FinePrint 6

both 32 and 64-bit FinePrint now support the following output file formats: BMP, EMF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF (including LZW compression), TXT

the Properties command for the physical printer is now located in the printer menu on the toolbar, instead of in the Advanced dialog

fonts which are installed on the system are no longer unnecessarily embedded in the FP file

"First page only" and "First sheet only" stamp sets are now correctly displayed in Booklet layout

the "Separate jobs" setting is now available in 1-up single-sided layout, because it can affect the page numbers displayed in stamp sets

fixed problems where hilited and redacted text was sometimes not imaged correctly in the PDF file when an FP file was sent to pdfFactory

selecting text now works properly when "Maintain text column alignment" is enabled

the Printers menu is now properly truncated when there are more printers than will fit on the screen

letterheads and stamp sets that overlap each other are now imaged correctly

rotated text is now imaged correctly when saved as BMP or JPEG

fixed problems viewing and printing documents with extremely large amounts of rotated text

combined the 32-bit and 64-bit releases into a single downloadable file

a correct output file name is now proposed when you save a print job whose name contains a period (e.g. "Documentation v56.5 Release")

fixed problems where words were sometimes printed too close to each other

the correct icon is now displayed in the Windows 7 task bar

fixed problems in the uninstaller under Windows 7

Windows NT 4 is no longer supported

you can now select text using the mouse, and by right-clicking on the selected text you can copy, delete, highlight, or redact the text

right-clicking on a bitmap now allows you to copy, save, or delete the bitmap

the Layout tab can now be automatically hidden when not in use, which allows for a larger page display. Right-click on the Layout tab and choose the "Auto-hide" option.

fixed problems with deleting and undeleting pages via the right-click menu

improved the appearance of toolbar buttons

added a Cursor toolbar, which controls the mouse function when the page display is zoomed

fixed problems imaging embedded TrueType fonts which contain incomplete tables

rotated bitmaps from Word are now imaged correctly

fixed display problems that sometimes happened after selective printing (e.g. when you right-click on a page and choose "Print this page")

fixed a bug where masked content (e.g. a transparent fill in Powerpoint) sometimes was not redrawn properly onscreen after the document was printed on a printer

fixed problems where rotated text was sometimes imaged incorrectly when scaling is involved (i.e. a non-Bypass layout)

booklets no longer print with repeated pages when the "Repeat Pages" option was previously chosen

(Server Edition only) Fixed problems where sometimes the Client Folder settings were not correctly propagated from the server to the clients

(Server Edition only) Fixed problems where Stamp Sets were sometimes not correctly propagated from the server to the clients

fixed a problem displaying some old versions of FP files when scaling is involved

changes for Japanese language version

fixed installation errors in AddPrinterDriver and AddPrinter that happened on some systems

fixed an AutoSave problem that sometimes caused large files to be saved incorrectly

fixed a bug where selective printing (e.g. "print this page") sometimes printed the entire job when pdfFactory is the destination printer

when sheets and pages mean the same thing (Bypass or 1-up, single-sided), redundant menu commands "print this sheet" and "print selected sheets" are no longer shown

the FinePrint uninstaller now sets the Windows default printer back to the current destination printer, if FinePrint is the default printer at the time of uninstallation

now properly handles the case where a user logoff or system shutdown is started while the FinePrint window is open

the variable now works correctly in stationery when job separation is enabled

the "FinePrint 2-up Letter" paper size now appears as a choice in application (e.g. Word) Page Setup dialogs

the Jobs list now grows or shrinks automatically when print jobs are added or deleted

ampersand characters in printer nicknames are now displayed properly

Windows 7 is now supported

text runs can now be longer than 255 characters

(Server Edition) letterheads are now correctly propagated to clients when the "Copy letterheads to all clients" box is checked after Printing Preferences are displayed

(Server Edition) improved propagation of printer settings (e.g. paper size, "Do not show dialog") from the server to the clients

bitmaps with RLE compression now image correctly

added a Grayscale option to the Layout tab

navigation keys (Page Up, Page Down, Home, End, up own, left, right) keys now work when the preview is zoomed

fixed a crash that sometimes happened when pages were cut and pasted

(Server Edition only) fixed problems that sometimes happened when standard users attempted to upgrade to a newer version of the product

international releases

fixed display problems in the Printing Preferences dialog

fixed display problems in the Trays dialog (Letterhead tab)

dialog items are now sized correctly at 120 dpi and other display resolutions

hitting Ctrl-V no longer causes a crash when no pages were previously cut

the "Copies" control is now properly shown or hidden when you toggle between Show All and Show Custom

clicking on the PDF button (when pdfFactory is installed) no longer incorrectly clears the Double-sided setting or prints to the wrong printer

fixed a CFpFile Error 7 that sometimes happened with embedded or Symbol fonts

checking the "Enable right to left page ordering on Layout tab" check box in the Settings dialog now also sets the corresponding entry in the Customize dialog, so that the "Right to left" check box is made visible

fixed a bug in Save As JPEG where sometimes the output JPEG file did not have the correct colors

fixed a crash that sometimes happened when trying to display the FinePrint dialog (either through printing, or Printing Preferences)

made the Printing Preferences dialog larger so that it no longer truncates the Letterhead minitab

the "Double-sided" control is now properly disabled when Booklet layout is selected, since booklets are always double-sided

(Server Edition only) fixed communication problems that sometimes prevented the Licensing tab from seeing other servers running FinePrint

(Server Edition only) new "Configuration..." button on the Licensing tab for easily configuring a multi-server installation of pdfFactory

paper-tray based letterheads are now supported

the "Double-sided" check box is now properly updated when the destination printer is changed

extra blank pages are no longer printed when "Show deleted pages" or "Show deleted jobs" is checked

the status bar now displays the number of sheets that will be printed when in Booklet layout

fixed redraw problems in the driver UI under Vista

(Server Edition only) Fixed problems with the Licensing tab when FinePrint 5 and FinePrint 6 Server Editions are both installed on the same network

fixed a display problem when you change the double-sided setting while in Show All mode

fixed a display problem with the About tab when displayed from Properties in the Printers folder