CUPS 1.2.8

[Michael Sweet]

CUPS 1.2.8 is now available for download from the CUPS web site at:

    http://www.cups.org/software.php

CUPS 1.2.8 adds a French localization, updates the Japanese and Spanish localizations, and fixes several web interface, printing, and networking bugs. Changes include:

    * Documentation fixes (STR #2141, STR #2157)
    * The HTTP upgrade redirection used by the scheduler did not work with Internet Explorer (STR #2235)
    * Members of a class with Unicode names did not appear correctly in the web interface (STR #2154)
    * Changing the "Save debugging information" setting in the web interface no longer affects the other server settings (STR #1993)
    * The scheduler did not choose SSL certificates correctly on Mac OS X (STR #2225)
    * The scheduler could get in an infinite loop when printing to a remote class (STR #2228)
    * The jobs web page did not have separating space after the number of pages column (STR #2230)
    * Added French localization (STR #2221)
    * Updated Spanish localization (STR #2223)
    * Updated Japanese localization (STR #2216)
    * cupsBorderlessScalingFacter was limited to a range of 0.9 to 1.1, but some printers need larger values (STR #2222)
    * Landscape printing of PDF files did not always work (STR #2149)
    * Fixed slow USB printing on Minolta printers (STR #2104, STR #2219)
    * The ZPL label printer driver could produce stretched output (PR #6448)
    * The IPP backend now clears the printer-state-message when there are no outstanding errors or warnings (STR #2126)
    * The CUPS Java scripting support did not work with recent versions of Java due to the use of Sun's private Base64 class (STR #2152)
    * The scheduler did not pass HTTP GET form variables to custom CGI programs (STR #2173)
    * The lpoptions command now displays the reason why a PPD file cannot be found (STR #2184)
    * The scheduler did not accept "none" as a browse protocol name (STR #2200)
    * The scheduler still loaded the remote printer cache, even when browsing was disabled (STR #2198)
    * The SNMP backend now shows OfficeJet printers with the "HP" manufacturer prefix (STR #2151)
    * Web interface HTML cleanup (STR #2153)
    * The parallel backend consumed 100% CPU on FreeBSD due to an apparently common parallel port driver bug (STR #2161)
    * ippReadIO() incorrectly returned IPP_IDLE when the initial IPP message header could not be read (STR #2179)
    * cupsRasterInterpretPPD() did not support custom options (STR #1960)
    * Collated output produced by the PostScript filter could lose some options (STR #2137)
    * job-hold-until with time values for the next day would be held for 60 days (STR #2144)
    * Some types of Sun raster files did not print correctly (STR #2107)
    * Raw PBM files did not print correctly (STR #2106)
    * The SNMP backend no longer uses IPP with HP printers, as some recent firmware versions appear to not work (STR #2055)
    * cupsMarkOptions() did not handle the multiple-document-handling option (STR #2135)
    * lpstat did not show the local job ID of active printers (STR #2125)
    * The backends incorrectly used STATUS: media-tray-empty-error messages for out-of-paper conditions (STR #2123, STR #2124)
    * cupsGetPPD2() returned the wrong error when the PPD file did not exist (STR #2122)
    * cupsDoAuthentication() did not translate the password prompt (STR #2121)
    * httpGetLength2() did not handle error messages without content correctly (STR #2133)
    * Added support for 32/64-bit libraries on HP-UX Itanium systems (STR #2115)
    * Fixed a configure script problem with the 32/64-bit library support (STR #2114)
    * The PostScript filter did not properly output document setup commands for reversed output (STR #2111)
    * The scheduler did not parse IPv6 netmasks properly (STR #2117)