2022-01-18

Features:

• General: Adds bundled Java runtime qzind#770, qzind#841
• General: New installer artwork qzind#770
• Raw: Add IGP/PGL Printronix support qzind#1036
• Pixel: Allow PDFs with transparent layers to be printed in high quality qzind#959
• Pixel: Allow page-range support for PDFs qzind#919
• Printers: Better performance when finding printers qzind#936
• Printers: Better detection of offline USB printers qzind#979
• Printer Status: Add ability to monitor printer contents qzind#923
• Printer Status: Better support for CUPS SNMP statuses qzind#1017
• File IO: Add base64, hex flavors qzind#1046
• Serial: Allow hex values in demo page qzind#949
• API: Rename altPrinting to forceRaw qzind#770

Fixes:

• General: Bump all dependencies qzind#1000, qzind#1057
• General: Properly display unicode characters in Log Window qzind#1052
• General: Better "Zip Log to Desktop" support for OneDrive clients
• General: Fix certificate renewal for custom deployments using shared directories qzind#916
• General: Better warnings when installing on incorrect architecture qzind#875, qzind#1027, qzind#1030
• General: Fix edge-case with "Allow" dialog positioning qzind#1013
• General: Don't log bad signatures for calls that don't require it qzind#993
• Windows: Fix installer crash under certain environments qzind#968
• Linux: Remove System Tray support qzind#997
• Linux: Fix compatibility with several browsers: qzind#989,
• MacOS: Fix override.crt missing from custom compiles qzind#899
• Documentation: Add qz.api.isVersionGreater, qz.api.isVersionLess qzind#900
• Documentation: Add default auto orientation qzind#950
• Documentation: Add Vue.js signing example
• JS: Fix npm module compat for ReactJS projects qzind#1045
• JS: Better Promise detection in setCertificatePromise qzind#908
• Pixel: Add missing crypto module with newer BouncyCastle versions qzind#902
• Pixel: Fix crash with empty Printer Tray names qzind#904
• Pixel: Fix incorrect number of pages when HTML spans more than one page qzind#911
• Linux: Properly detect/warn if Firefox 94 is running
• Compat: Better upgrade handling of altPrinting vs forceRaw qzind#901
• HID: Backwards compatibility fix for HID/USB qzind#951
• File IO: Create parent directories when using File IO qzind#920
• Networking: Allow hostname to be retrieved without finding primary adapter qzind#994

Release candidate(s) for 2.2.0 The +<number> indicates the number of commits since the previous release.

Features:

• Uses bundled Java runtime qzind#770
• Updated artwork for Desktop installers to match new website branding qzind#770
• Improve library listing information qzind#770

Fixes

• No major fixes this release

Developer Notes:

• Switches main class from PrintSocketServer.java to App.java qzind#770
• Adds new build phase command line option for jlink support qzind#770
• Adds experimental DMG creation support for Mac (ant dmg) qzind#770
• Adds experimental DMG sandboxing support for Mac (-Dbuild.sandbox=true) qzind#770
• Pre-extracts all native libraries by default to <appdir>/libs on Windows, <appdir>/Contents/Frameworks/ on Mac. (e.g. jssc, jni, etc) qzind#770
• Better managing of javafx versions between builds qzind#770
• Updates jsign to 4.0 qzind#770
• Builds without a valid Apple Developer Certificate fallback to Ad-Hoc signature instead qzind#770
• Switches altPrinting to forceRaw, uses JNA instead of command line qzind#770
• Signs all Windows .dll files qzind#770

JavaFX Monocle Mirrors

Release candidate(s) for 2.1.4. The +<number> indicates the number of commits since the previous release.

Features:

• Adds Java 16 support qzind#826
• Adds detection for Eclipse Adoptium Java df43410
• Adds Mac ARM support for serial and HID qzind#591
• Adds Windows ARM support for HID qzind#605
• Adds dedicated debugging console qz-tray-console.exe for Windows qzind#828
• Adds configuration option for primary network adapter qzind#838
• Run background tasks when idle; improve performance qzind#797
• Adds support for 2nd instance of QZ Tray to shutdown existing instance qzind#849

Fixes:

• Fixes Websocket port finding qzind#812
• Fixes lingering Windows startup entries qzind#816
• Better handling of serial newline delimitation qzind#800
• Workaround for Java 8 regression JDK-8266929 qzind#819
• Various JDK16 fixes qzind#823
• Unsuppress promise rejection when signing fails qzind#836

Release candidate(s) for 2.1.3. The +<number> indicates the number of commits since the previous release.

Features

• Add printer "Job Status" reporting qzind#757
• Various Mac M1 CPU improvements qzind#783
• Various improvements to the Site Manager dialog qzind#708 qzind#802
• Add build-int DEMO cert support qzind#708
• Add { spool: { size: ... } } option for PDF prints qzind#728
• Adds QZ_OPTS environmental variable qzind#710
• Adds --help command line option qzind#707
• Adds better recovery printing corrupt images qzind#706
• Adds the ability to re-encode base64, hex qzind#781

Fixes

• Fixes various install issues with Windows qzind#713, qzind#717
• Fixes various install issues with Firefox qzind#796, qzind#809
• Fixes blank HTML pages using Java 8u291 qzind#778
• Fixes hard crash printing HTML on Ubuntu qzind#808
• Various fixes to demo page qzind#777, qzind#794
• Better handling of printers with no default density qzind#788
• "Remember this decision" shouldn't be saved on dialog close qzind#789
• HTML prints detect Monocle before attempting to use it 6b39f81
• Fixes crash with Evernote, Foxit PhantomPDF qzind#775
• Fixes a crash with serial ports on certain locales qzind#772
• Fixes PDFs should only rasterize when explicitly told to qzind#715
• Fix edge-case race-condition in websocket disconnect qzind#109
• Fixes nearest-neighbor interpolation for HTML and { rasterize: true } qzind#711
• Fixes Ubuntu Look & Feel qzind#716

Home for temporary/one-off builds

Note: 2.1.2+1 is 2.1.2 + a795fab per qzind#771.