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- FinePrint pdfFactory v1.52
-
- June 24, 2002
-
- ===== v1.52 June 24, 2002 =====
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- - fixed problems where complex PowerPoint documents could not be printed to
- pdfFactory
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- - better handling of gradient fills from Powerpoint and Word/WordArt
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- - the TrueType font "AT Sackers" no longer fails with a GetFontData error
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- - fixed problems embedding symbol fonts (e.g. Symbol, Wingdings)
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- - fixed problems imaging some Chinese fonts (e.g. DFLiHei)
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- - fixed problems imaging Bengali and other Indian fonts
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- - fixed problems with missing or incorrect bitmap output under Windows 9x/Me
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- - 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
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- - 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
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- - 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
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- - fixed problems embedding Czech characters (and other non-ASCII characters)
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- - 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
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- - 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
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- - fixed problems when automatically upgrading an Enterprise client from a
- non-administrative user under Windows NT/2000/XP
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- - the error "HKEY_CURRENT_USER is not valid" no longer occurs when printing to
- pdfFactory under Windows NT/2000/XP
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- ===== v1.43 April 24, 2002 =====
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- - pdfFactory printer settings (e.g. the "Show dialog" setting) now propagate
- correctly when they are changed
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- - the Acrobat viewer now shows the correct paper size in its Print dialog
- preview when pdfFactory is selected as the destination printer
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- - 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
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- - fixed problems imaging text in right-to-left languages
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- - fixed a registry problem under Windows NT/2000
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- - PDF files containing embedded fonts now work correctly in Adobe's Acrobat
- Reader for Palm OS converter
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- ===== v1.42 April 5, 2002 =====
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- - 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
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- - fixed problems drawing circles from CorelDraw
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- - the /inf option to SETUP now works correctly
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- - fixed problems where text was sometimes covered up by a black rectangle
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- - 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
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- ===== v1.41 March 13, 2002 =====
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- - improved imaging of non-ASCII characters; produces smaller PDF files
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- ===== v1.40 February 27, 2002 =====
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- - bold versions of the TrueType font "Bookman Old Style" are now imaged
- correctly
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- - fixed problems where the pdfFactory printer sometimes stopped working on
- Windows XP after a reboot
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- - now supports Fast User Switching under Windows XP
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- ===== v1.39 February 19, 2002 =====
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- - fixed installation problems under Windows XP
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- - fixed problems imaging complex text and graphics from CorelDraw 9
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- ===== v1.37 February 13, 2002 =====
-
- - fixed a "resource mismatch" warning that sometimes happened when reinstalling
- FinePrint or pdfFactory
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- - 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
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- - better status messages when installing and uninstalling
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- ===== v1.36 February 7, 2002 =====
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- - fixed problems imaging symbol fonts and non-ANSI characters on Windows NT 4
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- - fixed a memory leak under Windows 9x/Me
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- ===== v1.35 February 4, 2002 =====
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- - fixed problems when running with multiple users under Windows XP
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- - fixed a crash in FPPDIS1A that sometimes happened when creating PDF files
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- ===== v1.34 January 31, 2002 =====
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- - fixed problems imaging very wide lines
-
- - fixed problems imaging embedded TrueType fonts when pages are deleted from
- the print job
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- - fixed problems displaying embedded TrueType fonts onscreen when you scroll
- the preview
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- ===== 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)
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- - embedded Asian fonts now display correctly in all versions of Acrobat
- readers and viewers
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- ===== v1.32 January 16, 2002 =====
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- - 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 =====
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- - the TrueType font "Garamond Book Condensed" now images correctly
-
- - fixed a text spacing bug with kerned text drawn in a horizontally scaled
- font
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- - 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 =====
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- - fixed a blue screen when printing from Microsoft Project under Windows
- NT/2000/XP
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- - fixed problems with Add Printer Wizard installation under Windows XP
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- ===== v1.26 November 30, 2001 =====
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- - 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
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- ===== v1.25 November 27, 2001 =====
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- - fixed a crash when printing from Visio under Windows NT/2000/XP
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- ===== v1.23 November 17, 2001 =====
-
- - fixed problems with Enterprise clients who don't have Administrative
- privileges under Windows NT/2000/XP
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- - fixed a CFpFile Error 1 that sometimes occurred when imaging bitmaps
-
- - fixed problems drawing embedded Visio objects
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- - fixed problems when print jobs arrive into pdfFactory in rapid succession
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- ===== v1.22 November 1, 2001 =====
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- - fixed a problem with missing bitmap output under Windows 9x/Me
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- - 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
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- - fixed problems imaging graduated fills and other complex line art
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- - dashed lines under Windows NT/2000/XP now work correctly
-
- - fixed problems with missing lines and borders from TurboTax
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- - 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
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- ===== v1.19 September 27, 2001 =====
-
- - fixed a problem where embedded TrueType fonts were somtimes displayed
- onscreen as Symbol
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- - fixed a memory leak when embedding fonts in PDF files
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- - the Dispatcher is now installed correctly on Enterprise Edition clients
- running Windows 9x/Me
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- - 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 =====
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- - 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
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- ===== v1.17 August 22, 2001 =====
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- - the Send button now works correctly with Microsoft Exchange and Novell
- Groupwise
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- ===== v1.16 August 20, 2001 =====
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- - fixed problems imaging complex Chinese glyphs
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- ===== v1.15 August 13, 2001 =====
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- - printing to pdfFactory from PowerPoint no longer defaults to zero copies
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- - TIFF files printed from the Kodak viewer now image correctly
-
- - fixed text clipping problems
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- - INF file installation now works correctly
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- - fixed problems imaging some 16 bit-per-pixel (High Color) bitmaps
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- - improved handling for dotted table borders from Microsoft Word
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- - italic style is now handled correctly for non-ASCII characters
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- - non-breaking spaces now image correctly to the PDF file
-
- - fixed a BAD_POOL_CALLER blue screen error under Windows NT/2000/XP
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- ===== v1.10 July 21, 2001 =====
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- - pdfFactory now fully supports all Unicode characters and non-ANSI
- character sets (e.g. Baltic, Eastern European, Greek, Turkish, etc.)
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- - 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
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- - 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
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- - 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"
-