Release Notes for MECCA 2000 version 5.24.  May/01/2015


Fixed:

1. v5.23 typdrv did not read correctly a tray file that contains custom
   pass-through data (typdrv).

2. UPCA bar code human-readables printed incorrectly (typdrv).

3. The prompts for Combining Text Paragraphs were wrong to suggest one of
   the two "text items" could be stationary.  It has always been the case
   that grouped text items be brought under the non-grouped one (text.tcl).

4. Mono raster image query did not post the proper color based on the mode
   of color chart in use (m2kbin).

5. Likewise, Group-by-Color did not properly interpret user-provided color
   value based on the color chart mode (group.tcl).


New/Changed:

1. New option "-B" has bee added to bcompose, to tell typdrv to ignore all
   printer specific features in a tray file (bcompose, typdrv, print.tcl).

   The bcompose program always uses the first printer (and its first tray)
   in MECCA 2000 printer list, if no printer/tray option was given on the
   command line.

   If the output will be "printer neutral", such as to be turned into PDF,
   then a "NULL printer/tray" should be specified: one that contains no
   vendor-specific PPD or other custom Postscript operations to invoke
   printing features on a particular printer.

   Over time, however, this aspect of the printer usage appears to have
   eluded the mind of some customers, resulting in Postscript data full of
   vendor-specific PS operators, be handed to something like Distiller to
   make a PDF file.  In light of this, the -B option has been added.

   Customers who always used a "null printer" (or have it as the first
   printer in MECCA's printer list) for such purpose, will not be impacted
   by this addition in any way.

2. For tiled printing, rotation angles 180 and 270 are now treated as 0 and
   90 respectively (typdrv).