notability date August 2011 unreferenced date August 2011 Gutenprint formerly Gimp Print is a collection of free software printer driver s for use with UNIX spooling systems, such as CUPS , Line Printer Daemon protocol lpr and LPRng . These drivers provide printing services for UNIX systems including GNU Linux , Mac OS X , RISC OS and Microsoft Windows . ref cite web url http webblog.ru Dickobraz gutenprint title Gutenprint and CUPS for Windows accessdate 19 October 2011 ref 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 Apple and Windows . When Apple Computer 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 high quality drivers for Apollo, Apple, Brother ... cite web url http gimp print.sourceforge.net p Supported Printers.php title Gutenprint supported printers ... supplied by printer manufacturers. From GutenPrint, you are able to control ink density and print resolution. Default drivers often do not really allow you to print at the published resolutions. Gutenprint ... on Windows. Another free software that is based on Gutenprint is PhotoPrint for Windows. PhotoPrint is a standalone program that enables you to tap the functionality and power of GutenPrint although you need to install GTK . 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 ... protocol LPD References Reflist External links http gutenprint.sourceforge.net Gutenprint official site http sourceforge.net projects gutenprintGutenprint official SourceForge.net project page Category ... free software stub de Gutenprint fr Gutenprint ru Gutenprint sv Gutenprint ... more details
BLP sources date July 2007 Michael Sweet is a computer scientist and is the primary developer and architect of CUPS , flPhoto , HTMLDOC , and Mini XML . He was the original developer of the Gimp Print software now called Gutenprint and contributes to other free software projects such as FLTK , Newsd , and Samba software Samba . He owns and runs Easy Software Products , a company that currently sells HTML publishing software. In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired Michael Sweet and purchased the CUPS source code. ref http www.networkworld.com news 2007 071307 apple acquires cups printing.html ref ref name ApplePurchase CUPS , http www.cups.org articles.php?L475 CUPS Purchased by Apple Inc. press release , July 11, 2007. ref He continues to develop CUPS at Apple Inc. Michael is also the chair of the Printer Working Group PWG , ref http www.pwg.org chair index.html ref secretary of the IPP working group, ref http www.pwg.org ipp ref a designated expert for IPP and the Printer MIB for the IETF, ref http www.iana.org protocols ref and is active in printing standards development within the PWG. External links http www.easysw.com mike index.html Michael Sweet s homepage References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sweet, Michael ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sweet, Michael Category Free software programmers Category Living people Compu bio stub ... more details
Products ESP , the original creators of CUPS, have released their own CUPS filters Gutenprint previously ... date May 2011 See also Portal Free software Foomatic Gutenprint HP Linux Imaging and Printing LPRng ... more details
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