system-config-printer Changelog

What's new in system-config-printer 1.2.9

Oct 26, 2011
  • This is a maintenance release, fixing several bugs.

New in system-config-printer 1.3.4 (Jul 17, 2011)

  • This update fixes several problems, including: corrupted Samba URIs when adding a new printer; not showing translated messages; and some issues with tracebacks.
  • It also removes the printer groups feature, as there is no prospect of it being used in the GTK+ print dialog.
  • The udev-configure-printer utility now has the ability to enumerate the attached devices, and to do this as a systemd service instead of from the CUPS init script.

New in system-config-printer 1.3.2 (Mar 21, 2011)

  • Translations have been fixed.
  • Added support for extra job options
  • Many tracebacks have been fixed.
  • Several fixes for driver selection were made.

New in system-config-printer 1.3.0 (Feb 17, 2011)

  • This release adds support for starting the CUPS service if not running.
  • PPD caching and other speed-ups. XML-based driver preference rules.
  • More foolproof printer model name matching.
  • Many other improvements.

New in system-config-printer 1.2.7 (Feb 10, 2011)

  • This version includes improvements to the DNS-SD support as well as some user interface bugfixes.

New in system-config-printer 1.2.6 (Jan 17, 2011)

  • Some speed enhancements were made, as well as several bugfixes.

New in system-config-printer 1.2.5 (Oct 13, 2010)

  • Some driver matching bugs have been fixed, as well as some user interface issues.

New in system-config-printer 1.2.4 (Aug 24, 2010)

  • Many bugs have been fixed and translations have been updated.

New in system-config-printer 1.1.18 (Mar 10, 2010)

  • 2010-03-09 Tim Waugh Treat hpcups-requiring-plugin as 3rd party proprietary (bug #547837). Rua bootstrap against autoconf-2.65.
  • 2010-03-09 Jiri Popelka Fixed jobviewer traceback when closing notification (bug #571603). * jobviewer.py (Jobviewer.cleanup, Jobviewer.now_connected): Ignore glib.GError when closing not yet shown notification.
  • 2010-03-05 Tim Waugh Fixed typo in data button setting function.
  • 2010-02-28 Tim Waugh Import gobject in gtkspinner.
  • 2010-02-26 Tim Waugh Added simple program to check IEEE 1284 Device IDs against PPDs. Allow IPP_INTERNAL_ERROR when fetching PPD for empty class (bug #567920).
  • 2010-02-22 Tim Waugh Removed HP and Kyocera IEEE 1284 Device ID hacks.
  • 2010-02-22 Jiri Popelka Catch RuntimeError in statereason.py when cupsGetPPD2 fails (#566938).
  • 2010-02-21 Tim Waugh Display a warning when the wrong IEEE 1284 Device ID is detected.
  • 2010-02-18 Tim Waugh Added compatibility code for unofficial DevicesGet D-Bus interface. * cupspk.py (Connection.getDevices): Use empty list for schemes defaults. Catch TypeError on D-Bus call and use old API in that case. * asyncpk1.py (PK1Connection.__init__): Use introspection to discover which interface to use for DevicesGet. (PK1Connection.getDevices): Use old or new interface as appropriate.
  • 2010-02-17 Vincent Untz Update the PolicyKit code to use the correct signature for DevicesGet The DevicesGet dbus method was originally developed as a patch, and when it got integrated in cups-pk-helper, the signature changed a bit.
  • 2010-02-11 Tim Waugh Avoid clearing selecting device settings when adding printer. * system-config-printer.py (NewPrinterUGI.add_devices): Don't set the cursor in the URIs treeview if a device was already selected by the user.
  • 2010-02-10 Tim Waugh Use gtk.STOCK_* instead of 'gtk-*' throughout. Use stock 'add' icon for new-printer button (Ubuntu #394071). * system-config-printer.py (GUI.__init__): Use 'add' instead of 'new' for new-printer button. Part of trac #64.

New in system-config-printer 1.1.13 (Sep 15, 2009)

  • Mainly translation fixes, as well as a speed improvement when fetching devices for a new print queue.

New in system-config-printer 1.1.12 (Aug 26, 2009)

  • Some usability improvements have been added concerning status display of printers and jobs.
  • Several bugs have been fixed, including a traceback when printing a test page to a newly-added printer.

New in system-config-printer 1.1.3 (Feb 3, 2009)

  • As well as fixing several small bugs, this release has moved the printer state messages from the job viewer to the printer properties dialog.

New in system-config-printer 1.1.2 (Jan 15, 2009)

  • Ink levels are now displayed when available.
  • Accessibility improvements have been made by adding accessibility relations between labels and their controls.
  • A notification is given when a job is completed.

New in system-config-printer 1.1.1 (Jan 5, 2009)

  • This release begins a new stable branch with many enhancements since 1.0.x.

New in system-config-printer 1.0.12 (Dec 1, 2008)

  • File descriptor and temporary file leaks were fixed.
  • HPLIP is not automatically used for network printers.

New in system-config-printer 1.0.11 (Nov 21, 2008)

  • Many small bugfixes and updated translations.

New in system-config-printer 1.0.9 (Oct 22, 2008)

  • Several translations have been updated.
  • Some user interface bugs have been fixed.
  • The SMB authentication dialog has been fixed.

New in system-config-printer 1.0.8 (Sep 29, 2008)

  • Printers created from custom PPDs now have better suggested names.
  • A display problem with installable options has been fixed.
  • Lexmark printer matching has been improved.
  • A traceback in the advanced server settings dialog has been fixed.
  • The OpenPrinting API has been extended.
  • Jockey support has been added.
  • Many translations have been updated.

New in system-config-printer 1.0.7 (Aug 29, 2008)

  • This release adds several bugfixes and small user interface improvements.