Solaris currently includes ESPGS 8.15.1 + many drivers including the
opvp driver + plus some additional fixes for font issues, particularly
asian language fonts. A year has passed since ESP GS 8.15.1 went in and
based on the fixes in 8.15.2, it's time to upgrade again. We have put
this off some in the hopes that the ESPGS work would get folded back
into the main GhostScript tree and we could use it. When we upgrade, we
will also look into enabling the GhostScript cups raster driver so that
it can be used to expand the printer support regardless of spooler in
use. There is an RFE filed for this
6437073 GhostScript should include cups raster driver support
If you are interested in working on this, let me know. I would be happy
to work with you to get it in sooner.
-Norm
PS.
The following is a list of "fixes" applied to the current ESPGS in
Solaris
* Bug Id 4732635
GS need configuration file change and ps font file name in
Solaris
* Bug Id 4776996
GS should not enable decryption of PDFs when shipped with Solaris
* Bug Id 4795491
Expect CMap files under /Resource
This fix includes the ability for GhostScript to expand
variables in
the path values passed in the calling environment or command
line.
* Bug Id 5045800
ghostscript needs to support localized fonts
* Bug Id 4934923
ghostscript should work even when format 12 CMap table exists
* Bug Id 5033581
ghostscript should work with new Japanese ttf fonts
* Bug Id 6360710
Parentheses are not rotated when viewing Japanese PostScript by
ESP Ghostscript (starting from S10)
* Bug Id 6360803
ps2pdf generates PDF with shifted Japanese characters
Ken Mays wrote:
> http://www.cups.org/espgs/articles.php?L378
>
> "ESP Ghostscript 8.15.2 is the second stable release based on GPL Ghostscript
> 8.15 which adds enhanced CUPS raster support for CUPS 1.2, improves the Open
> Printing Vector API driver, updates the CID font support files, and fixes
> several bugs that were reported against 8.15.1."
>
> ~ Ken Mays
>
>
