Gutenprint Discontinues macOS Support

Summary

Gutenprint FAQ for Mac OS X and Darwin As of July 7, 2024 the Gutenprint project has formally deprecated MacOS support. This means that no further MacOS-compatible binaries will be produced. Gutenprint has not had an active MacOS maintainer for over three years, and the remaining developers lack the technical ability to produce MacOS binaries, much less undertake the substantial amount of work necessary to produce, test, and support binaries on newer (post-Mojave/10.14) MacOS releases. For older versions (<= 10.14) of MacOS, there is a Gutenprint web page for OS X that answers most questions on how to use Gutenprint and Gimp-Print with OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" and beyond, and provides direct download links. What is Gutenprint? Why would I want to install it? How can I find out more information about Gutenprint? Where can I get the newest version? I've read this entire document but I'm still having problems. How can I contact the developers? I added my dyesub printer, but nothing prints. (NEW) I am trying to print from (Quark, Phtoshop, etc...) using Gutenprint on Mac OS X Panther (10.3.x) but whenever I include EPS files I get really low quality output. This did not happen on Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2.x). Did the the printing behavior change between Mac OS 10.2 and Mac OS 10.3? How can I get the high quality output in Panther? I am trying to install Gutenprint on Mac OS X Panther (10.3.x) but when I get to the installer screen where I select the destination volume, there is a large red exclamation mark and I can't install it. After installing Gutenprint, when I go to set up a printer via the CUPS web interface I get to the point where I need to choose a driver, but the Gutenprint drivers (PPDs) are not listed there. They use to be there in Gimp-Print 4.2.5 so where did they go? I do not see the "Advanced" option in Print Center. How can I find it? Printing does not work from "Carbon" applications (Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat, Appleworks, etc...), but I can print from "Cocoa" app...