Created at 09:00 Jan 31, 2002 by mike, last modified at 08:10 Jan 31, 2002
Hollywood, MD (January 31, 2002) -- Easy Software Products today announced the 1.1.13 release of the Common UNIX Printing System ("CUPS"), an IPP/1.1-based printing system for UNIX®
CUPS 1.1.13 adds support for the KOI8-R and KOI8-U encodings, message catalogs for several Russian locales and for Simplified Chinese, improvements for MacOS X (Darwin) and IRIX, improvements to the PDF, PostScript, and text filters, status reporting for IPP-based printers (paper out, etc.), and improvements to the SAMBA driver export facility. The new release also fixes bugs in the scheduler, the lpstat command, the CUPS API, and the pstoraster filter. CUPS is available at:
http://www.cups.org/
CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX®-based operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software Products to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces.
CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the basis for managing print jobs and queues. The Line Printer Daemon ("LPD") Server Message Block ("SMB"), and AppSocket (a.k.a. JetDirect) protocols are also supported with reduced functionality. CUPS adds network printer browsing and PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") based printing options to support real-world printing under UNIX.
CUPS also includes a customized version of GNU Ghostscript (currently based off GNU Ghostscript 5.50) and an image file RIP that are used to support non-PostScript printers. Sample drivers for Dymo, EPSON, HP, and OKIDATA printers are included that use these filters.
Drivers for thousands of printers are provided with our ESP Print Pro software, available at:
http://www.easysw.com/printpro/
CUPS is licensed under the GNU General Public License and GNU Library General Public License. Please contact Easy Software Products for commercial support and "binary distribution" rights. Download · Home Page · Listing