1. Gutenprint And Gimp-print For Mac Os X
2. Gutenprint Mac High Sierra

• Gutenprint on Mac OS X would not be possible without CUPS, the open-source print spooler built-in for Mac OS X starting with version 10.2 (Jaguar). Gutenprint is strictly a printer support package. For multi-function devices, it supports only the printer function. The last release that will work under Mac OS X 10.2.x (Jaguar) is 5.0.2.
• The Gutenprint project is pleased to announce Gutenprint 5.2.5, a stable release of 5.2. This release offers several fixes, new features, and support for new printers over 5.2.4. This package is available in source form, and also in binary installer form for Macintosh OS X (10.3 and above).

Gutenprint (formerly Gimp-Print) is a collection of free-softwareprinter drivers for use with UNIX spooling systems, such as CUPS, lpr and LPRng. These drivers provide printing services for Unix-like systems (including Linux and macOS), RISC OS and Haiku.

Welcome to Gutenprint! Please note that many of these drivers are currently under development, and we do not necessarily have full specifications on all of them. We will fill in this list as we verify successful operation of these printers. You can help by testing this with your own printer and reporting the results!

It was originally developed as a plug-in for the GIMP, but later became a more general tool for use by other programs and operating systems (macOS and Windows). When Apple introduced Mac OS X, it omitted printer drivers, claiming that it was the printer manufacturer's task to produce these. Many of them did not update their drivers, and since Apple had chosen to use CUPS as the core of its printing system, Gimp-Print filled the void.

Gutenprint has more than 1,300 drivers for Apollo, Apple, Brother, Canon, Citizen, Compaq, Dai Nippon, DEC, Epson, Fujifilm, Fujitsu, Gestetner, HP, IBM, Infotec, Kodak, Kyocera, Lanier, Lexmark, Minolta, NEC, NRG, Oki, Olivetti, Olympus, Panasonic, PCPI, Raven, Ricoh, Samsung, Savin, Seiko, Sharp, Shinko, Sony, Star, Tally, Tektronix and Xerox printers.^[3]

Many users incorrectly called it Gimp, so the software was renamed Gutenprint to clearly distinguish it from the GIMP. The name Gutenprint recognizes Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the movable type printing press.

Epson backend[edit]

Gutenprint And Gimp-print For Mac Os X

The Epson backend is in active development; new printers, bug fixes and capability additions are contributed in each new release.

Canon backend[edit]

This backend is in active development, and new printers, bug fixes and capability additions are contributed in each new release.Canon printers use intelligent printheads, which control the quality of the final output given metadata sent to the printer from the driver. A consequence of this design is that the print quality is not specified in resolution alone, but via a 'resolution mode' quality setting (up to 5 quality settings available at a time). The resolution parameter in the driver-output data is only a meta-resolution, typically either 300 or 600 dpi, sometimes 1200 dpi for certain monochrome or high-quality photo modes on a limited number of printers. The firmware then controls the printhead and creates physical ink output up to the marketed resolution.

The available quality selections depends on a number of parameters (as applicable): the media to be printed on, duplex or simplex, borderless or bordered, color or monochrome printing, inkset selection, and cartridge selection. Thus, there are a number of available 'resolution modes' per media, some of which will be available depending on the other parameters set for the printjob.

Since in gutenprint, all options are always available via the PPD, the driver attempts to select reasonable defaults in the cases where the user settings are in contradiction. The prioritization follows: media type, resolution mode, cartridge selection, inkset selection, duplex selection. When a parameter clash is detected by the driver, resolution mode and other parameters are set according to the priority above, and substitution of resolution mode carried out to try to maintain the required quality initially requested.

Borderless selection, added in version 5.2.9, is currently not a part of the prioritization and replacement algorithm, as only a small number of printers have been analyzed to discover the appropriate modes and media for borderless printing.

Gutenprint Mac High Sierra

Unmaintained backends[edit]

The PCL, color laser, and Lexmark backends are currently unmaintained. Volunteers are welcome.Fairly often, printers that would use these backends have emulation capability for other languages, in particular Postscript. In such a case, the printer can be configured to use a standard Postscript driver.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Gutenprint Printer Drivers'. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
2. ^'The gutenprint Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page'. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
3. ^'Gutenprint supported printers'. Retrieved July 21, 2018.

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While I can find the apple printer drivers for different brands in the library, and could delete them there to uninstall, I cannot find the location of the Gutenprint Printer Drivers. I assume they might be in lower level hidden directories.

I would like to uninstall them (so the different printers they support no longer show as an option when adding new printers), I tried with a special gutenprint uninstaller from the gutenprint project, without success. The apple installer has no uninstall option...

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