use defaults for other settings).

Full details are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.5 2010-02-13

Gutenprint 5.2.5 is a release from the stable branch of Gutenprint 5.2. Gutenprint 5.2 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.2; it now requires 10.3 (Panther) or higher. Notable changes since the Gutenprint 5.2.4:

  • The packaging for Mac OS X has been changed:
    1. Printer PPDs are no longer included in the download. The PPDs will be created during the installation process. This will add several minutes to the installation process. This change will reduce the download by over 30 MB.
    2. There are now separate binaries for Leopard (OS X 10.5). The proper files will automatically be instlled based on the version of OS X on the boot disk.
  • New printers supported in this release:
        EPSON Artisan 710
        EPSON Artisan 810
        EPSON Stylus NX115
        EPSON Stylus NX215
        EPSON Stylus NX415
        EPSON Stylus NX515
        EPSON Stylus Photo 1290s
        EPSON PX 1001
        EPSON Stylus Office B1100
        EPSON Stylus Office T1100
        EPSON Stylus Office T1110
        EPSON ME Office 1100
        EPSON WorkForce 310
        EPSON WorkForce 315
        EPSON WorkForce 610
        EPSON WorkForce 615
        EPSON WorkForce 1100
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX650
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX700W
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX710W
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX800FW
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX810FW
        EPSON Stylus S21
        EPSON Stylus Photo S50
        EPSON Stylus SX110
        EPSON Stylus SX115
        EPSON Stylus SX210
        EPSON Stylus SX215
        EPSON Stylus SX410
        EPSON Stylus SX415
        EPSON Stylus SX510W
        EPSON Stylus SX515
        EPSON Stylus SX600FW
        EPSON Stylus SX610FW
        EPSON Stylus SX615
        EPSON Stylus SX650
        EPSON Stylus T21
        EPSON Stylus T26
        EPSON Stylus T30
        EPSON Stylus T40W
        EPSON Stylus T50
        EPSON Stylus TX110
        EPSON Stylus TX210
        EPSON Stylus TX300F
        EPSON Stylus TX410
        EPSON Stylus TX510FN
        EPSON Stylus TX550W
        EPSON Stylus TX610FW
        EPSON Stylus TX615
        EPSON Stylus TX650
        EPSON Stylus Photo TX710W
        EPSON Stylus Photo TX800FW
        EPSON Stylus Photo TX810FW
  • Add Device ID strings for printers for which they are known.
  • Changed a number of laser printers by Gestetner, Infotec, Lanier, NRG, Ricoh, Savin, and Xerox to be large format (A3/tabloid instead of A4/letter). Please inform us at if you encounter other printers that should be changed.
  • Make the QualityEnhancement option (available in the Epson driver for certain printers) function correctly.
  • Alow Epson printers using Claria inks to select quadtone or hextone output.
  • Add support for EA5 envelope (paper size).
  • Fixed the margins for the HP LaserJet 2100 and 2100M with A4 paper.
  • Update the German translation.

Full details are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.4 2009-07-29

Gutenprint 5.2.4 is a release from the stable branch of Gutenprint 5.2. Gutenprint 5.2 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.2; it now requires 10.3 (Panther) or higher. Notable changes since the Gutenprint 5.2.3:

  • The packaging for Mac OS X has been changed:
    1. Printer PPDs are no longer included in the download. The PPDs will be created during the installation process. This will add several minutes to the installation process. This change will reduce the download by over 30 MB.
    2. There are now separate binaries for Leopard (OS X 10.5). The proper files will automatically be instlled based on the version of OS X on the boot disk.
  • New printers supported in this release:
        Canon PIXMA iX4000
        Canon SELPHY CP-520
        EPSON Stylus Photo R2880
        EPSON Stylus DX4000
  • Printing to the Epson PM-D600 has been corrected.
  • Printing to the EPSON Artisan 700 and 800 and Stylus Photo P/TX700 and 800 series printers has been corrected. Among other issues, it should now be possible to print reliably using the photo tray.
  • The names of the following Epson printers have been corrected:
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX700W
        EPSON Stylus Photo TX700W
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX800FW
        EPSON Stylus Photo TX800FW
  • The names of various Ricoh and Ricoh-based printers have been corrected to match Ricoh's model names and the OpenPrinting database.
  • Printing resolution names have been fixed in non-English locales in CUPS PPD files.
  • A Russian translation has been added. The Danish and Italian translations have been updated.
  • Support has been added for L-size paper with tear-off borders.
  • The ordering of inks in quadtone ink sets on Epson printers has been corrected. In addition, support has been added for MIS quadtone and 6 tone inks.
  • It is now possible to adjust the ink parameters for quadtone inks in CUPS. Previously, these parameters could only be adjusted in the enhanced Print plugin for GIMP and other native Gutenprint applications.
  • Updating CUPS PPD files is now faster.

Full details are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.4-rc1 2009-06-16

Gutenprint 5.2.4-rc1 is a release candidate from the stable branch of Gutenprint 5.2. Gutenprint 5.2 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.2; it now requires 10.3 (Panther) or higher. Notable changes since the Gutenprint 5.2.3:

  • The packaging for Mac OS X has been changed:
    1. Printer PPDs are no longer included in the download. The PPDs will be created during the installation process. This will add several minutes to the installation process. This change will reduce the download by over 30 MB.
    2. There are now separate binaries for Leopard (OS X 10.5). The proper files will automatically be instlled based on the version of OS X on the boot disk.
  • New printers supported in this release:
        Canon SELPHY CP-520
        EPSON Stylus Photo R2880
        EPSON Stylus DX4000
  • Printing to the Epson PM-D600 has been corrected.
  • Printing to the EPSON Artisan 700 and 800 and Stylus Photo P/TX700 and 800 series printers has been corrected. Among other issues, it should now be possible to print reliably using the photo tray.
  • The names of the following Epson printers have been corrected:
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX700W
        EPSON Stylus Photo TX700W
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX800FW
        EPSON Stylus Photo TX800FW
  • The names of various Ricoh and Ricoh-based printers have been corrected to match Ricoh's model names and the OpenPrinting database.
  • Support has been added for L-size paper with tear-off borders.
  • The ordering of inks in quadtone ink sets on Epson printers has been corrected. In addition, support has been added for MIS quadtone and 6 tone inks.
  • It is now possible to adjust the ink parameters for quadtone inks in CUPS. Previously, these parameters could only be adjusted in the enhanced Print plugin for GIMP and other native Gutenprint applications.
  • Updating CUPS PPD files is now faster.

Full details are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.3 2008-12-22

The Gutenprint 5.2.3 release is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. Gutenprint 5.2 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.2; it now requires 10.3 (Panther) or higher. Notable changes since the Gutenprint 5.2.2:

  • Printing to following Epson printers has been corrected. These printers should all be fully functional, but may be further tuned in the future.
        EPSON Artisan 700
        EPSON Artisan 800
        EPSON BX300F
        EPSON EP-801A
        EPSON EP-901A
        EPSON EP-901F
        EPSON ME 300
        EPSON ME Office 360
        EPSON PX-401A
        EPSON Stylus NX100
        EPSON Stylus NX105
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX700FW
        EPSON Stylus Photo PX800FW
        EPSON Stylus Photo TX700W
        EPSON Stylus Photo TX800W
        EPSON Stylus S20
        EPSON Stylus SX100
        EPSON Stylus SX105
        EPSON Stylus T20
        EPSON Stylus TX100
        EPSON Stylus TX101
        EPSON Stylus TX102
        EPSON Stylus TX103
        EPSON Stylus TX105
        EPSON Stylus TX106
        EPSON Stylus TX109
        EPSON TX300F
  • Duplex printing has been enabled on the Epson Stylus RX680, RX685, RX690, PM-A940, and PM-T960. Support for these printers is still considered experimental.
  • Support has been added for the Canon MULTIPASS MP220.
  • Preliminary support has been added for the Canon PIXMA iP4600.

Full details are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.2 2008-11-16

The Gutenprint 5.2.2 release is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. Gutenprint 5.2 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.2; it now requires 10.3 (Panther) or higher. Notable changes since the Gutenprint 5.2.1:

  • Printing at standard and draft quality to a number of Epson multi-function devices has been corrected. The printers that have been corrected are:
        EPSON Stylus CX4100
        EPSON Stylus CX4200
        EPSON Stylus CX4700
        EPSON Stylus CX4800
        EPSON Stylus CX5700
        EPSON Stylus CX5800
        EPSON Stylus CX7700
        EPSON Stylus CX7800
        EPSON Stylus DX4200
        EPSON Stylus DX4250
        EPSON Stylus DX4800
        EPSON Stylus DX4850
        EPSON PX A650
  • Printing at standard and draft quality to the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 has been corrected.
  • Printing to the Epson Artisan 700, Artisan 800, Stylus Photo TX700W, Stylus Photo TX800W, Stylus PX700FW, Stylus PX800FW, EP-801A, EP-901A, and EP-901F is believed to be corrected based on updated specifications. The printers have not been tuned and are still considered experimental.
  • An Italian translation has been added.

Full details are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.1 2008-10-21

The Gutenprint 5.2.1 release is the initial stable release of Gutenprint 5.2. Gutenprint 5.2 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.2; it now requires 10.3 (Panther) or higher. Notable changes since the Gutenprint 5.2.0-rc1:

  • Preliminary support has been added for the following Epson injet printers. These printers may be retuned for improved quality or performance in future releases.
        Epson PictureMate 215
        Epson PX 101
        Epson PX 201
        Epson PX 601F
        Epson Stylus CX9300F
        Epson Stylus CX9400F
        Epson Stylus CX9475F
        Epson Stylus DX9400F
        Epson Stylus NX200
        Epson Stylus NX400
        Epson Stylus Photo R290
        Epson Stylus Photo RX610
        Epson Stylus Photo RX690
        Epson Stylus Office B30
        Epson Stylus Office B33
        Epson Stylus Office B40W
        Epson Stylus Office T30
        Epson Stylus Office T33
        Epson Stylus Office T40W
        Epson Stylus Office BX300F
        Epson Stylus Office BX600FW
        Epson Stylus Office SX600FW
        Epson Stylus Office TX300F
        Epson Stylus Office TX600FW
        Epson Stylus SX200
        Epson Stylus SX205
        Epson Stylus SX400
        Epson Stylus SX405
        Epson Stylus TX200
        Epson Stylus TX400
        Epson ME Office 70
        Epson ME Office 80W
        Epson ME Office 700FW
        Epson WorkForce 30
        Epson WorkForce 40
        Epson WorkForce 500
        Epson WorkForce 600
  • Experimental support for the following printers. These printers may not function correctly, and may be retuned for improved quality or performance in future releases.
        Epson Artisan 700
        Epson Artisan 800
        Epson Stylus NX100
        Epson Stylus NX300
        Epson Stylus PX700FW
        Epson Stylus PX800FW
        Epson Stylus S20
        Epson Stylus SX100
        Epson Stylus SX105
        Epson Stylus T20
        Epson Stylus TX100
        Epson Stylus Photo TX700W
        Epson Stylus Photo TX800W
Gutenprint 5.2.0-rc1 2008-10-05

The Gutenprint 5.2.0-rc1 (5.2.0.5) release is a release candidate of the forthcoming 5.2.x stable release. There are several notable changes since the Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta4:

  • Gutenprint 5.2 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.2; it now requires 10.3 (Panther) or higher. This is due to a new library requirement (for the iconv library) that is not present in 10.2.
  • The CUPS driver correctly prints page sizes larger than letter on PCL printers (this was broken in 5.2.0-beta4 only).
  • The CD position on the R1900 has been corrected.
  • Printing on the Epson Stylus DX8400/DX8450 has been corrected (the CX8400 was corrected in the previous release). Previously, these printers fed paper endlessly without printing.
  • Color and tonal correctness at low and medium resolutions has been fixed on many Epson Stylus multi-function devices, including:
    Stylus CX3500, Stylus CX3600, Stylus CX3650, Stylus CX5100, Stylus CX4200, Stylus CX4500, Stylus CX4600, Stylus CX4700, Stylus CX4800, Stylus CX4900, Stylus CX5000, Stylus CX5000F, Stylus CX5700, Stylus CX5800, Stylus CX6000, Stylus CX7000F, Stylus CX7800, Stylus CX8300, Stylus CX8400, Stylus CX9400, Stylus DX4200, Stylus DX4250, Stylus DX4800, Stylus DX7000F, Stylus DX8400, Stylus DX8450, PX A650
  • The user manual has been updated.

Additional bug fixes and new features are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta4 2008-08-17

The Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta4 (5.2.0.4) release is the third beta release of the forthcoming 5.2.x stable release. There are several notable changes since the Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta3:

  • Gutenprint 5.2 no longer supports Macintosh OS X 10.2; it now requires 10.3 (Panther) or higher. This is due to a new library requirement (for the iconv library) that is not present in 10.2.
  • Certain legacy applications (most notably Microsoft Office) did not print correctly on printers capable of high resolution, due to inability to handle the specified resolutions. This release works around that issue by not advertising very high resolutions in a way that these applications will fail on.
  • PPD files are now globalized. They include, by default, all localizations in a single file. Mac OS X 10.5.x will be able to use the translations. Mac OS X 10.3.x and OS X 10.4.x will ignore the extra language support.
  • The CUPS driver is now localized using built-in code, hopefully eliminating problems with PPD files not always being translated properly.
  • Progress and error messages produced by the CUPS raster driver are now localized.
  • The CUPS driver will no longer attempt to find a matching predefined page size when a custom page size is passed in. This yields more accurate printing sizes for custom paper sizes. In addition, it avoids a problem with unnecessary margins being imposed when the paper size is approximately 4.7x6.8" (120x173mm) due to a specific defined page size with those dimensions and tear-off borders.
  • Borderless support has been added to the Epson Stylus Pro 7600/9600 and the margins have been corrected.
  • Quality presets have been added to the PCL (HP printers and laser printers).
  • Print quality has been improved on the Epson B-300 and related printers.
  • Printing has been corrected in borderless mode on the Epson Stylus C110 and C120 printers. The specific issue is that printing near the bottom of the page was compressed vertically. This problem is related to, but not identical to, the previous issue.
  • Print quality has been improved at very high resolutions (resolution settings of 2880x2880 and 5760x2880 DPI, or quality settings of Ultra Photo or Best when high quality photo papers are in use) on a large number of Epson photo-oriented inkjet printers. The specific issue is that print showed fine lines (without actually fading) near the bottom of the page. This issue was present in both borderless and non-borderless printing.
  • The Epson Stylus Photo R800 now works properly. It was broken in 5.2.0-beta2 and would not print at all.
  • New printers supported in this release:
        EpsonB-300
        EpsonB-308
        EpsonB-500N
        EpsonB-508N
        Epson Offirio PX-B300 (preliminary)
        Epson Offirio PX-B500 (preliminary)
        Epson Stylus CX5500
        Epson Photo R1900 (preliminary, further tuning may be performed)
        Epson Pro 7800 (experimental)
        Epson Pro 7880 (experimental)
        Epson Pro 9800 (experimental)
        Epson Pro 9880 (experimental)
        Epson Pro 11880 (experimental)

Additional bug fixes and new features are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta3 2008-06-15

The Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta3 (5.2.0.3) release is the second beta release of the forthcoming 5.2.x stable release. There are several notable changes since the Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta2:

  • Macintosh users of OS X 10.4.x and later may notice a slightly different color output beginning with this release. All printer PPDs now specify the use of the sRGB and the Generic CMYK color profiles rather than having the system use default color profiles.
  • A problem whereby some rows are not printed in color on the Epson Stylus CX3700 and related printers has been fixed.
  • A problem whereby with certain combinations of options the output appeared discontinuous (gradients would get darker then abruptly lighten) has been fixed.
  • escputil now distinguishes between the two black cartridges in the Epson Stylus C120.
  • Printing speed, and possibly quality, have been improved in certain cases on newer Epson inkjet printers (C120, Stylus Photo 2400, RX700, and all printers using Claria ink). The speed improvement should be most noticeable with plain paper at lower resolutions. Quality improvements may or may not be noticeable.
  • The Epson driver is in the process of being converted to use data stored in files external to the binary library. While this should have no impact on end-user use, it is a substantial change that people should be aware of. Please report any issues.
  • New printers supported in this release:
        Epson Offirio PX-B500 (preliminary)
        Epson Offirio PX-B300 (preliminary)
        Over 450 additional black and white laser printers from Brother, HP, and the Ricoh family of printers.

Additional bug fixes and new features are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta2 2008-04-28

The Gutenprint 5.2.0-beta2 (5.1.98.2) release is the first beta release of the forthcoming 5.2 stable release. It brings together the work from the stable 5.0.x branch and the developemental branch 5.1.x. As of 5.2 and until further notice, Gutenprint will no longer deliver separate "development" and "stable" series. There are several notable changes since the previous releases:

  • Support for generic large format PCL laser printers has been added
  • Printing for the Canon PIXMA iP4500 has been fixed
  • L-size phot paper (3 1/2 x 5 inches) has been added.

Additional bug fixes and new features are listed in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.1.7 2008-03-05

Gutenprint 5.1.7 is a release of the developmental branch of Gutenprint 5.1. The 5.1.7 release supports additional printers and offers some important bug fixes along with additional features. The most important changes for Mac OS X users are:

  • Added support for the following printers:
        Canon PIXMA MP520
        Canon PIXMA iP6000D
        EPSON PictureMate 100
        EPSON PictureMate 210 (Corrected)
        EPSON PictureMate 240 (Corrected)
        EPSON PictureMate 250 (Corrected)
        EPSON PictureMate 260
        EPSON PictureMate 270
        EPSON PictureMate 280 (Corrected)
        EPSON PictureMate 290
        EPSON PictureMate 500
        EPSON PictureMate 2005
        EPSON PictureMate Dash
        EPSON PictureMate Flash (Corrected)
        EPSON PictureMate Pal (Corrected)
        EPSON PictureMate Snap (Corrected)
        EPSON E 150 (Corrected)
        EPSON E 300
        EPSON E 520
        EPSON E 500
        EPSON E 720
        EPSON E 700
        EPSON Stylus D92
        EPSON Stylus DX4400
        EPSON Stylus DX4450
        EPSON Stylus DX7000F
        EPSON Stylus DX7400
        EPSON Stylus DX7450
        EPSON Stylus DX8400
        EPSON Stylus DX8450
        EPSON Stylus Photo R280
        EPSON Stylus Photo R285
        EPSON Stylus Photo RX585
        EPSON Stylus Photo RX680
        EPSON Stylus Photo RX685
    Note:  Not all of the PictureMate printers have been fully tuned at this point.
  • Printing for the Canon PIXMA iP4500 has been fixed
  • Printing near the bottom of the page has been improved for many modern Epson inkjet printers. In addition, we have determined that most of these printers can print with consistent high quality at 2880x2880 and 5760x2880 DPI. Therefore, these resolutions will be used for Ultra Photo and Best qualities respectively on these printers. Printers affected include:
        Stylus Photo R800, R1800, PM-G820
        Stylus Photo R2400
        All printers using Claria ink
  • Envelope paper sizes are now offered in both portrait and landscape form factor, as some printers expect envelopes to be fed long edge first while some expect them to be fed short edge first.
  • PCL laser printers now offer paper trays with adjustable guides. Many laser printers use adjustable guides for manual feed of papers narrower than letter size.
  • Two new dither algorithms, Segmented and Segmented New, have been added. These are not intended for normal use, and will normally behave like Ordered and Ordered New. However, if Raw color correction is selected and a printer with multiple drop sizes is used, the range of input will be divided up such that the high order bits will select the drop size to be used and the lower bits will specify the amount of ink. High order bits of 0 indicate that all drop sizes should be used.

Additional information can be found in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.1.6 2008-01-05

Gutenprint 5.1.6 is a release of the developmental branch of Gutenprint 5.1. The 5.1.6 release supports additional printers and offers some important bug fixes over 5.1.4 - the last Mac OS X developmental release. The most important changes are:

  • A bug involving excessive memory consumption in certain cases has been fixed. Printing multiple page documents on Canon inkjet printers with the Duplex option set to Long Edge resulted in very large memory consumption on alternate pages, which was not released until the job completed.
  • Added support for the following printers:
        Epson Stylus C110
        Epson Stylus C120
        Epson Stylus D120
        Epson PX V780
        Sharp AR-M257
  • Added preliminary support for the following printers:
        Canon Pixma iP8500
        Canon Pixma MP610
        Canon Pixma Pro 9500
        Canon i80
  • A new dither algorithm, Ordered New, has been added. This dither algorithm is most likely to improve output at low resolutions, particularly when printing black and white. It will only help on printers offering multiple drop sizes.
  • The color correction for the Canon PIXMA iP4200 has been improved.
  • The PPD file parsing code in the Postscript driver has been rewritten. Gutenprint may now be used with any code licensed as GPL v2 or any later version of the GPL.
  • The CUPS driver in Gutenprint, and all associated utilities, are now licensed as GPL v2 or higher. That code was previously licensed as GPL v2 only. While that did not cause any direct problems, since the CUPS driver does not form a library that other code may wish to link against, it was licensed differently from the rest of the Gutenprint project. That is now resolved, and the entire Gutenprint code base is now licensed as GPL v2 or higher.

Additional information can be found in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.0.2 2008-01-03

Gutenprint 5.0.2 is a release of the stable branch of Gutenprint 5.0. The 5.0.2 release supports additional printers and offers some important bug fixes over 5.0.1. The most important changes are:

  • Fixed an issue in Mac OSX 10.5.x where the printing system was not obtaining the proper resolution from the Print Quality setting and was defaulting to the lowest printer resolution found.
  • Added support for the following printers:
        Epson Stylus CX4400
        Epson Stylus CX4900
        Epson Stylus CX5600
        Epson Stylus CX7400
        Epson Stylus CX9400
        Epson Stylus DX4050
        Epson Stylus Photo RX595
        Epson Stylus C110
        Epson Stylus C120
        Epson Stylus D120
        Epson PM 670C
        Epson PX V780
        Canon MP710
        Canon MP740
        Sharp AR-M257
        HP LserJet 1022
  • Added preliminary support for the following printers:
        Canon BJC5100
        Canon BJC5500
        Canon BJC8500
        Canon Pixma iP4500
        Canon Pixma iP5300
        Canon Pixma iP8500
        Canon Pixma iX5000
        Canon Pixma MP170
        Canon Pixma MP180
        Canon Pixma MP610
        Canon Pixma Pro 9500
        Canon i80
        Canon SELPHY ES1
        Canon SELPHY ES2
        Canon SELPHY ES20
        Shinko CHC S9045
  • All supplied CUPS PPD files are now perfectly compliant with the PPD specification, as tested under CUPS 1.2.
  • Borderless printing on the Epson Stylus Photo 2200 now works correctly.
  • Various fixes for the Canon iP4000, iP4200, and i560. Color improvements have been made on the iP4200.
  • The paper size for the CD - Custom paper size has been changed to 120 mm from 118.8 mm to allow correct printing from CUPS.
  • The CUPS driver in Gutenprint, and all associated utilities, are now licensed as GPL v2 or higher.
  • Additional bug fixes are listed in the Release notes.

Additional information can be found in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.0.2-beta1 (5.0.1.98.1) 2007-12-17

Gutenprint 5.0.2-beta1 (5.0.1.98.1) is a beta release of the stable branch of Gutenprint 5.0. The 5.0.2-beta1 release supports additional printers and offers some important bug fixes over 5.0.1. The most important changes are:

  • Fixed an issue in Mac OSX 10.5.x (Leopard) where the printing system was not obtaining the proper resolution from the Print Quality setting and was defaulting to the lowest printer resolution found.
  • All supplied CUPS PPD files are now perfectly compliant with the PPD specification, as tested under CUPS 1.2.
  • Added Gutenprint Utility for EPSON Inkjet Printers. The text based user interface will allow for running nozzle checks, cleaning of the print heads, and alignment of print heads for EPSON inkjet printers supported by Gutenprint drivers.
  • The stable branch (5.0.x) retains support for HP Business Inkjet, DeskJet, Photosmart, OfficeJet, and Color LaserJet printers that has been dropped from the developmental branch.

Additional information can be found in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.1.4 2007-12-10

Gutenprint 5.1.4 is an incremental development release of Gutenprint 5.1. It is based on Gutenprint 5.0.0. The 5.1.4 release supports additional printers and offers some important bug fixes over 5.1.3. The most important changes are:

  • Fixed an issue in Mac OSX 10.5.x (Leopard) where the printing system was not obtaining the proper resolution from the Print Quality setting and was defaulting to the lowest printer resolution found.
  • All supplied CUPS PPD files are now perfectly compliant with the PPD specification, as tested under CUPS 1.2.
  • Added Gutenprint Utility for EPSON Inkjet Printers. The text based user interface will allow for running nozzle checks, cleaning of the print heads, and alignment of print heads for EPSON inkjet printers supported by Gutenprint drivers.
  • The developmental branch (5.1.x) has removed support for most HP Business Inkjet, DeskJet, Photosmart, OfficeJet, and Color LaserJet printers in the developmental branch. Support for these printers is still available in the stable branch (v5.0.x).

Additional information can be found in the release notes.

Uninstall Gutenprint 1.2.1 2007-12-02

Uninstall Gutenprint 1.2.1 is an update to the Gutenprint uninstaller for Mac OS X. This release can remove the Gutenprint drivers Apple supplies with the Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.x) install disk. Also, the uninstaller will now provide the user with confirmation that shows what has been removed.

Gutenprint 5.1.3 2007-06-19

Gutenprint 5.1.3 is an incremental development release of Gutenprint 5.1. It is based on Gutenprint 5.0.0. This release to contain several bug fixes as described in the release notes. This release also fixes a problem with the Mac OS X 5.1.2 package. That package had an incorrect PPC portion of the libgutenprint.a file.

Gutenprint 5.1.2 2007-06-05

Gutenprint 5.1.2 is a development release of Gutenprint 5.1. It is based on Gutenprint 5.0.0. This is the first Mac OS X release to contain several new features described in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.0.1 2007-06-18

Gutenprint 5.0.1 is a stable release of Gutenprint 5.0. This is the first Mac OS X release to contain several new features described in the release notes.

Gutenprint 5.0.0 2006-07-30

Gutenprint 5.0.0 is the first stable release in the 5.x series. The changes between Gutenprint 5.0.0 and Gimp-Print 4.2 are described in the release notes.

Gimp-Print 5.0.0-beta2 2004-07-30

Gimp-Print 5.0.0-beta2 is the first beta release in the 5.x series. The changes between 5.0.0-beta2 and 5.0.0-beta1 are described in the release notes.

This is the version included with the distribution of Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).

Please note that the behavior of the 5.0.0-beta2 Mac OS X installer for Gimp-Print is unchanged from 5.0.0-beta1.

Gimp-Print 5.0.0-beta1 2004-07-30

Gimp-Print 5.0.0-beta1 is the first beta release in the 5.x series. The changes between 5.0.0-beta1 and 5.0.0-alpha1 are too numerous to list here, so please see the release notes for more information.

Please note that as of 5.0.0-beta1 the behavior of the Mac OS X installer has changed. The installer will now permit Gimp-Print 4.2.x and Gimp-Print 5.0 to be installed simultaneously, so that printer queues may be created using either driver. If you do not wish to retain your existing installation of Gimp-Print 4.2.x simply click on the Customize button available on the last screen of the installer and check the box for "Gimp-Print 4.2.x Uninstaller"

Please also note that this release of the installer will update any existing 4.2.x printer queue for use with 5.0. If you wish to continue using Gimp-Print 4.2.x after installing 5.0 you will need to manually create a new printer queue, or use Print Center/Printer Setup Utility to change the driver. If you would like to comment on this installer behavior please send a polite note to the Gimp-Print developer mailing list!

Gimp-Print 4.2.7 2004-07-14

Gimp-Print version 4.2.7 contains the following improvements over Gimp-Print 4.2.6:

New Functionality:

  1. The Epson Stylus Photo R200/R210 and R300/R310 printers, and the RX500 and RX600 multi-function devices, are now supported. These printers have been properly tuned and are fully functional (except for direct printing to CD's). The Epson CX5300 and CX5400 multi-functional devices are also now supported as printers.
  2. The HP LaserJet 1012 and Brother HL-1440 printers are now supported.
  3. Super A0 and Super B0 paper sizes are now supported.
  4. Translations for Hungarian, Ukrainian, and Norwegian/Bokmaal have been added. In addition, other translations have been updated.

Major bugs fixed :

  1. Many Macintosh OS X users have reported problems of various kinds with USB-attached printers, including both native USB and parallel printers connected with USB-parallel printers. Symptoms reported include failure to print altogether, inability to print more than one page without rebooting or restarting the print system, and poor performance. These problems are not specific to Gimp-Print.

    We have released a replacement USB backend driver for Macintosh OS X 10.2 and higher that to the best of our knowledge fixes all of these problems. This driver, named "usbtb", is available on the project download site and more information about usbtb is available here. We recommend that all users of OS X 10.2 and above who are having printing problems with USB-attached printers try this driver. In addition to resolving these problems, this driver also also provides textual cues to the system printer queue window to walk the user through recovery from common error conditions, and it also provides ink level reporting for Epson and HP printers that support it.

    This replacement USB backend driver is not specific to Gimp-Print, and may be used with any USB-connected printer with any CUPS printer driver under OS X.

  2. (bug 907765) The CUPS driver now reports pages starting from page 1 rather than page 0 as was previously the case.
  3. (bug 919224) The Postscript output driver (in the GIMP plugin) now functions correctly in non-US locales when a PPD file is provided.
  4. (bug 919225) A segmentation violation on the IA64 platform is fixed.
  5. (bug 972014) A bug in the Postscript output driver causes the GIMP plugin to crash on startup with certain PPD files. This bug is not related to locale. At least certain PPD files from the Epson PIPS drivers are known to result in this problem.
  6. (bug 919226) The horizontal printing position on the Epson Stylus C63/C64 and C83/C84 printers has been fixed.
  7. (bug 613054) The CUPS driver now handles, via a workaround, incorrect Postscript generated by some programs. In certain cases, these programs result in the generation of single bit output, rather than 8-bit output as it should. The result was that Gimp-Print printed only a thin band of horizontally compressed output, and it may have crashed in some cases.

    The programs most commonly affected were Adobe InDesign 2.0 and psnup.

  8. (bug 924862) The package now operates correctly with on Solaris and other systems using an external libintl.
  9. (bug 929227) Gimp-Print no longer attempts to build (and fail) the Print plugin against the GIMP 2.0. This fix requires a special build procedure in some circumstances; please see item (10) under Exceptions and Workarounds below.
  10. (bug 855685) escputil now reports ink levels from all known Epson Stylus printers. In addition, ink level reporting is more reliable in general, with fewer timeouts or unparseable output.
  11. (bug 971832) The HP DesignJet 2500 and 3500 now support correct maximum page widths of 36" and 54" respectively, rather than 44" for both.
  12. (bug 971833) The PPD files now use the recommended manufacturer names. Previously, certain CUPS applications could display the manufacturer names incorrectly.

The History of Gimp-Print

The early years: Gimp-Print 3.x and 4.0

The predecessor to this software package (the original Print plugin for the GIMP) was first written by Michael Sweet of Easy Software Products and initially worked only as a print plugin to the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). In the summer of 1999, I purchased an Epson Stylus Photo EX printer to feed my photography hobby. Finding no existing printer drivers, I adapted Mike's GIMP Print plugin to this six-color printer, and by the end of the year released version 3.0 of the Gimp-Print software, which was included in version 1.1 of the GIMP. The intention was for this to be the stable plugin in version 1.2 of the GIMP while development of the GIMP Print plugin continued for later release.

I put the Gimp-Print development tree on SourceForge starting with version 3.1, and quickly found a group of like-minded people who wanted to print high quality output on inexpensive inkjet printers. One of the main goals, which was not expected to be met until late in the version 3.1 cycle, was to write a Ghostscript driver so that printing would not be restricted to the GIMP. Much to my surprise, someone wrote one within days! That gave me my first clue that the project was destined for greater things.

In July 2000, barely a year after I bought my Epson Stylus Photo EX, I was invited to the Linux Printing Summit hosted by VA Linux Systems. In preparation for that, I spent long hours printing out test images. I went back to the Gimp-Print version 3.0.9 release, which seemed like such an advance at the time, and was floored at how far the project had come in four months! Output that had been considered impressive with using six colors was put to shame by four color output. That should give you an idea what modern printing technology can do. It also illustrates what a group of committed people can do.

I came away from the Printing Summit with a lot of new ideas. Other people were busy adding new features and support for more printers, and in November 2000, we released Gimp-Print version 4.0, the culmination of 9 months of work by the team. The quality was already tremendously improved over what the software could do at the Printing Summit.

I knew at the time that Gimp-Print 4.0 had some serious limitations that would restrict what could be done. In particular, its color model was very restricted (it could only handle RGB and CMYK printers, possibly with light magenta and light yellow inks) and the code was still closely tied in with the Print plugin for the GIMP. I wanted to devise a new architecture for the next release that would allow us to take advantage of more printer capabilities and support improved color generation and dithering, but progress was slow. It took us a few months to fully stabilize Gimp-Print 4.0, and it became clear that our more ambitious goals weren't going to be achieved quickly. We decided to do an interim stable release based on improvements to the 4.0 codebase that would give us some breathing space while we worked on a new architecture.

Gimp-Print 4.2

The interim stable release was to become Gimp-Print 4.2. We used the numbering scheme adopted by the Linux kernel team, whereby stable releases were denoted by even numbers in the minor release (the "2" in 4.2) while odd numbers denoted unstable development releases. We were fortunate that Roger Leigh joined the project shortly after the Gimp-Print 4.0 release. Roger is a superb architect, and he quickly whipped the somewhat disorganized code base into shape. We spent most of 2001 cleaning up the code base, adding support for CUPS (by now, Mike Sweet had joined the project) and the nascent Foomatic metadata management project, improving the color generation and dithering code, and adding support for more printers. A lot of our work went into automatically generating the CUPS PPD files and Foomatic data; the project already supported about 200 printers with a large number of options, and writing all of this by hand would be tedious, error-prone, and unmaintainable. We spent most of the fall working on documentation, cleaning up bugs, and the like, and released Gimp-Print 4.2.0 in late November.

Anticipating that the next major release of Gimp-Print would be a more extensive project, we decided to branch the 4.2 release, and work on the next release (which would be either 4.4 or 5.0, depending upon how extensive the changes would be) while also releasing updates to 4.2. This would allow us to fix bugs and add new printers and perhaps minor new capabilities for users wanting a stable Gimp-Print release while making much more radical changes in preparation for the next release. We started work on Gimp-Print 4.3 (the development series that would eventually mature into the next stable release series) around the beginning of 2002.

The Gimp-Print 4.2 release proved to be far more successful than we ever imagined. First of all, it was wonderfully stable from the outset; it was to be over 4 months before we needed to release an update. We added one major new feature shortly after release, support for the new Ghostscript driver architecture based on HP's HPIJS driver. This driver architecture allowed drivers to be compiled independently of Ghostscript (previously drivers had to be compiled into Ghostscript, a somewhat daunting project for end users). We continued to add more printers, dither algorithms, and so forth, all without breaking compatibility with the initial 4.2.0 release.

2002 was a very exciting year for Gimp-Print. Apple had released OS X for the Macintosh and was planning to rely on a lot of free/open source software for key functions of the OS. In particular from our standpoint, many vendors had not updated printer drivers for OS X, and many did not want to update their drivers for older printers. Since OS X had settled on CUPS as the core of its printing system from 10.2 on, and Gimp-Print had full support for CUPS, the fit was very obvious and Gimp-Print wound up becoming part of the OS X printing system. We were very busy that year preparing for release of Gimp-Print for OS X. This was done in 4.2.2, which we released almost 9 months after the initial 4.2.0 release (which says something about the stability of Gimp-Print 4.2). This release created a lot of excitement in the OS X world and for us, and we did three more releases in quick succession culminating with Gimp-Print 4.2.5 in early 2003.

I was expecting that there would be one more release of Gimp-Print 4.2 that would primarily contain bug fixes and incremental support for new printers. By 2003, many of the printers being released had capabilities beyond what Gimp-Print 4.2 could support. I also expected that we would be ready to release Gimp-Print 4.4 or 5.0 within a year, so there wouldn't be a need for anything more. We released Gimp-Print 4.2.6 in early 2004. However, there were still some problems with that release, and we did one more release (4.2.7) in July 2004. This wound up being the final Gimp-Print 4.2 release.

Gimp-Print Becomes Gutenprint

In the meantime, work on Gimp-Print 4.3 was progressing, albeit rather slowly. We wanted to support the newest generation printers with tiny droplets, very high resolutions, and extra colors, in addition to adding color management and the possibility of supporting many more printer capabilities beyond the fixed set offered in Gimp-Print 4.2. In part due to all of the maintenance work on 4.2, and in part due to the natural tendency of people to move on to other projects, we made only slow progress on Gimp-Print 4.3. It was clear that we weren't going to release a next generation of Gimp-Print in 2002 or early 2003 as we hoped. However, the success of Gimp-Print 4.2 took some of the pressure off, because 4.2 was proving to be highly maintainable. We wanted the next generation of Gimp-Print to be more than just another incremental advance.

The core of the new parameter-based API, and hence of Gimp-Print 4.3, was in place by early 2003. By this time, 4.2 was slowing down, and work on our development tree was starting to pick up. We decided that the architectural and user experience changes were sufficient to name the next release 5.0, and I put together a plan for going to alpha in July and releasing 5.0 in November 2003. That was not to be.

We were doing new releases of 4.3 for intrepid adventurers every few weeks, with extensive changes continuing, and it was only in December that we finally felt ready to move to 5.0 alpha, which we released in January 2004. Progress was slow; there were still quite a few API changes we felt we needed to make, and there were still serious quality problems with many printers. In addition, new printers were being shipped with additional inks that we couldn't handle very well. We also had to adapt to other changes, such as GIMP 2.0 based on GTK+ 2.0, which was not backward compatible with GTK+/GIMP 1.2. We released Gimp-Print 5.0 beta in June with many improvements, but there were still quite a few things on our release checklist that weren't done.

Based on the popularity of Gimp-Print 4.2, we decided that it was very important that Gimp-Print 5.0 not interfere with the use of Gimp-Print 4.2. It was clear that the changes in 5.0 were too extensive to maintain compatibility in any useful way with 4.2, and a lot of people had incorporated 4.2 into their daily work, so we thought long and hard about how to make the CUPS and Foomatic interfaces not interfere with Gimp-Print 4.2.

It also became apparent that our ties to the GIMP had all but vanished by this point. We had actually squeezed all of the GIMP-related code out into a very small stub that was actually smaller than the original GIMP plugin! Furthermore, the Gimp-Print name was causing a lot of confusion among users; OS X users in parrticular were referring to Gimp-Print as "Gimp". We settled on the name Gutenprint, and renamed the project in the fall of 2004.

We were still in beta; progress was slow at this point, but we weren't satisfied with the results. We finally did our first release candidate in September 2005, over a year after we entered beta. We continued to move toward 5.0 release, but there was still a lot of cleanup work that needed to be done: printers needed to be retuned, PPD files needed to be validated, we needed to incorporate feedback from users that we only really started to get from the release candidates. There were a number of serious but subtle bugs with the CUPS and Foomatic interfaces that needed to be fixed in order to have a useful 5.0 public release.

In April 2006 I attended my second printing summit, this one hosted by Lanier, and spent three days working with many key players in the Linux/UNIX printing world. This was very productive; I got a lot of useful feedback on various issues and was able to raise issues important to Gutenprint. We released the third release candidate in May 2006, with a tremendous number of bug fixes and improvements, and this finally felt like a real release candidate. We received extensive feedback from this release, and fixed other problems and made some other changes to improve quality.

Unfortunately, we didn't accomplish all of our goals for Gutenprint 5.0. We have not incorporated true color management; our Postscript output driver in the GIMP plugin (and indeed, the GIMP plugin itself) is still in need of a rewrite; the drivers other than the Epson driver haven't been fully updated to take advantage of the capabilities of Gutenprint 5.0. However, these changes can be made later, either in later 5.0 releases or in the next release series. Gutenprint is not "finished" and never will be!

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Why won't my Mac recognize my HP printer?

Make sure your Mac is connected to the Internet. In the Printers list, click your HP printer, and then click the Minus button to delete it. Click the Add button . Find and select the name of your printer from the Printer list, and then click Add to add your printer.

Why won't my Mac allow me to add a printer?

If you can't add the printer because it doesn't appear in the list of available printers, it may be turned off, or your Mac may be on a different network now. If the printer was shared by another user, the user may have stopped sharing it, or the user's Mac may be offline.

What HP Printers are compatible with macOS Monterey?

HP LaserJet, HP OfficeJet Enterprise, HP PageWide Enterprise, HP Managed - Printers compatible with macOS Monterey 12.0, macOS Big Sur 11.0, and macOS Catalina 10.15.
HP LaserJet Enterprise..
HP LaserJet Managed..
HP LaserJet Pro..
HP LaserJet Ultra..
HP OfficeJet Enterprise..
HP PageWide Enterprise..
HP PageWide Managed..

What Printers are compatible with Mac OS Big Sur?

The following is a review of all-in-one printers that are compatible with macOS 11..
Brother-Inkjet-Printer-MFC-J985DW-XL. ... .
Canon-TS9020. ... .
Brother-Inkjet-Printer-MFC-J985DW. ... .
Brother-MFC9130CW. ... .
HP-Tango. ... .
Canon-2986C002-PIXMA-TS6220. ... .
HP-OfficeJet-3830. ... .
Brother HL-L2350DW..

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