Updated Gutenprint Drivers

There is a new developmental release of the Gutenprint drivers for Mac OS X. Gutenprint 5.1.4 fixes an issue for Epson printers in Mac OSX 10.5.x (Leopard) where the printing system was not obtaining the proper resolution from the Print Quality setting and was defaulting to the lowest printer resolution found.
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3
Matt

Robert A J Davies wrote:
Although it quite clearly states it in the accompanying documentation, it's worth stating again here - DO NOT install Gutenprint 5.1.4 if you use a HP printer. The drivers for the greater number of HP printers have been removed from this release.
A point of further clarification: The drivers for many HP printers has been removed from the developemntal branch of Gutenprint (5.1.x). These printers will still be supported in the stable branch of Gutenprint (5.0.x).
The default install of 5.1.4 will remove the HP 5.1.3 drivers installed by Leopard (ask me how I know )
Yes, that is correct. You cannot have more than one installation of the Gutenprint 5.x.x drivers on your system. They will conflict with each other and not work. You can, however, have a copy of the Gimp-Print 4.2.x drivers installed at the same time as a copy of the Gutenprint 5.x.x drivers. They use different file structures and will not be in conflict with each other.
Did you also get a message window that your HP printer was not supported before the installation process was started? If you had a print queue using an HP driver that is not contained in the new release, you should have gotten such a warning and would have had to "click through" and tell the installer to continue. The default option is to Quit. Choosing this option will abort the installation and not touch any files on your computer.
I'm not trying to be argumentative in any of this. I just want expand on what is happening and what you should have seen during your installation.
Matt

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