Serendipity Megarip V4.4
Release Notes
Release date: 3rd April 2007
Important Notices
If you have use the option “Treat inks as separate channels” with any of your drivers you will have to re-calibrate from the Paper Profile ink limiting. This is because this section of the ink limit has been improved to handle more channels but the side effect is that existing settings when in this separate mode will no longer produce very good results. See bugid# 1891
Bug Fixes
 
  1. bugid# - 1429 - Fixed printing on Firewire to the latest Epsons by adding a new destination Epson XIO. You need to have the latest Epson drivers installed on the machines.
  2. bugid# 1629 - Fixed some font issues with PS/PDF files.
  3. bugid# 1703 - Fixed a problem where the thumbnail viewer on the SoftProof was not being updated after a crop of the actual image.
  4. bugid# 1705 - Fixed the Twain scanner import.
  5. bugid# - 1713 - Fixed a problem with SoftProof where dragging a tab to an empty space created a new empty tab. It should just move tabs.
  6. bugid# - 1725 - Fixed a problem where the logo file was rendering incorrectly.
  7. bugid# - 1729 - Fixed a problem where some separated PS jobs would cause the server to crash if rendering at low resolutions.
  8. bugid# - 1741 - Fixed various UTF8 language bugs.
  9. bugid# - 1755 - Fixed a window resizing issue with the FlipBook.
  10. bugid# - 1757/1759 - Fixed some inconsistencies with the FlipBook.
  11. bugid# - 1763 - Fixed a bug in the Ink limiter where the user could select a higher ink value in say 3 inks than that in 4 inks. Ink limits must increase otherwise the ink limiter was ignored but did not report any errors. Now it is forced where the current limit must be at least 1% less than the next ink limit.
  12. bugid# - 1771 - Fixed a bug in SoftProof when viewing publication files with the thumbnail viewer at the bottom. Thumbnail shown was always the one from the rendered queue which is different if the page is rotated on output.
  13. bugid# - 1805 - Fixed a “Software Error - report this to Serendipity Software” when trying to copy a duplexed job to another PageSetup. A meaningful error message now displays.
  14. bugid# - 1811 - Fixed a problem in SoftProof where auto crop while doing reverse page viewing would cause the image to disappear and the thumbnails to turn black.
  15. bugid# - 1817 - Fixed a problem where ftp destination failed to find the file to send and failed.
  16. bugid# - 1819 - Fixed a bug where the crop tool would crash the Client when running on Mac OS X 10.3.9
  17. bugid# - 1821 - Fixed a bug with the Mac 10.3.9 where the Client about box was really really small (only a few pixels square).
  18. bugid# - 1823 - Fixed a bug with the Workbench folders where names with a single or double quote (like 9800 12”) would not drag into a folder.
  19. bugid# - 1827 - Fixed a problem where some Blackmagic Image file .bmg would fail to process if submitted from the image queue again.
  20. bugid# - 1837 - Fixed a bug with the file and folder browers on the windows Client where entering a UNC path (//blah/blah) would add a backslash at the front (\//blah/blah) and the browser would fail to get the path and items within.
  21. bugid# - 1843 - Fixed a bug where trying to edit a Pagesetup from the QueueManager when the Client is locked would pop up an error message that would not dismiss.
  22. bugid# - 1861 - Fixed a problem where thumbnail popups would be displayed in the FlipBook if they were enabled in the SoftProof.
  23. bugid# - 1863 - Fixed a case where closing a ‘modal’ dialogue like Test jobs or Queue Order with a ctrl W would cause a crash the Client. Menu items should not be available for these windows.
  24. bugid# - 1865 - Fixed a bug where the Client would crash if you tried to copy a gradation curve from within the Pagesetup > Curve chooser.
  25. bugid# - 1883 - Fixed a problem where EPS files generated by Blackmagic would not work as a logo file.
  26. bugid# - 1889 - Fixed a bug in the Gradation Editor where setting number of editors per page did not always display the correct number or remember the previous setting.
  27. bugid# - 1903 - Fixed a problem where jobnames for Japanese jobs were not being encoded for correct display when printing through the local print queue destination.
  28. bugid# - 1917 - Fixed a crash that could occur if you search for a Workbench item with the search tool, deleted the item and then closed the search box.
  29. bugid# - 1941 - Clustering: Fixed some intermittent problems where jobs would fail on a Slave for no apparent reason.
  30. bugid# - 1933 - Fixed some crashes in the nesting and duplexing functions and some deadlock situations where nesting and duplexing would go ‘deaf’ and never run requiring a server restart.
  31. bugid# - 1935 - Fixed a bug where searching in the Workbench for a item that is contained in a closed folder would become unselected after a reload e.g. when you save the Pagesetup it gets reloaded in the GUI.
  32. bugid# - 1953 - Fixed a condition where the server would crash if the jobinfo slugline was on and the job processed contained specials.
  33. bugid# - 1955 - Fixed a problem where printing the Paper Profile settings crashed the client.
  34. bugid# - 1957 - Fixed a problem where the Mimaki JV2-130 would not print jobs longer than 2.5 meters. This effects all Mimaki’s.
New Features/Enhancements
 
  1. bugid# - 1673 - Added a job chooser in the SoftProof which shows all jobs in the system that can be loaded into the SoftProof.
  2. bugid# - 1705 - Added more information in the sever and client logs such as platform, speed, version and system settings.
  3. bugid# - 1711 - Added an indicator in the tabbed SoftProof to show where a tab would be dropped when re-ordering them.
  4. bugid# - 1719/1873 - Added a sharpening option (unsharp mask) in the SoftProof and as a render effect.
  5. bugid# - 1723 - Added the ability to set the number of copies on a Dropspot.
  6. bugid# - 1731 - Various speed enhancements to GUI lists.
  7. bugid# - 1733 - Added an “Add to Archive” option for database items in the Workbench. Select one of more items, right click and choose “Add to archive” This opens a new Archiver window and adds the selected items to it.
  8. bugid# - 1743 - Optimised a number of Server functions for greater performance and faster throughput.
  9. bugid# - 1747, 1919 - Added Secure FTP (SFTP) as a destination.
  10. bugid# - 1761 - Added the ability to lock the number of copies when submitting jobs through the Submit choosers so that if you change it for that particular instance of submit it resets back to the previously locked number next time it opens.
  11. bugid# - 1765 - Added support for the Canon iPF5000, iPF8000 and iPF9000 printers.
  12. bugid# - 1779 - Added Postit Style Notes to the SoftProof window.
  13. bugid# - 1783 - Added the ability to show reader spreads in the SoftProof.
  14. bugid# - 1799 - Added a new data type in the Workbench called Press. This has predefined press setting - ICC, Replace set, white point setting and press configs - This allows quick switching for the SoftProof and Ink Key Viewer.
  15. bugid# - 1803 - Added a Calendar mode in the 3D FlipBook. This rotates the view by 90 degrees so it looks like a calendar as you flip top to bottom.
  16. bugid# - 1833 - Added the ability to configure the font size of the slugline/jobinfo. You can now choose between 1pt and 500 pts.
  17. bugid# - 1835 - Added an option in the CIP3 export to save the file uncompressed.
  18. bugid# - 1845 - Added a new printer driver to ftp imaged data to a remote location. This is called Serendipity Remote Proof.
  19. bugid# - 1849 - Added support for the Epson 3800.
  20. bugid# - 1851 - Added the ability to enter horizontal and vertical res for file formats. Enter H x V in the text field e.g. 300 x 600.
  21. bugid# - 1855 - Added an ink key profiler in the SoftProof to provide ink key values to older presses that do not support CIP3 and show key colour values for all users.
  22. bugid# - 1867 - Added a draw rectangle render effect which allows you to draw a rectangle around the job by specifying the distance from each edge you want to draw a line.
  23. bugid# - 1871 - Removed the “type” column from the PageSetup selector in the Workbench. This served no real purpose and the columns constantly reset to a default size making long PageSetup names truncate.
  24. bugid# - 1875 - Added support for the HP Z3100 and HP Z2100 printers.
  25. bugid# - 1877 - Added the ability to keep separation names when outputting to 1 bit tiff separated.
  26. bugid# - 1891 - Enhanced the ink limiter to support n-colour printers.
  27. bugid# - 1907 - Added an invert search option for all search boxes. Shift+Control+i will invert the search which will show everything that does NOT match the string entered.
  28. bugid# - 1909 - Changed the colour coding of the Cluster Status for nodes that have tasks disabled. Now if you have imaging or rendering task disabled then just that task changes to OFF and turns Red. If both are disabled then the hostname also changes Red.
  29. bugid# - 1911 - Added a link on the contextual menu (right click) for the ClusterStatus to launch the ClusterManager.
  30. bugid# - 1913 - Added a special beta version that expires after two months of running. This allows users to try new features before purchasing an upgrade.
  31. bugid# - 1915 - Added a custom page size in the HP PCL5 driver for the Oki and Xante printers.
  32. bugid# - 1921 - Added a configurable item in the server system settings for a broadcast interval from server to connected clients.
  33. bugid# - 1923 - Added the ability to reorder the DropSpots and assign a colour.
  34. bugid# - 1925 - Added the ability to adjust where light inks mix in with the dark inks when printing with “treat light inks as separate channels” is turned on. This is handled in a third tab of the Paper Profiler and provides sliders to adjust transitions.
  35. bugid# - 1927 - Added the ability to change the colour of the text used for the jobinfo sluglines.
  36. bugid# - 1931 - Added the option to disable auto separate of PDF files and process them as composite. This saves the need to have special colours defined in the System Library but colour will not be as accurate.
  37. bugid# - 1939 - Added a language encoding option in the FTP destination for 2 byte filenames.
  38. bugid# - 1951 - Made the “Windows Installed Printer” available to all users. No longer a chargeable additional output driver.
The bug id numbers are for internal use only. If you have any questions regarding this please email support@serendipity-software.com.au and quote the bug id number.