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IBM developerWorks: The Open Source Omni printer driver(supports 250 printers) Version 0.0.8

[ Thanks to Frank for
this link. ]

“The Omni printer driver provides support for over 250 printers
using the Ghostscript framework. In addition, it provides a model
for dynamically loading printer drivers, creating new devices by
editing device description files, and simplifies new printer driver
development by allowing for the subclassing of previous device
features.”

From the changelog for the latest version:

  • Added a new device job property for Epson class devices (and
    their c compatible printers as well). It controls the bidirectional
    movement of the print head. To turn it off add bidirectional=0 to
    the job properties and to turn it on add bidirectional=1
  • Fixed trap in Epson Stylus Color 740. Fixed incorrect output in
    Epson Stylus Color 740
  • Changed the ghostscript interface to use synchronous instead of
    asynchronous mode
  • Added error output if file did not exist for XMLParser


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