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The Gutenprint Project
Gutenprint is a set of very high quality drivers for printers, with particular emphasis on inkjets.
Gutenprint is the new name for the Gimp-Print project.
Gutenprint is the new name for the Gimp-Print project.
What's New
Version 5.2.7:
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New printers supported in this release:
Note that support for all printers marked "EXPERIMENTAL" (untested) or "PRELIMINARY" (minimally tested but untuned) is subject to change without notice. Printers not marked "EXPERIMENTAL" generally will not change between releases, but notice will be given and if possible back compatibility will be provided.
- Canon inkjet printers:
- Canon PIXMA iP1000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP1200 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP1300 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP1500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP1600 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP1700 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP1800 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP1900 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP2000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP2200 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP2500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP2600 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP2700
- Canon PIXMA iP3100 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP4700
- Canon PIXMA iP4800 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iP6100D
- Canon PIXMA iP6600D
- Canon PIXMA iX6500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA iX7000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MG5100
- Canon PIXMA MG5200
- Canon PIXMA MG6100
- Canon PIXMA MG8100
- Canon PIXMA MP250
- Canon PIXMA MP270
- Canon PIXMA MP280
- Canon PIXMA MP450
- Canon PIXMA MP460
- Canon PIXMA MP480
- Canon PIXMA MP493 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MP495
- Canon PIXMA MP520
- Canon PIXMA MP540
- Canon PIXMA MP550
- Canon PIXMA MP600
- Canon PIXMA MP620
- Canon PIXMA MP630
- Canon PIXMA MP640
- Canon PIXMA MP800 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MP810 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MP950
- Canon PIXMA MP960
- Canon PIXMA MP980 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MP990
- Canon PIXMA MX300 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX310 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX330 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX340 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX350 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX360 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX410 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX420 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX700 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX850 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX860 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX870 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX880 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA MX7600 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA Pro9000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Mk.II (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA Pro9500 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Canon PIXMA Pro9500 Mk.II (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Epson inkjet printers:
- EPSON B-310
- EPSON B-310N
- EPSON B-510DN
- EPSON ME Office 600F
- EPSON ME Office 620F
- Epson Stylus Photo R3000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Epson Stylus Pro 3885
- Epson Stylus Pro 4000 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Epson Stylus Pro 4450 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Epson Stylus Pro 7700 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Epson Stylus Pro 7890 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Epson Stylus Pro 9700 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Epson Stylus Pro 9890 (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Dye sublimation printers:
- Kodak EasyShare G600 Printer Dock
- Kodak PD-4000
- Kodak PD-6000
- Kodak Photo Printer
- Kodak Photo Printer 500
- Kodak Printer Dock Plus
- Kodak Printer Dock Plus S3
- Canon inkjet printers:
- Corrected color matching profile used for Mac OS X 10.5.x. sRGB will now be used instead of Generic RGB. Users with work-flows dependant on the previously used Generic RGB can select this color profile in the print window by using ColorSync to choose the profile rather than using VendorMatching.
- Add additional photo modes to Canon inkjet printers.
- Correct page size limit for EPSON Stylus Pro 7600, 7800, 7880, 9600, 9800, and 9880 (previously these printers had overly restrictive page limits).
- Correct printing to the EPSON Stylus NX200, NX215, SX200, SX205, SX210, and SX215.
- Corrected basic printer definitions of EPSON Stylus Pro 3800, 3880, 7800, and 9800.
- Corrected media definitions and improve printing quality for EPSON Stylus Pro 3800, 3880, 4800, 4880, 7800, 7880, 9800, 9880, 11800, and 11880. This will result in substantial changes in output; if this is an issue, please use the EPSON Stylus Pro 7600 or 9600 driver as appropriate. There are new printer definitions named "EPSON Stylus Pro 4800/4880 Back Compatible" and "EPSON Stylus Pro 11800/11880 Back Compatible" available for people with existing tuned workflows for those printers.
There are no back compatibility modes for the EPSON Stylus Pro 3800 and 3880 as those printers were previously marked experimental with a note that their output was expected to change substantially. - Allow EPSON Stylus Pro 3800 and 3880 to select matte and photo black ink automatically based on ink set choice (it is no longer necessary to set this on the front panel).
- Corrected base density for Photo Paper on printers using Claria ink (use 20% less ink). The default results in heavy ink puddling in some cases.
- Improved reliability of escputil.
- A problem whereby an attempt to use the the optional ink map curves (e. g. Cyan Hue Map) with the EPSON Stylus Photo R800, R1800, and R1900 would cause an error has been fixed.
- The Dutch and Italian translations have been updated.
- A Slovenian translation has been added.
Gutenprint 5.2.7 is a stable release of 5.2. This release offers support for more than 80 additional printers from Canon, Epson, and Kodak. There are also some changes for other Epson printers.
Full details are listed in the release notes.
Version 5.2.7:
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New printers supported in this release:
Note that support for all printers marked "EXPERIMENTAL" (untested) or "PRELIMINARY" (minimally tested but untuned) is more...
Gutenprint 5.2.7 is a stable release of 5.2. This release offers support for more than 80 additional printers from Canon, Epson, and Kodak. There are also some changes for other Epson printers.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.3 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.3 or later.
Apple Epson Pr...+3
HP LaserJet Dr...+2 
HP LaserJet Up...+2 
Canon ImageBro...+1 
HP LaserJet Mo...+1 
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Gutenprint is a set of very high quality drivers for printers, with particular emphasis on inkjets.
Gutenprint is the new name for the Gimp-Print project.
Gutenprint is the new name for the Gimp-Print project.
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Tarcis reviewed on 29 Dec 2011
I download gutenprint 5.2.7 but I don't know how to get it in Gimp, I still have 5.2.5
I'm on MAC OS X 10.6.8
Can you please tell me how to do.
Philippe
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Gutenprint does mention this in their manual in the "Color Correction" section...
"Profiles provided by the printer vendor are calibrated for the vendor's driver, which may not be identical to Gutenprint's calibration."
Just a 'heads-up' in case your prints do not look exactly like your monitor. It is probably not your monitor calibration or printer... just your ICC profiles.
Thanks for the drivers Gutenprint!
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Ronl reviewed on 14 Feb 2010
Remember to download and use the "Gutenprint Utility for EPSON Inkjet Printers" which makes it possible to clean, align, etc. the printer heads via the Terminal and simply typing in one letter for any process (i.e. extremely simple... so don't let the idea of using the Terminal put you off).
And... check out "Ink Level" which is a small utility that allows you to check your ink levels.
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the printer utility has been part of the Epson download for years.
ESCPUTIL (i.e. printer utility)
F) ESCPUTIL
""escputil" is a command line utility for administering Epson
inkjet printers. It performs head alignment, retrieval of ink
levels and status information, printing of test patterns, etc. It
is built and installed by default; if you don't want it, you may
use --without-escputil when configuring."
Actually you will probably find that it is necessary to get "InkLevel" also since I at least have never been able to get the ink level feature to work.
Make sure your printer is supported (if it is an Epson it probably is) then make certain that the Terminal application is active BEFORE you click on the "Gutenprint Utility for EPSON Inkjet Printers" shell script. Then in the Terminal window it will tell you what single character to click on for each feature.
It is incredibly simple after you have done it even one time.
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thekidfromtheredbank reviewed on 02 Sep 2009
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gpatpandp reviewed on 18 Jul 2009
...I still own/use a very reliable Epson Printer I bought brand new in 1997. I grew SOOOOO dag gone sick and tired of having to finagle and coerce the system drivers to work each and every time I updated to the newest version of OSX 10.5 (10.5.7 this time around). In these tough economic times (in case anyone has forgotten), WHY in tarnation should I have to run out and buy a new printer when mine works perfectly fine if/when/ever the system drivers will operate correctly.
Out of sheer frustration, I came SOOOOO close today to scrapping my whole updated system in favor of reverting to my OSX 10.5.6 (of which I had absolutely no issues printing at all once I spent a few days finagling and coercing it to work from the previous update) system backup because this time around I just could not get them to work in OSX 10.5.7. Then "whola !" I discovered these drivers upon which I happily got rid of those old pieces of junk and feel quite certain that I will never have to revisit this nonsense ever again. ***Whew*** !!! :)
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ThreeDee912 reviewed on 23 Dec 2008
Plus it has drivers for my old HP LaserJet too!
Only thing that annoys me is the "Common Settings 1, Common Settings 2, Extra Settings 3" or whatever, as it's difficult to find a specific setting hidden in all of the generic-named menus.
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Capitan reviewed on 19 Nov 2008
But since apple use GP and Cups to print, my old HP does not work correctly.
I use instead a generic postscript driver.
Each PPD allows you to adjust different gizmos on your printer. Some support ColorSync, some don't. If not, hue adjustments & such allow professionals to create their own settings for custom inks & papers.
I like to keep about 800 PPDs on a portable (or pgm for making one, for using whatever printer lives where I'm currently working), and I create a virtual printer for the best PPD & settings for different kinds of prints. (I may have six virtual printers for one physical one.) I then just change paper and print to the right printer.
In the past, I've gone to www.sourceforge.net to check for the latest GhostScript & other programs, and read the bug reports there. 'The Linux Foundation' gives good instructions.
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mannyam reviewed on 18 Nov 2008
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