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   What's New in PrinterCE

Version 2.970 (January, 2013):
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Added Brother RuggedJet RJ-4030/4040 printer support.

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Added Datamax-O'Neil Apex/Andes printer support.

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Added Datamax-O'Neil microFlash 4te/2te printer support.

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Reworked landscape margin handling.

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Other minor fixes and enhancements.

Version 2.966 (January 23, 2012):
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Added Intermec Fingerprint printer support.

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Other minor fixes and enhancements.

Version 2.965 (September 23, 2011):
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Added Brother PocketJet 6/6 Plus printer support.

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Adjusted Brother MW series support to add MW145 support

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Added OK/Cancel buttons to "More Settings" dialog to fix issue in WM6.5

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Removed support for Extech and O'Neil printers

Version 2.960 (May 15, 2009):
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Important bug fix: a slight difference in how some devices create fonts was causing a few devices to have significantly longer print times for large print jobs.

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Adjusted PocketJet printer paper feed commands

Version 2.959 (Mar 5, 2009):
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Added support for Intermec PB3/PB2 printers

Version 2.958 (Aug 20, 2008):
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Added support for Martel MCP78xx printers

Version 2.957 (June 27, 2008):
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Fixed error in Canon printer support

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Fixed COM0 port selection

Version 2.956 (June 15, 2008):
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Added support for Brother MW-260

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Added support for Sato MB400

Version 2.955 (Aug 8, 2007):
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Added support for Pentax RuggedJet 3 and RuggedJet 4 printers

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Fixed error that caused some NSBasic apps to hang

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Changed Epson TM-P60 support to maximum page width of 1200 dots

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Added vbDlgBoxUp_NotPersistent  bitflag option to PrDialogBox to allow "Printing in Progress" dialog to be set as "not persistent".

Version 2.952 (Jan 17, 2007):
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Added CE.Net 5.0 version to fix Infrared printing and enhance image file format support.

Version 2.951 (Aug 1, 2006):
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Added Peripheral Nomad printer support

Version 2.950 (Mar 23, 2006):
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Added Panasonic JT-H200PR printer support

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Added Pocket Spectrum printer support

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Fixed problem with WM5.0 "inverted image" problem

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Fixed loss of OK button for "More Settings" dialog under certain conditions.

Version 2.940 (Feb 22, 2006):
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Added SATO MB200i printer support

Version 2.930 (Nov 23, 2005):
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Fixed HP PCL driver to support HP DeskJet 460

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Fixed TallyGenicom MIP360 page length command

Version 2.921 (Aug 19, 2005):
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Fixed bug affecting WM2003 image rotation.

Version 2.920 (July 11, 2005):
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Added TallyGenicom MTP4 thermal printer support

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Added TallyGenicom MIP360 24-pin dot-matrix printer support

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Added GeBE Flash thermal printer support

Version 2.910 (May 17, 2005):
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Improved Canon iP90/i80/i70 support (added 600dpi Canon driver)

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Fixed problem for BMP image files that use negative height value (used to flip the image)

Version 2.901 (Apr 13, 2005):
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Fixed problem with SIP data entry for a few dialog text boxes

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Fixed problem with Evaluation dialog not displaying in a few situations

Version 2.90 (Feb 11, 2005):
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Added full Windows Mobile Pocket PC 2003 SE support

Version 2.84 (Nov 19, 2004):
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Added Eltrade Mobilife printer support

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Added IPC PP-55 printer support

Version 2.83 (Sep 24, 2004):
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Added Able Systems Ap1300 printer support

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Added Axiohm A631 printer support

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Fixed problem with HP450 Bluetooth not printing to end of last page

Version 2.82 (Aug 30, 2004):
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Added BarcodeCE resize options - see here.

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Adjusted IR buffer size for Canon BJC-80/85 infrared printer connection under certain circumstances

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Fixed IR problem for Fujitsu FTP-628WSL110 printer

Version 2.81 (Jun 25, 2004):
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Added Fujitsu FTP-628WSL110 printer support

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Added Epson TM-P60 printer support

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Added Intermec PB/PW/68/78 Thermal printer support

Version 2.802 (Mar 21, 2004):
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Fixed serial port hanging on some devices

Version 2.80 (Mar 13, 2004):
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Added support for Seiko MPU-L465 printer.

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Added support for CUSTOM s'print printer

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Changed DrawText() to handle empty text string

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Fixed 16-bit BMP file handling

Version 2.75 (Dec 5, 2003):
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Corrected printing problem between iPAQ PPC2003 with built-in Bluetooth printing to HP Bluetooth printers.

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Reworked AsciiCE Read() functions to prevent lockup of device

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Fixed Serial Port retry when not all data could be sent

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Fixed Extech blank scroll problem for > 255 blank dot-rows

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Adjusted Brother printer support to correct problem with some iPAQ PPC2003 infrared printing.

Version 2.74 (Nov 1, 2003):
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Fixed font handling to work with symbol fonts such as Webding

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Adjusted font name support to get rid of occasional incorrect "Font not found" error message.

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Zebra printers - connected Density setting to Zebra's Tone command

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Added call to SystemIdleTimerReset to prevent device from going to sleep during printing job.

Version 2.73 (Sept 10, 2003):
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Fixed PrintDC's PDC_ExtTextOut() to handle lpString==NULL or cbcount==0

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Adjusted IR support for PPC2003 to handle multiple print jobs

Version 2.72 (August 1, 2003):
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Added CE.Net ARM/XScale device support for devices with 240x320 dot displays

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Added OMNIPrint 6240 & 6400 printer support

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Added O'Neil thermal Bluetooth support

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Enhanced Brother printer support and added MW-120 and MW-140BT support

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Fixed "Couldn't find font" error when using NewPage() and EndDoc() for printing last page

Version 2.70 (June 23, 2003):
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PocketPC 2003 support added

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Added IPC PP-50  printer support (www.ipcprint.com)

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BarcodeCE -fixed ability to get just width of barcode by passing negative X or Y coord

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Fixed problem with SetupPrinterOther selecting Monochrome

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Fixed PrintDC releasing hFirstFont after savhPrDC was released

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Enhanced Brother MPrint support

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Added Citizen CMP-10 printer support

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Enhanced Infrared support to use Serial Port Speed to set max IR Baud rate (after soft reset).

Version 2.650 (Apr 7, 2003):
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Brother m-PRINT fix for multiple page - out of paper hanging problem

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Fixed PrintDC text spacing problem

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Change to IP printing shutdown for Zebra printer

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PDC_SetupNetPath - added +2 for IP port selection

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Internal structural changes for better long-term support

Version 2.610 (Nov 15, 2002):
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Added Brother m-PRINT MW-100 printer support

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Added Citizen PD-22 support

Version 2.605 (Oct 18, 2002):
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Adjusted Zebra printer support

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Fixed Extech Bluetooth problem of loss of last portion of printed page

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Added Brother MW-100 printer support

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Fixed UPC barcode problem

Version 2.6 (July 6, 2002):
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Added printer support for Zebra QL, Cameo and Encore printers.

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Added Belkin Bluetooth CF support.

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More... details here.

Version 2.5 (February 20, 2002):
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Added "Bluetooth: Compaq 3870/Sleeve" selection to Port list.

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Added Citizen 203DPI printer selection.

Version 2.45 (January 18, 2002):
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Fixed thread release problem

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Adjusted PDC_PageSetupDlg and PDC_PrintDlg to not establish communications link until PDC_EndPage or PDC_EndDoc called.

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Removed Epson Draft mode

Version 2.42 (December 28, 2001):
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Fixed Infrared connection problem

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Added "Alternate IR Connection" capability (see "More Settings" dialog).

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Fixed AbortProc for PrintDC not handling return vals

Version 2.41 (November 29, 2001):
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Added checkbox in More Settings to select between two threads (default) and one thread.

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Changed evaluation mode - no more personal license key.

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Fixed O'Neil driver - IR and serial connection issues

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Fixed AsciiCE Read capability

Version 2.4 (October 6, 2001):
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For Pocket PC 2002: Added network printing support, including 802.11b wireless!!

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Added support for Anycom and Socket Bluetooth printing

Version 2.3 (June 6, 2001):
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Added: SiPix A6 printer support.

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Fixed: Canon BJC multiple page printing

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Added: "Print to File" capability

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Added: Support for serial ports COM1-COM6

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Added: Bluetooth printing for Anycom Printer Module.

Version 2.2 (Apr 1, 2001):
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Replaced "Print in Color" and "3-Color CMY" selections with single "Color/Mono" combo box on Select Printer dialog

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Fixed: AciiCE2 WriteVar array handling bug

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Fixed: AsciiCE2 now resets StatusCheck() properly

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Fixed: Image handling bug for 16-bit BMP image files

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Fixed: Image rotation (upside down) bug

Version 2.11 (Feb 2, 2001):
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Fixed: Image enlargement problem

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Fixed: Serial port turns on DTR line when opened

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Fixed: Image printing fails under rare set of circumstances

Version 2.10 (Dec 6, 2000):
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Color printing support!!

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Improved printing speed for Canon BJC printers

Version 2.0 (Oct 27, 2000):
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Added PrintDC to assist porting C/C++/MFC apps from Windows.

Version 1.7 (Sept 24, 2000):
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Enhanced DrawPicture() method to be used to query actual size (width by height) of selected image (see PrinterCE documentation).

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Enhanced AsciiCE2 -> WriteVar to also handle BSTRs

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Check for multiple instances of PrinterCE control to warn developer.

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Fixed GIF size bug

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Fixed Nino -> Canon BJC printing problem (added "IR Buffer Adjustment" selection on "More Settings" dialog to manually force IR buffer size to work with Nino & Canon BJC).

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Added support for Dymo-CoStar and Seiko SLP label printers back. 

Version 1.6 (Aug 7, 2000):
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Added Extech and O'Neil printer support (See here).

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Added AsciiCE2 - major enhancement to AsciiCE to provide user-requested Status and Reporting options, block-write capabilities, enhanced eVB support, and various "printer port read" functions to support printers with Mag-Card and Smart-card readers.

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Fixed SetupPrinter(), SetupPaper() problems.

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Numerous refinements, enhancements, bug fixes.

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Dropped support for HPC 2.0 handheld devices due to Microsoft's decision not to support HPC in their software development tools.

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Dropped support for non-infrared label printers (Dymo-CoStar and Seiko SLP).

Version 1.5 (May 1, 2000):
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Completely reworked Canon printer support - should now be significantly faster, more complete support for Canon BJ printers.

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Adjusted the "Cancel Print" process for robustness.

Version 1.4 (Apr 19, 2000):
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Added Pocket PC support

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Reworked Infrared connection process for added stability