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Xprint - the X11 print system
"Xprint" is an advanced printing system which enables X11 applications to
use devices like printers, FAX or create documents in formats like
PostScript, PDF, PCL, etc.
This page is a collection of useful patches and information for anyone interested in running or developing Xprint.
Please send any comments on this page to the
Xprint mailinglist
(subscription required).
If you are also working on modifications to code or developing an application which uses Xprint, please let
us know.
Latest Xprint project news
- 07 May 2005: HTML versions of Xprint and DtPrint specs added
Some of the Xprint specifications have been converted to HTML
(using pdftohtml), including the
CDE DtPrint, the
Xprint client library and the
Xprint protocol specs.
If you find any errors in the converted files please report them
to the Xprint mailing list.
- 09 February 2005: X.Org Foundation Releases X Window System X11R6.8.2
The X.Org Foundation today
announced
X11R6.8.2 which includes a large number of Xprint-releated updates again
(see Changelog),
including updates to the Postscript print driver and to the Xprint infrastructure.
- 20 December 2004: services hosted on freedeskop.org (Bugzilla, CVS, etc.) restored again
freedesktop.org, has finally
restored all it's services,
including the Xorg CVS repository and the
bugzilla database.
- 15 November 2004: Bugzilla, CVS and other services hosted on freedeskop.org down
freedesktop.org, which hosts the bugzilla for the
X.org/Xprint project is currently down after the main server
was being compromised. No data have been lost but it will take several days until all services
(bugzilla, CVS, CVSweb, etc.) are available again.
- 9 September 2004: X11R6.8.0 has been released
X11R6.8.0 has been released.
Starting with this X.org release all the Xprint changes previously
hosted in the seperate xprint.mozdev.org CVS have been merged
into the main X.org CVS repository (which is now the officual source for Xprint again).
The new release includes various new features, including Xprint support for various clients such
as xedit, xman, print support for the Athena widget set (new XawPrintShell
class) and many other features.
- 11 July 2004: Xprint version 009.001 released
Xprint version 009.001 has been released.
- 2 May 2004: Happy Birthday, xprint.mozdev.org
xprint.mozdev.org turns two - the
project is now exactly two years old... :-)
- 24 April 2004: OpenGL support added to Xprint
Support for the GLX extensions has been added to the Xprint server in the Xorg trunk,
enabling OpenGL applications to print via Xprint. To demonstrate the new feature the
GLX demo application glxgears
has been extended to support both video and printer output.
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Building from Scratch
The Installation pages come with a description on how to build and install Xprint on your platform.
Issues
To report a bug or request an enhancements go to the
Xprint BugZilla and
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