source: pst/printing/gutenprint.xml

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gutenprint-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/gimp-print/gutenprint-&gutenprint-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gutenprint-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY gutenprint-md5sum        "dc208cfb873f13a93439185c15aa6f81">
  <!ENTITY gutenprint-size          "5.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY gutenprint-buildsize     "59 MB (without tests)">
  <!ENTITY gutenprint-time          "0.4 SBU (without tests)">
  <!-- Tests add 75 SBU and 13GB to the equation - updated info in the tests below -->
]>

<sect1 id="gutenprint" xreflabel="Gutenprint-&gutenprint-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gutenprint.html"?>


  <title>Gutenprint-&gutenprint-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gutenprint">
    <primary sortas="a-Gutenprint">Gutenprint</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Gutenprint</title>

    <para>
      The <application>Gutenprint</application> (formerly
      <application>Gimp-Print</application>) package contains high
      quality drivers for many brands and models of printers for use with
      <xref linkend="cups"/>
      and the
      <application>GIMP-2.0</application>. See a list of supported printers at
      <ulink url="https://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php"/>.
    </para>

    &lfs121_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gutenprint-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gutenprint-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &gutenprint-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &gutenprint-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &gutenprint-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &gutenprint-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Gutenprint Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <!-- recommend cups since we describe how to use it, and the gimp
    so that we can use gutenprint's driver to print photos there -->
    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="cups"/> and
      <xref linkend="gimp"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended (at runtime)</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      Two families of DyeSub photo printers each require another library at
      runtime. Unless you have one of these devices you will not want these
      libraries.
    </para>

    <para role="recommended">
      For the Sinfonia S6145 and the Ciaat Brava 21, <ulink
      url="https://git.shaftnet.org/gitea/slp/selphy_print/src/branch/master/lib6145">libS6145ImageReProcess</ulink>,
      see <ulink role="nodep"
      url="https://www.peachyphotos.com/blog/posts/201601301524-sinfonia-chc-s6145-cs2-and-ciaat-brava-21-revited/">Peachy
      Photos (Sinfonia)</ulink> for instructions on how to build and test this.
    </para>

    <para role="recommended">
      For the Mitsubishi D70 family and the similar Kodak 305, <ulink
          url="https://git.shaftnet.org/gitea/slp/selphy_print/src/branch/master/lib70x">libMitsuD70ImageReProcess</ulink>,
      see <ulink role="nodep"
      url="https://www.peachyphotos.com/blog/posts/201610061508-mitsubishi-cp-d70-family-working/">Peachy
      Photos (Mitsubishi CP-D70)</ulink> for instructions on how to build and
      test this.
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to Regenerate Documentation)</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="imagemagick"/>,
      <xref linkend="texlive"/> (or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>),
      <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, and
      <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="kernel" id="gutenprint-escputil">
    <title>Kernel Configuration</title>

    <para>
      If you intend to use <application>escputil</application> with a USB-connected
      Epson Stylus printer for commands such as <command>--ink-level</command>
      which need to access the raw device, you must enable the kernel's usblp
      driver. Enable the following options in your kernel configuration and
      recompile the kernel:
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="usb-printer-kernel.xml"/>

    <indexterm zone="gutenprint escputil">
      <primary sortas="d-escputil">escputil for usb printers</primary>
    </indexterm>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Gutenprint</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Gutenprint</application> by running the
      following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i 's|$(PACKAGE)/doc|doc/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)|' \
       {,doc/,doc/developer/}Makefile.in &amp;&amp;

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <!-- this is supposed to discourage you from running the tests if you upgrade
    the package - but the tests in 5.2.12 have changed and I thought I read they
    were more parallel -->
    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.  The tests
      take a very long time and use a lot of disk space.  When last tested
      (version 5.2.15 in June 2019) this needed 75 SBU and 13.5 GB
      to complete the tests (one test, rastertogutenprint failed because the
      CUPS ppds are for a previous version. Maybe genppds should be run before
      the tests). Note that the tests used only one CPU.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/gutenprint-&gutenprint-version;/api/gutenprint{,ui2} &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644    doc/gutenprint/html/* \
                    /usr/share/doc/gutenprint-&gutenprint-version;/api/gutenprint &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644    doc/gutenprintui2/html/* \
                    /usr/share/doc/gutenprint-&gutenprint-version;/api/gutenprintui2</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i '...' ...Makefile.in</command>: This
      command is used so that the package documentation is installed in the
      conventional <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc</filename>
      directory structure instead of
      <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/gutenprint/doc</filename>.
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Gutenprint</title>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>
        For <application>CUPS</application> to see newly installed print
        drivers, it has to be restarted (as the <systemitem
        class="username">root</systemitem> user):
      </para>

<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cups restart</userinput></screen>

<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl restart cups</userinput></screen>

      <!-- <para>
        This command may take a long time (up to 10 minutes)
        to complete. Don't panic while <application>CUPS</application>
        is rescanning the list of PPD files. The long delay will happen
        only once.
      </para> -->

      <para>
        Then point your web browser to <ulink url="http://localhost:631/"/>
        to add a new printer to <application>CUPS</application>.
      </para>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          cups-calibrate, cups-genppd.5.2, cups-genppdupdate, escputil,
          and testpattern
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libgutenprint.so, libgutenprintui2.so and optionally, various
          <application>CUPS</application> filters and backend drivers under
          /usr/lib/gutenprint/5.2/modules/
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/{include,lib,share}/gutenprint,
          /usr/include/gutenprintui2 and
          /usr/share/doc/gutenprint-&gutenprint-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="cups-calibrate">
        <term><command>cups-calibrate</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            calibrates the color output of printers using the
            <application>Gutenprint</application>,
            <application>CUPS</application> or
            <application>ESP Print Pro</application> drivers
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gutenprint cups-calibrate">
            <primary sortas="b-cups-calibrate">cups-calibrate</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="cups-genppd.5.2">
        <term><command>cups-genppd.5.2</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            generates Gutenprint PPD files for use with CUPS
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gutenprint cups-genppd.5.2">
            <primary sortas="b-cups-genppd.5.2">cups-genppd.5.2</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="cups-genppdupdate">
        <term><command>cups-genppdupdate</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            regenerates the Gutenprint PPD files in use by CUPS
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gutenprint cups-genppdupdate">
            <primary sortas="b-cups-genppdupdate">cups-genppdupdate</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="escputil">
        <term><command>escputil</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a command line utility to perform various maintenance
            tasks on Epson Stylus inkjet printers
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gutenprint escputil">
            <primary sortas="b-escputil">escputil</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <!-- With 5.2.15, even with IJS installed, this program no longer exists.
      cups-filters-1.25.0 dropped support for IJS filters entirely. -->
      <!--
      <varlistentry id="ijsgutenprint.5.2">
        <term><command>ijsgutenprint.5.2</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a Ghostscript driver for HP InkJet and LaserJet printers.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gutenprint ijsgutenprint.5.2">
            <primary sortas="b-ijsgutenprint.5.2">ijsgutenprint.5.2</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      -->

     <varlistentry id="testpattern">
        <term><command>testpattern</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a test program to learn how to use libgutenprint
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gutenprint testpattern">
            <primary sortas="b-testpattern">testpattern</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

   </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>