Opium 4.1 Changes

x.962 build (15th Jule 2004)

• Printing through hot folder of certain PDFs has not stack problems anymore

• Fixed the font problems with printing of PDFs which have non-standard symbol entries in font description section.

x.950 build (4th June 2004)

• Fixed the problem of TIFFs with alpha channels sampling

• NEW FEATURE. Now it is possible to pause or abort the print jobs with embedded RGB OPI images

• Fixed the problem with crashing server

x.942 build (21st April 2004)

• Fixed the image displacement problem of EPSFs with shifted boundingbox for OPI 2.0

x.941 build (13th April 2004)

• Fixed the inversion problem with grayscale low-res images generation

• Fixed the transparency problem in PICT previews

• Fixed the problem with incorrect sizes in output when printing through hot folders

• Fixed the problem with the processing of the preceding information included by layout application for setting OPI image graphic state

x.937 build (26th March 2004)

• Fixed the problem of EPSF with complex (or several) clipping paths sampling

• Fixed the problem with producing PICT preview for certain images (with given width range)

x.933 build (11th March 2004)

• Added sampling of EPSFs with 1 bit TIFF preview created by PhotoShop 2.5

• Added support of printing documents with nested EPS images

• Fixed problem of EPSF with clipping paths sampling

• Provided correct PICT preview of the EPS low-res with clipping path under MacOS

x.932 build (1st March 2004)

• Fixed the problem with certain EPS files sampling that could cause the server to reach a deadlock.

• Henceforth you can set the registry DWORD value "SamplerColor" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\cyan\...\ServerKernel" to "4" in order to generate the CMYK target low-res images, or to "1" to generate the RGB target low-res images.

• Fixed the problem with installing cyan software on NT4.

x.926 build (13th Jan. 2004)

• Fixed the problem with PDF OPI support

• Fixed the problem with local network connection using administrator application

x.924 build (27th Dec. 2003)

• Fixed the problem with extra large EPS files sampling

• Added a possibility to cut off the old original file extension and use a desired one

• Fixed the problem with software crashing when using the file hooking mode with Enhance Preview XT-SE for Quark

• Fixed the problem with creating incorrect samples for exported freehand EPS files with certain sampler queue configurations

• Fixed the problem with clipping path displacing after image shifting (cropping case) in Quark

• Fixed the problem with accent characters in OPI links

x.910 build (18th Nov. 2003)

• NEW FEATURE. Now it is possible to sample multipage PDF files with thumbnails

x.908 build (31st Oct. 2003)

• Fixed the problem with umlauts and mac-specific characters in OPI links. Also the full path displays now the correct image location

• User interface for remote mac shares mapped within remote PC drives was created

x.906 build (23rd Oct. 2003)

• Fixed the problem with substitution of the several opi images in layout document

• Fixed the problem with configuring of several searching paths on remote PCs

x.905 build (21st Oct. 2003)

• NEW FEATURE. Now OPI is supported even if opi images are located on remote PC. OPI server now is able to map a remote Mac share to a remote path such as mapped drive. This allows using opi server and file server on various PCs

• Fixed the problem with crashing server with rendezvous support on NT4

x.904 build (14th Oct. 2003)

• Fixed the issue with image displacement in cropping rectangle in Quark 5 layouts

x.903 build (2nd Oct. 2003)

• Fixed the problem with large EPS files sampling

x.899 build (5th Sep. 2003)

• NEW FEATURE supporting rendezvous. Added DNS registeration of print queues which are shared with LPR using the rendezvous. Now it is possible to send jobs to print queues through rendezvous without configuring the printer

• Added colorizing support provided by extensions like Creo Color TIFF for QuarkXPress

x.897 build (25th Jul. 2003)

• Fixed the problem with hanging the pending status, when trying to sample files of unknown formats

x.836 build (10th April 2002)

• smarter clipping path handling: the correct PhotoShop clipping paths are now by default added to TIFF and EPS samples. The sample's clipping is now usable and visible in QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.

• hairline problem with QuarkXPress 4.1 and QuarkXPress 5.0 solved

• added option "Layout Sampling Delay", which specifies after how many seconds the sampler starts creating a low-res sample file 

• added option "Resample if Sample is deleted"

• increased performance with OPI enabled when printing jobs that include large image data and OPI comments

• the clipping path of EPS/TIFF samples is now also visible in PageMaker 

• added option "Create EPSF also for clipped & hi-fi images" to the Layout Samples tab of Sampler Queue Properties. If "Create TIFF sample for raster hi-res, else EPS" is selected, EPS samples are also created from non-EPS hi-res image if the hi-res image is a multichannel image, includes a clipping path or color channels that do not belong to the selected color mode

• EPS samples with printable data are now by default readable by PhotoShop

• fixed a problem with EPS samples placed into PageMaker 7.0 that could cause PageMaker not to include the images when printing

• nested folders and files can now be deleted with the Explorer in an InPlace sampler queue, which is configured to "Auto Delete Samples" or "Resample if Sample is deleted"

• InDesign 1.5.2 now can list the PhotoShop clipping path in "Object->Clipping Path" if user imports a low-res sample image

• solved a problem when EPS samples with PhotoShop information could not be placed into QuarkXPress documents

• fixed a problem when OPI images could be incorrectly positioned / sized when printing through the OPI server

• fixed a problem when print files created when printing InDesign jobs always used the same file name and overwrote an existing print file

• fixed a problem when samples placed and cropped in InDesign failed to print

• bugfix: substitution of ColorCentral 3.0 samples placed in Quark docs and omitted or included is now working correctly

• fixed a QuarkXPress 4 printing problem of TIFF samples with alpha channel

• fixed the problem when samples are displayed in PhotoShop in wrong dimensions

• fixed a problem with sampling PhotoShop 6.0 files

• removed a  memory leak in InPlace sampler queues

x.832 build (25th March 2002)

• PICT reading problem solved

• fixed a problem with EPS/PICT samples that were not readable by Quark because the PostScript code comment for PhotoShop resource length was 0. The bug occurred with hi-res that included PhotoShop resource.

x.830 build (21st March 2002)

• skipping temp folders fixed

• fixed a problem with deadlock for InPlace sampler queues, which failed to start because their input path was invalid

x.828 build (17th March 2002)

• added option "Make samples much smaller than hi-res" to the Name tab of Sampler Queue Properties in order to improve the resolution reduction factor of samples

x.827 build (10th March 2002)

• NEW FEATURE for InPlace folders: if user deletes a sample, then the Sampler re-samples the original and the layout sample is re-created

• reading JPEGs with resolution in dots/cm corrected

• when writing images including alpha channel with the jpeg compression predetermined, the tiff samples switch from jpeg to lzw compression automatically in order for the alpha channel data not to be lost

x.826 build (20th Feb. 2002)

• printing through hot folder of PDFs with rotated fields in AcroForms fixed

x.823 build (30th Jan. 2002)

• in order to use the print server started as service on Windows NT 4.0 Server with user account you had to set the registry DWORD value "IGSY" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\cyan\Opium4\ServerKernel" to "1". Now this patch is automated.

• help file updated, appended and improved

x.822 build (21st Dec. 2001)

• NEW FEATURE: print server can now insert PDFs into jobs. PDFs or their FPO (proxy/sample) images, placed into e.g. Quark documents and omitted while printing, can now be inserted by the print server into the jobs.

• support of encrypted PDFs added

• problem with TCP/IP printing to certain print servers solved

• support of  true type fonts in PDFs added

• OPI option "Replace Links" "without embedded hi-res data" now works correctly for OPI 2 images in PDF jobs: the quality (i.e. resolution) of OPI images embedded in PDFs is now recognized correctly 

• help file updated, appended and improved

x.821 build (10th Dec. 2001)

• for PDF printing: selection of printer input slot added to print queue settings

• the print server now creates unique print file names for each printed job. This solves a problem when printing several pages to hot folders (incoming folders) of BESTColor.

x.820 build (31st Nov. 2001)

• support for nested TIFF samples added. You can now omit TIFF samples in Quark and the OPI server inserts the correct hi-res image file.

x.819 build (26th Nov. 2001)

• printing problems with PDF 1.3 files solved

• added Windows XP support

• NEW FEATURE: added print-to-remote-folders support

• manuals updated, appended and improved

x.818 build (14th Nov. 2001)

• "Create Proof" option has been improved. Downsampling when doing proof printing with a lower resolution now works correctly: only the image data in the actually required resolution is inserted into the jobs and sent to the printer. When calculating the required image data resolution, the image scaling factor of job is now considered correctly.

x.814 build (2nd Oct. 2001)

• NEW FEATURE: PDF files, which are received as files through hot folders (incoming folders), can now be printed

• fixed a problem when PhotoShop on Macs displayed an error message when trying to save to an SFM share, which is completely scanned by the sampler 

x.813 build (3rd Sep. 2001)

• corrected some messages written to the Windows event log

• added programming API to server, so that 3rd party software developer can use printing & sampling functionalities of the product

x.812 build (31st Aug. 2001)

• fixed a problem when in rare cases jobs larger than 500 MB are not printed

x.811 build (30th Aug. 2001)

• fixed a problem with set cropmark, mirror, etc. in the print queue properties. Before, it could happen that if set cropmarks, mirror, etc. is enabled in the print queue properties, the job is not accepted by the printer

• optimized memory usage when printing. Now much less memory is used when printing

• fixed a problem when AppleTalk (PAP) queries are not correctly answered for the MacOS9 Chooser.

x.810 build (7th July 2001)

• the installer and the installation folder now includes the file "build#.txt", which names the current build number of the product

• if the Opium Server is started on a machine with NT4 as a service, which logs on as Administrator (or another user account), then an NT security function causes our software not to start. This problem does not occur on Windows 2000 and looks like an NT bug, which is triggered by our software. If you want that the Opium Server service logs on with a user account, you have to do the following: Set the registry DWORD value "IGSY" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\cyan\Opium4\ServerKernel" to "1". Setting this registry value to 1 causes the Opium Server to deactivate the security feature of its  user interface and therefore it will not call the NT security function at service startup.
  

x.808 build (24th Oct. 2000)

• fixed a problem of sampling JPEG files written by PhotoShop

• fixed a problem, which caused PhotoShop to write a large file (temporary items)

• new option: printing to folders allows writing the print file to a temp folder first

• when printing to folders, the original print job file name will be retained

x.800 build

• fix: in case cyanPrintIP installs the Windows PostScript drivers the first time on a system, it could happen that it fails to create 1 Windows printer - a second try to install this Windows printer always succeeded

x.799 build

• fix: failures in Japanese resources could cause the cyanPrintIP administration program to crash: fixed an uninstall problem

x.798 build

• fix: it could happen that parts of the registry could have too restrictive permissions - normal users couldn't access those parts: hide printer option in AppleTalk printer destination changed in the way that it is more general

x.789 build

• TCP/IP Printing fixed

x.788 build

• sharing a print queue as Windows printer fixed

• added missing Admin Resource DLL