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README.espPrint - 07/10/97
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INTRODUCTION
The following files should be in this directory:
espPrint-3.2.4-irix.tardist - ESP Print 3.2.4 for IRIX
espPrint-3.2.4-sparc.tar.gz - ESP Print 3.2.4 for Solaris SPARC
espPrint-3.2.4-x86.tar.gz - ESP Print 3.2.4 for Solaris x86
README.espPrint - This file
For more information on what ESP Print is, call us at (301) 373-9603 or
consult our web pages at "http://www.easysw.com".
This is commercial, licensed software. Demonstration licenses are
available on a one-time per site basis - to get one send EMail to
"print@easysw.com". The latest SGI HotMix CDs also have older versions of
this software.
Once licensed, all software updates (like this one) are freely available
and may be installed at any time (your license is still good).
REQUIREMENTS
IRIX
You must be using IRIX 5.2 or higher to install this distribution.
We recommend that your system have at least 32MB of RAM and 20MB of
free disk space.
Solaris SPARC
You must be using Solaris 2.5 or higher to install this distribution.
We recommend that your system have at least 32MB of RAM and 20MB of
free disk space.
Solaris x86
You must be using Solaris 2.5 or higher to install this distribution.
We recommend that your system have at least 32MB of RAM and 20MB of
free disk space.
INSTALLING ESP PRINT 3.2.4 UNDER IRIX
To install the distribution, do the following:
% su [ENTER]
...
# tar xf espPrint-3.2.4-irix.tardist [ENTER]
# inst -f . [ENTER]
inst> install all [ENTER]
inst> go [ENTER]
inst> quit [ENTER]
# exit [ENTER]
INSTALLING ESP PRINT 3.2.4 UNDER SOLARIS SPARC
If you have a previous version of ESP Print already loaded on your system,
do the following to prepare your system for the new release:
% su [ENTER]
...
# pkgrm espPrint [ENTER]
...
# exit [ENTER]
To install the distribution, do the following:
% su [ENTER]
...
# mkdir /tmp/esp [ENTER]
# cp espPrint-3.2.4-sparc.tar.gz /tmp/esp [ENTER]
# cd /tmp/esp [ENTER]
# gunzip espPrint-3.2.4-sparc.tar.gz [ENTER]
# tar xf espPrint-3.2.4-sparc.tar [ENTER]
# pkgadd -d espPrint.dist [ENTER]
...
# cd / [ENTER]
# rm -rf /tmp/esp [ENTER]
# makewhatis /usr/share/man [ENTER]
# exit [ENTER]
INSTALLING ESP PRINT 3.2.4 UNDER SOLARIS x86
If you have a previous version of ESP Print already loaded on your system,
do the following to prepare your system for the new release:
% su [ENTER]
...
# pkgrm espPrint [ENTER]
...
# exit [ENTER]
To install the distribution, do the following:
% su [ENTER]
...
# mkdir /tmp/esp [ENTER]
# cp espPrint-3.2.4-x86.tar.gz /tmp/esp [ENTER]
# cd /tmp/esp [ENTER]
# gunzip espPrint-3.2.4-x86.tar.gz [ENTER]
# tar xf espPrint-3.2.4-x86.tar [ENTER]
# pkgadd -d espPrint.dist [ENTER]
...
# cd / [ENTER]
# rm -rf /tmp/esp [ENTER]
# makewhatis /usr/share/man [ENTER]
# exit [ENTER]
USING ESP PRINT
ESP Print includes a graphical printer administration utility that allows
you to install any type of printer supported by our drivers. To run it,
type the following in a UNIX Shell window:
# /usr/esp/bin/AddPrinter [ENTER]
This program is also available in the Icon Catalog on the Applications
page (IRIX only).
The CJ-10 scanner driver appears in the Scanner Manager - you can add it
like any other scanner (IRIX only).
PRINTING FILES
ESP Print works through the LP spooling system, so the 'lp' command is used
to print files. If you are running the Indigo MagicTM desktop, you can drag
files onto the printer icon to print them. Printing from applications like
ShowcaseTM and FrameMaker« is also supported!
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE
Contact Easy Software Products via EMail (print@easysw.com), telephone at
(301) 373-9603, or via US Mail at the following address:
Easy Software Products
44145 Airport View Drive, Suite 204
Hollywood, Maryland 20636
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ENHANCEMENTS TO VERSION 3.2.3
- AddPrinter now sets the default printer for you if there isn't a default
destination already defined.
- AddPrinter now auto-detects Central Data SCSI, EtherLite, and PCI port
servers.
- PPD files are now distributed with gzip compression. This significantly
reduces the amount of disk space needed for a full install (~80% less!)
- The options panel now requires a width or length for variable media
sizes - you'll get an error if you don't enter values.
- Added support for HP DesignJet 2000CP and 2500CP.
- Added support for HP DeskJet 672C
- Added support for HP LaserJet 5SE
- Added support for Canon BJC-240 and BJC-4550 "photo" quality mode
(720x360 DPI).
- Added support for EPSON Stylus Color 400, 600, 800, 1520, and 3000.
All but the '400 provide 1440x720 DPI on special paper!
- Added support for the EPSON LQ-1170 and LQ-2170 wide carriage
printers. Previously only the narrow carriage media types were
supported.
- Color correction for EPSON Stylus printers is now improved.
- The EPSON Stylus 720 DPI mode is now fully supported in proof and
final modes. Previous versions of ESP Print dithered to a 2x2
halftone cell at 360 DPI for performance reasons on older machines.
- Added support for Canon CLC PS-IPU color correction and shading options.
- Added support for HP PostScript color correction and shading options.
- Added support for Lexmark Optra S and SC.
- Added support for Tektronix Phaser 350, 450, and 600.
- Updated HPGL file recognition to accept "ESC ."
- Updated the draft quality dithering algorithms used when printing
PostScript files to non-PostScript printers.
- Added "default" dithering and media source options for all PostScript
drivers.
- "PS" command handling in the HPGL conversion program has been changed.
Previously, a PS command without arguments would set the plot size to
the imageable area of the printer - the correct behavior. Since many
applications that output HPGL make assumptions about the media size
(specifically, E size), the conversion program now defaults to 36" W
and 48" high for the media size.
- lpwin(1esp) now has a "grey" option to force output colors to light/dark
greyshades (light for normal output, dark for reversed output).
- The PostScript filter program has been optimized to improve standard
(non-filtered) printing speed.
FIXES FOR VERSION 3.2.3
- The AddPrinter program did not always show non-PostScript printers when
running it under IRIX 6.2 (with patches), 6.3, or 6.4.
- The AddPrinter program now detects the correct number of parallel ports
on O2, Octane, Origin, and Onyx2 systems.
- The AddPrinter program did not always allow SCSI printers to be
installed.
- The AddPrinter program did not always setup manual feed media sources
for PostScript printers.
- The AddPrinter program did not setup Remote Windows printing properly.
- Certain applications (such as Pro/E) were sending setpagedevice
commands to the GNU GhostScript RIP which caused it to crash. The
patched GNU GhostScript now ignores setpagedevice commands completely.
- The -geometry option of the lpwin(1esp) command did not work properly.
- The -window option of the lpwin(1esp) command did not work properly
with the $WINDOWID environment variable provided by xwsh. The
window ID returned by xwsh is the text area inside the window.
- The PostScript driver could crash with verbose logging enabled.
- The PostScript printer driver would crash due to an internal buffer
overflow when printing to the Tektronix Phaser IISDX printer.
- Removed support for TBCP and BCP protocols whem printing images to
PostScript printers because of Adobe interpreter bugs.
- The Canon CJ-10 driver did not print.
- The Canon CJ-10 driver information did not correctly set the color
model to RGB.
- The EPSON Stylus Color drivers now properly handle switching from
color to black output and visa-versa properly.
- For some reason, disabling microweave on EPSON Stylus Color Pro
and newer printers causes blank sheets to be spit out.
- The non-PostScript HP LaserJet 5Si, 4, 4+, and 5 drivers did not
show the duplexing option.
- The HP DeskJet 550C and 560C drivers did not use CMYK printing.
- The HP DesignJet PostScript drivers now properly set the media size
prior to sending a job.
- Removed the dithering options from the Color LaserJet drivers as the
printer's internal dithering is used for proof and final quality.
- Single-copy printing of text (and sometimes HPGL) files did not use
the "fast" path to the printer when the printer did not directly
support multiple copies.
- The color gamma and brightness controls did not appear on the GUI
options panels for some PostScript printers.
- Direct printing of HPGL files to PostScript printers did not work.
- The HPGL conversion program did not handle newlines in encode polyline
(PE) commands properly.
- The HPGL conversion program was crashing while parsing raster fill
(RF) commands due to an internal buffer overflow. Please note that
the conversion program does *not* support raster fill.
- The licensesvr.install script was adding an entry that used user "nobody"
to avoid security problems; it has been changed to "lp" since the nobody
account does not have a valid UID on some systems.
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CHANGES/FIXES FROM VERSION 3.2.2
- Added "manpage" option to drivers for "man -t command"
- Removed the 600x300 DPI resolution option from the DeskJet 850, 855,
and 870 printer options panels since the drivers use 600x600 for
black and either 600x300 or 300x300 for color automatically.
- A new halftoning function is now used for draft printing through
GNU GhostScript that provides better color and grey shades.
- The AddPrinter icon did not always appear on the Applications page in
the icon catalog.
- The AddPrinter program was updated to correctly build Remote Windows
and Remote EtherTalk printer driver scripts.
- The Online User's Guide had the wrong book title.
- Two errors were corrected in the template interface file.
- The GUI options panel would crash if a user saved options containing a
range of pages to print.
- The Media Type options were not being installed in PostScript printer
GUI option files.
- 2-up printing missed the last page if a document contained an odd
number of pages.
- "Raw" print jobs did not log the user or job ID in the printer log file.
- The EPSON Stylus Color driver caused some Stylus Color printers to lock
up due to a firmware bug. A workaround has been implemented that works
with all EPSON Stylus Color printers.
- The EPSON Stylus Color Pro XL driver did not properly support variable
media sizes.
- The HP PaintJet drivers did not have a Color printing option.
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CHANGES/FIXES FROM VERSION 3.2.1
- The lpwin(1esp) program now supports printing of non-SGI displays.
- The PostScript filter did not handle output from the Sun Answerbook
software (bug in Answerbook).
- The DeskJet 1600C driver now supports the optional second (lower) media
tray.
- Printer icons were not always displayed properly.
- Output on some DeskJet 1600C printers was distorted due to a firmware
bug in the 1600C's.
- Draft printing of image files was broken for some printers.
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CHANGES/FIXES FROM VERSION 3.2
- The lpwin(1esp) program now supports the "-geometry" option to print a
specific area of the screen.
- The ESP Print software now generates a separate greyscale channel that is
merged with the color data for output to CMY/RGB printers.
- The Color LaserJet driver has been updated to utilize the onboard
dithering to avoid color shifts caused by the Color LaserJet firmware.
- The DesignJet drivers no longer require you to choose Mono or Color from
the front panel.
- The HP printer drivers were optimized to reduce the amount of processing
done in blank page areas.
- The AddPrinter icon was not being added to the Applications page in the
Icon Catalog.
- Some printer drivers were listed twice in the AddPrinter printer list.
These duplicates have been removed. Printer drivers missing from the list
were added as well.
- The AddPrinter program was not creating an active icon file.
- The AddPrinter program was not supplying the correct device file to the
spooler.
- The GUI Options program has been updated to provide context-sensitive
help based upon the current "pane".
- Landscape printing was broken for some filetypes and printers.
- 2-up printing of PostScript files was not rotating the page.
- The HPGL conversion program was not correctly assigning colors with the
PC command.
- The HP LaserJet drivers did not correctly print HPGL files unless the
'fit to page' option was chosen.
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CHANGES/FIXES FROM VERSION 3.1.19
- Completely revamped drivers to support printer-specific margins and
features.
- New platform-independent options panel (Sun Solaris support coming
soon!)
- GNU GhostScript 3.33; provides Level 2 PostScript RIP capabilities and
compatibility with all Adobe products.
- Support for 600x300 DPI modes of HP 600 and 800 series DeskJets.
- New double-resolution modes for Fargo Primera, PrimeraPro, and FotoFUN!
printers to improve dye-sub text output.
- Printer accounting and access control.
- "Insight" online books!
- Now supports over *800* printers!
- Now supports EtherTalk printing through CAP package.
- New lpwin options for removing the window border and saving to a file.
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Software License Agreement
PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND
EASY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS ("ESP"). BY OPENING THIS PACKAGE, AND USING THE SOFTWARE
AND DOCUMENTATION ("SOFTWARE") CONTAINED IN THIS PACKAGE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO
BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT
REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE AND SOLE AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE ESP SOFTWARE, AND IT
SUPERSEDES ANY PRIOR PROPOSAL, REPRESENTATION OR UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE
SOFTWARE BETWEEN YOU AND ESP OR ANY OTHER PARTY. IF YOU (hereafter in this
document referred to as "LICENSEE") ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF
THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE, AND NOTIFY ESP AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE; UPON SUCH NOTICE ESP WILL ACCEPT THE RETURN OF THIS SOFTWARE.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SOFTWARE LICENSE
1. GRANT OF LICENSE; USE RESTRICTIONS. In consideration for the payment of a
license fee, ESP grants to Licensee a personal, nontransferable (except as
provided below) and nonexclusive right to use the SOFTWARE, solely for
Licensee's internal business purposes, on a single SGI workstation, computer,
or server product ("Designated Machine") identified below. Licensee agrees that
it shall not reverse compile or disassemble any portion of the SOFTWARE.
2. OWNERSHIP OF SOFTWARE. Licensee agrees that no title to the SOFTWARE, or the
intellectual property in any of the SOFTWARE, or in any SOFTWARE copy, is
transferred to Licensee, and that all rights not expressly granted to Licensee
hereunder are reserved by ESP. This license is not a sale of the original
SOFTWARE or any copy thereof.
3. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. If Licensee transfers ownership, or otherwise
disposes, or a Disignated Machine, provided that the transferee agrees to
accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensee may transfer the
SOFTWARE and all licenses and rights in SOFTWARE granted under this Agreement
to such transferee (provided that all SOFTWARE copies are also transferred).
4. TERMINATION. If licensee fails to fulfill any of Licensee's material
obligations under this Agreement, ESP may, at any time thereafter, and in
addition to any other available remedies, terminate this Agreement and all
licenses and rights granted to Licensee under this Agreement.
Upon termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall, within thirty (30) days
after termination, deliver to ESP all removeable media and documentation
containing the SOFTWARE, and shall render unusable all SOFTWARE placed in any
storage apparatus.
LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
ESP warrants that it has the authority and right to license the SOFTWARE, and
that the SOFTWARE will conform to the material printed specifications therefor
which are in effect on the date of original delivery of such SOFTWARE. ESP's
warranty and obligation shall extend for a period of ninety (90) days after the
date of the original delivery of SOFTWARE to Licensee by ESP, and is solely for
the benefit of Licensee, who has no authority to assign of pass through this
warranty to any other person or entity. Except as provided in this Section, the
SOFTWARE is provided to Licensee on an "AS IS" basis, and ESP makes no other
warranty of any kind, express of implied, with regard to the SOFTWARE licensed
hereunder. ESP does not warrant or represent that the SOFTWARE will operate
uninterrupted or error free or that all defects in the SOFTWARE are correctable
or will be corrected. This warranty shall not apply if SOFTWARE is used other
than in accordance with ESP's written instructions, or if any of Licensees's
hardware equipment malfunctions.
ESP's entire liability and Licensee's exclusive remedy for any defects in the
SOFTWARE shall be to obtain ESP's SOFTWARE updates via Internet or pay a media
update fee for each copy of the SOFTWARE.
THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF, AND ESP DISCLAIMS, ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF
MECHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the exclusion
above may not apply to Licensee. This warranty gives Licensee specificlegal
rights, and Licensee may have other rights which vary from state to state.
IN NO EVENT SHALL ESP OR ESP'S LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION LOSS OF PROFITS OR DATA AND PERSONAL INJURY), WHETHER OR NOT ESP HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY
OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. In
no event will ESP be liable for any claim against Licensee by a third party,
and Licensee hereby agrees to indemnify and hold ESP harmless for any claims
for cost, damage, expense or liability arising out of or in connection with the
installation, use and performance of the SOFTWARE licensed hereunder, whether
alone or in combiniation with any other product or service.
Some states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for
incidental or consequential damages, so the limiation above may not apply to
Licensee.
GNU GHOSTSCRIPT 3.33 SOURCE CODE AVAILABILITY
Under the terms of the GNU General Public License, ESP shall provide to
Licensee the complete and modified source code for GNU GhostScript 3.33 on
magnetic tape for a nominal media fee or via the Internet at no charge.
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ESP Print 3.2.4
Copyright 1993-1997 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.
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