CUPS DDK 1.1.0

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Sat Feb 17 11:44:27 PST 2007


Version 1.1.0 of the Common UNIX Printing System Driver Development Kit is now available for download from the CUPS web site at:

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

The new release adds support for creating globalized and compressed PPDs with configurable line endings, includes a new ppdmerge utility, and fixes some platform and packaging issues.

The CUPS Driver Development Kit (DDK) provides a suite of standard drivers, a PPD file compiler, and other utilities that can be used to develop printer drivers for CUPS and other printing environments.  CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX®-based operating systems.  The CUPS DDK provides the means for mass-producing PPD files and drivers/filters for CUPS-based printer drivers.

The CUPS DDK is licensed under the GNU General Public License.  Please contact Easy Software Products for commercial support and "binary distribution" rights.

Changes include:

    * The ppdpo utility no longer includes the LanguageEncoding or LanguageVersion strings (STR #1525)
    * The PPD compiler now provides a -D option to set variables from the command-line (STR #2066)
    * If the PCFileName uses a lowercase ".ppd" extension, the PPD compiler will not convert the entire filename to lowercase (STR #2065)
    * Added the ppdmerge utility.
    * The "dymo" driver has been renamed to "label", which is the name used in CUPS 1.2 and higher.
    * The PPD compiler now supports generation of compressed PPD files.
    * The PPD compiler now supports generation of PPD files with line endings other than just a line feed.
    * The PPD compiler now supports generation of globalized (multi-language) PPD files.
    * Fixed the MacOS X Universal Binary support.
    * The drivers now have their own man pages.
    * The drivers are now bundled in a separate "cupsddk-drivers" package to allow vendors to provide the drivers separate from the developer kit. 




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