FinePrint pdfFactory v1.52 June 24, 2002 ===== v1.52 June 24, 2002 ===== - fixed problems where complex PowerPoint documents could not be printed to pdfFactory - better handling of gradient fills from Powerpoint and Word/WordArt - the TrueType font "AT Sackers" no longer fails with a GetFontData error - fixed problems embedding symbol fonts (e.g. Symbol, Wingdings) - fixed problems imaging some Chinese fonts (e.g. DFLiHei) - fixed problems imaging Bengali and other Indian fonts - fixed problems with missing or incorrect bitmap output under Windows 9x/Me - the "Sans" family of fonts now embeds properly in PDF files ===== v1.51 June 16, 2002 ===== - fixed problems when printing to pdfFactory from Terminal Clients or Citrix Metaframe clients running in single-application mode - Enterprise Edition clients running Windows NT/2000/XP no longer need to logoff and logon the first time they print to a shared pdfFactory printer - fixed cases in Enterprise Edition where a serial number entered on the server was not propagated down to the clients ===== v1.50 June 12, 2002 ===== - fixed "CFpFile Error 7" problems that sometimes occurred when creating the PDF file - fixed problems embedding Czech characters (and other non-ASCII characters) - fixed problems where bitmap images were sometimes drawn with incorrect colors - users can now disconnect and re-logon to a Terminal Server without disrupting pdfFactory operation - fixed problems where pdfFactory printer settings were sometimes not stored - fixed problems where sometimes uninstalling pdfFactory on an Enterprise client did not remove the Dispatcher from the Run registry key - fixed problems when automatically upgrading an Enterprise client from a non-administrative user under Windows NT/2000/XP - the error "HKEY_CURRENT_USER is not valid" no longer occurs when printing to pdfFactory under Windows NT/2000/XP ===== v1.43 April 24, 2002 ===== - pdfFactory printer settings (e.g. the "Show dialog" setting) now propagate correctly when they are changed - the Acrobat viewer now shows the correct paper size in its Print dialog preview when pdfFactory is selected as the destination printer - fixed installation error messages where an INF directory was not found - now uses the correct TEMP folder under Windows NT and 2000. this error was causing pdfFactory print jobs to fail, sometimes without an error message. - the pdfFactory program group in the Start menu is no longer recreated every time the dispatcher restarts - fixed problems imaging text in right-to-left languages - fixed a registry problem under Windows NT/2000 - PDF files containing embedded fonts now work correctly in Adobe's Acrobat Reader for Palm OS converter ===== v1.42 April 5, 2002 ===== - per-user folders created by pdfFactory (the Start menu group and the "pdfFactory files" folder in My Documents) now have the correct security privileges on NTFS systems - fixed problems drawing circles from CorelDraw - the /inf option to SETUP now works correctly - fixed problems where text was sometimes covered up by a black rectangle - fixed a crash that sometimes happened when you tried to save to an existing read-only file - fixed problems imaging certain characters (e.g. Euro symbol, A-diaresis) when embedding fonts - fixed the error "Could not create file fpp1-9x.inf" which occurred on some systems during installation ===== v1.41 March 13, 2002 ===== - improved imaging of non-ASCII characters; produces smaller PDF files ===== v1.40 February 27, 2002 ===== - bold versions of the TrueType font "Bookman Old Style" are now imaged correctly - fixed problems where the pdfFactory printer sometimes stopped working on Windows XP after a reboot - now supports Fast User Switching under Windows XP ===== v1.39 February 19, 2002 ===== - fixed installation problems under Windows XP - fixed problems imaging complex text and graphics from CorelDraw 9 ===== v1.37 February 13, 2002 ===== - fixed a "resource mismatch" warning that sometimes happened when reinstalling FinePrint or pdfFactory - non-ANSI characters are now spaced appropriately when you copy and paste text from the PDF file into another application - the folders for saving (JobsDir) and autosaving (AutoSaveDir) are now exported to the INI file when settings are saved - when printing from FinePrint to pdfFactory, the PDF file now shows the correct underlying font names (e.g. "LucidaConsole") instead of the temporary font names (e.g. "~FP1230000000") whenever possible - fixed problems imaging the font "GulimChe" - fixed a bug in bitmap downsampling that was causing incorrect bitmaps in both the preview and in the PDF file - better status messages when installing and uninstalling ===== v1.36 February 7, 2002 ===== - fixed problems imaging symbol fonts and non-ANSI characters on Windows NT 4 - fixed a memory leak under Windows 9x/Me ===== v1.35 February 4, 2002 ===== - fixed problems when running with multiple users under Windows XP - fixed a crash in FPPDIS1A that sometimes happened when creating PDF files ===== v1.34 January 31, 2002 ===== - fixed problems imaging very wide lines - fixed problems imaging embedded TrueType fonts when pages are deleted from the print job - fixed problems displaying embedded TrueType fonts onscreen when you scroll the preview ===== v1.33 January 25, 2002 ===== - fixed problems imaging some unusual TrueType fonts under Windows NT 4 (e.g. Marlett, Monotype Sorts, MT Extra, SansSerif, Symbol) - embedded Asian fonts now display correctly in all versions of Acrobat readers and viewers ===== v1.32 January 16, 2002 ===== - rotated bitmaps in Visio documents are now imaged correctly - you can now access more pdfFactory settings from the Printers folder under Windows 9x/Me by clicking on the "Advanced" button on the pdfFactory printer's Setup tab - fixed a problem where some valid serial numbers were rejected as invalid ===== v1.31 January 9, 2002 ===== - the TrueType font "Garamond Book Condensed" now images correctly - fixed a text spacing bug with kerned text drawn in a horizontally scaled font - improved handling of Visio objects embedded in Word documents - now remembers the last folder where you saved a file, and proposes it as the default the next time you save ===== v1.30 December 29, 2001 ===== - fixed a problem where installing pdfFactory sometimes caused the FinePrint program group to be deleted, and vice versa - added support for more complex GDI graphics operators - line caps, joins, and miter limits are now supported under Windows NT/2000/XP. This fixes problems imaging text from AutoCAD. ===== v1.28 December 19, 2001 ===== - the OutputFile registry entry is now deleted upon completion of PDF conversion, so applications can check for the presence of this value to determine when a conversion is done - fixed problems printing multiple documents from Windows Explorer ===== v1.27 December 11, 2001 ===== - fixed a blue screen when printing from Microsoft Project under Windows NT/2000/XP - fixed problems with Add Printer Wizard installation under Windows XP ===== v1.26 November 30, 2001 ===== - Arial Unicode MS now images correctly under Windows NT4 - zooming in on an area in the page preview now shows you the area you clicked on instead of the upper left corner of the page ===== v1.25 November 27, 2001 ===== - fixed a crash when printing from Visio under Windows NT/2000/XP ===== v1.23 November 17, 2001 ===== - fixed problems with Enterprise clients who don't have Administrative privileges under Windows NT/2000/XP - fixed a CFpFile Error 1 that sometimes occurred when imaging bitmaps - fixed problems drawing embedded Visio objects - fixed problems when print jobs arrive into pdfFactory in rapid succession ===== v1.22 November 1, 2001 ===== - fixed a problem with missing bitmap output under Windows 9x/Me - Eastern European characters are now correctly rendered to the clipboard when text is copied from the Acrobat viewer. They must be pasted as Unicode to the destination. - fixed a "SystemParametersInfo failed" error - fixed problems imaging graduated fills and other complex line art - dashed lines under Windows NT/2000/XP now work correctly - fixed problems with missing lines and borders from TurboTax - vertical writing with Asian fonts is now supported - bolded Asian fonts are now imaged correctly ===== v1.20 October 11, 2001 ===== - fixed problems imaging and displaying embedded TrueType fonts - the Doc Info tab is now available when you set pdfFactory's default printer properties in the Printers folder under NT/2000/XP ===== v1.19 September 27, 2001 ===== - fixed a problem where embedded TrueType fonts were somtimes displayed onscreen as Symbol - fixed a memory leak when embedding fonts in PDF files - the Dispatcher is now installed correctly on Enterprise Edition clients running Windows 9x/Me - uninstalling now removes all pdfFactory files from the Windows system directory under Windows 9x/Me - fixed problems where the pdfFactory window sometimes did not come to the foreground fully ===== v1.18 September 23, 2001 ===== - new optimization techniques produce much smaller PDF files for documents that use Chinese, Japanese, or Korean fonts. - new choices for Show pdfFactory dialog: not at all - view PDF not at all - send PDF not at all - no view, no send ===== v1.17 August 22, 2001 ===== - the Send button now works correctly with Microsoft Exchange and Novell Groupwise ===== v1.16 August 20, 2001 ===== - fixed problems imaging complex Chinese glyphs ===== v1.15 August 13, 2001 ===== - printing to pdfFactory from PowerPoint no longer defaults to zero copies - TIFF files printed from the Kodak viewer now image correctly - fixed text clipping problems - INF file installation now works correctly - fixed problems imaging some 16 bit-per-pixel (High Color) bitmaps - improved handling for dotted table borders from Microsoft Word - italic style is now handled correctly for non-ASCII characters - non-breaking spaces now image correctly to the PDF file - fixed a BAD_POOL_CALLER blue screen error under Windows NT/2000/XP ===== v1.10 July 21, 2001 ===== - pdfFactory now fully supports all Unicode characters and non-ANSI character sets (e.g. Baltic, Eastern European, Greek, Turkish, etc.) - double-byte Asian fonts (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) are now supported - fixed a problem with spurious dots around some text output in PDF files generated under Windows 9x/Me - now uses latest versions of Windows common Open and Save dialogs if available (requires Windows Me, 2000, or XP) - fixed problems where some bitmap color tables were not imaged correctly - now warns you before deleting files in a non-default AutoSave folder - width-specified fonts (condensed or expanded) now image correctly in the PDF file - embedded temporary fonts (e.g. when printing from Adobe Acrobat to pdfFactory) are now handled correctly - fonts embedded via the Fonts tab are automatically subsetted, resulting in much smaller PDF files - fixed problems where text in the PDF files sometimes couldn't be selected with the Acrobat viewer's Text Selection tool - special characters like '\' are now handled correctly when they appear in Document Info fields - fixed problems where bitmap images were sometimes erroneously repeated in PDF files created under Windows 9x/Me - fixed problems printing some complex bitmaps from PageMaker - added Insert Blank Page command to the context menu when you right-click on a page in the pdfFactory dialog - the "Order Form" and "Register Online" buttons on the About tab now work correctly (trial version only) - temp files are now properly deleted when the pdfFactory dialog is set to "not at all" mode - fixed a problem where a fill color was incorrectly reused - international fonts like Arial CE, Times New Roman Cyr, etc. now image correctly - fixed certain cases where the Acrobat viewer displayed the error message "Illegal 're' inside a text object"