gutenprint URL: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ Supplier: Gutenprint project Manufacturer-supplied: No License: GPL Free Software: Yes Patented algorithms: No Support contact: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gimp-print-devel, Gutenprint mailing list at SourceForge (voluntary) Short Description: Top Quality Printer Drivers for inkjets, dye sublimation printers, and PCL lasers Driver type: CUPS Raster Color output: Yes Text printing support: 90 Line art printing support: 90 Graphics printing support: 100 Photo printing support: 100 Rendering speed: 60 Comments: This driver is available in the Gutenprint Printer Application
Gutenprint supports a wide variety of Epson Stylus, HP DeskJet, Canon BubbleJet, Lexmark inkjet printers, PCL laser printers, and Canon, Fujifilm, Sony, Olympus dye sublimation printers. Its primary goal is uncompromising quality. Epson Stylus printers in particular are supported in all resolutions and modes, and the latest printers are capable of producing prints that rival photographic prints in quality. This package also offers much faster printing for high quality text and presentation graphics when required.
Gutenprint is the successor of Gimp-Print, it was renamed with the change from version 4.x to 5.x. All printers which worked with Gimp-Print before, work also (and hopefully better) with Gutenprint.
The actual printer drivers are in the Gutenprint library. To give access to them Gutenprint has various interfaces:
If you got Gutenprint with your operating system distribution, use the printer setup program coming with your distribution. Otherwise it is recommended to use the CUPS driver if you use CUPS as your printing system or the IJS driver if you use another spooler.
IMPORTANT: Always use the Foomatic data and/or PPD files of the Gutenprint version which you are actually using! Remove and re-create your print queues after every update of Gutenprint. If you are using the Gutenprint package of your Linux distribution, it is possible that the Foomatic data and/or the PPD files can be in separate packages. Make sure you install them and that they are of the version corresponding to your Gutenprint package.
The information currently here corresponds to driver version 5.2.7. If you use another version, have a look in the documentation coming with your Gutenprint package. If you have still a 4.x version of Gimp-Print, it is highly recommended to upgrade at least to Gutenprint 5.0.x.
The driver package which is available for download here on this site only contains the CUPS driver and the utilities (escputil, cups-calibrate), it does not contain the IJS driver and the GIMP plug-in.
Packages for i486 File: openprinting-gutenprint-5.2.7-1lsb3.2.i486.rpm URL: http://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/components/lsb3.2/contrib/RPMS/i486/openprinting-gutenprint-5.2.7-1lsb3.2.i486.rpm Signature key fingerprint: https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/keys/openprinting Real Version: 5.2.7 Version: 5.2.7 Release: 1 LSB version: 3.2 Sorting index: 5.2.7_1_3.2 Link text: 5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) Architecture: i486 Packaging System: rpm Scope: general Repositories yum: [openprinting-gutenprint-driver] name=OpenPrinting LSB-3.2-based driver packages of "gutenprint" baseurl=http://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/components/lsb3.2/contrib/RPMS enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 zypper: zypper addrepo -c -t rpm-md -n 'gutenprint' http://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/components/lsb3.2/contrib/RPMS/ gutenprint