[riscos-printing] Re: Gutenprint 5.0.0
- From: Martin Dixon <m.dixon4@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: riscos-printing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:05:31 +0100
In message <1e0fbc544e.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <c2dcb8544e.Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Chris Terran <chris.terranova@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to Martin for moving the list to FreeLists. And here's a test
>> post (with content!):
>>
>> I see that Gutenprint (as Gimp-Print is now called) version 5.0.0 was
>> released recently. Are there any plans to update the RISC OS version?
>>
>> Link: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/
>
> Yes. As some of you may have heard already Gimp-Print for RISC OS was
> meant to be based on Gimp-Print 5 from the start. Back then, when I
> started working on it (end of 2003), version 5 was "just around the
> corner" and its release was planned for April 2004. I nevertheless
> decided to base our RISC OS version on the latest stable 4.2 release
> rather than waiting for the first release of version 5. Considering
> the fact that the 5.0 release is almost 2.5 years late this has turned
> out to be a good decision. ;-)
>
> I have been following Gimp-Print (and now Gutenprint) development ever
> since then and I am pleased to see that version 5 has finally been
> released. The new version is supposed to offer dramatically improved
> print quality and support for quite a few new printers (mostly Epson,
> as usual).
>
> Creating a RISC OS version of Gutenprint 5 is not an easy task though.
> The library interface has changed completely, so parts of GPDriver and
> most of GPSetup will have to be rewritten from scratch. The question
> is whether existing users are prepared to contribute to the funding of
> this project. The required amount would be substantially less than the
> initial funding, so I would not expect anyone to donate more than 10
> Pounds.
>
> Martin
Sounds entirely reasonable to me
Martin
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