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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"