                      FinePrint pdfFactory v1.65

                           September 20, 2003

                     ===== v1.65 September 20, 2003 =====

- fixed problems imaging transparent and masked bitmap images

- fixed problems imaging embedded fonts when some job pages are deleted

- fixed a problem where the wrong file name was sometimes displayed in the
  progress window during a Save operation

- hatched and pattern fills are now imaged correctly

- fixed problems imaging rotated text from Excel

- fixed problems imaging the TrueType font "TransRoman2 Manuscript"

- fixed problems when print jobs arrive into pdfFactory in rapid succession

- fixed a "CFpFile Error 4" that sometimes happened when handling content from
  Adobe Acrobat

                     ===== v1.64 July 22, 2003 =====

- fixed text spacing problems with dotted tabs from Word

- fixed JPEG image quality problems

- the About tab now works correctly when Printer Properties is run from the
  Printers folder under Windows 9x/Me

                     ===== v1.63 July 14, 2003 =====

- pdfFactory settings are now correctly saved and restored when you run
  Properties/Document Defaults/Printing Preferences from the Printers folder

                     ===== v1.62 July 10, 2003 =====

- fixed problems printing to pdfFactory from a non-desktop Terminal Services
  or Citrix session

                     ===== v1.61 June 14, 2003 =====

- fixed problems imaging bold versions of certain TrueType fonts (e.g.
  Microsoft Sans Serif, Franklin Gothic Book)

- fixed problems imaging 16-bpp bitmaps

- double-byte characters in the Doc Info fields are now handled correctly
  when the PDF file is encrypted

- fixed problems imaging vertical writing in HGMaruGothicMPRO and other
  Japanese fonts

                     ===== v1.60 June 3, 2003 =====

- after installing this version, if you delete the pdfFactory program group
  from the Start menu, it will no longer be recreated the next time you logoff
  and logon to Windows

                     ===== v1.59 May 29, 2003 =====

- (Enterprise Edition) Changes made to the FPP1.INI file on the server are
  automatically propagated to the clients the next time the dispatcher is
  started on the client.

- fixed a CFpFile Error 7 that sometimes occurred when imaging WordArt

- fixed problems when printing from SAS

- fixed problems imaging Excel worksheets embedded in Word documents

- fixed a hang which sometimes happened when printing from Word

- fixed a hang which sometimes happened when uninstalling the product

- reinstalling the product no longer overwrites custom INI files with a
  default one

- fixed an uninstall problem where an AppPaths registry key was not deleted in
  some cases

- fixed problems with INI file propagation

- made the dispatcher more reliable

- the dispatcher no longer sets the ForegroundLockTimeout setting to zero,
  except when the product is running in a non-desktop Terminal Services or
  Citrix session under Windows 2000 or above

- fixed problems when imaging web sites whose URL contains certain unprintable
  characters

- new installations of pdfFactory now default to a 300 dpi printer driver
  instead of 600 dpi.  This does not affect existing installations.  You can
  always change the pdfFactory printer's resolution by right-clicking on it
  in the Printers folder.

                     ===== v1.58 November 27, 2002 =====

- fixed problems imaging Asian characters in @-sign fonts (e.g. @MS Gothic)

- fixed problems with the "Show dialog" setting

- fixed problems with the default Save As filename when the print job name
  contains double-byte characters

                     ===== v1.57 October 30, 2002 =====

- fixed problems imaging right-to-left text in Middle Eastern languages under
  Windows NT/2000/XP

- fixed problems where the pdfFactory printer sometimes didn't work under
  Windows XP unless the dispatcher was started manually

                     ===== v1.56 October 23, 2002 =====

- fixed problems where print jobs were sometimes incorrectly named "FinePrint
  pdfFactory, Job xx"

- fixed problems imaging some Chinese characters when printing from Acrobat to
  pdfFactory under Windows NT 4.0

- fixed problems printing in a Terminal Services or Citrix environment

- fixed a "GetPrinter failed" error that sometimes occurred under Windows
  NT/2000/XP

- fixed problems with Fast User Switching under Windows XP

- fixed problems imaging text against a colored background under Windows
  NT/2000/XP

                     ===== v1.55 October 12, 2002 =====

- fixed problems when running in a single application session (no Windows
  desktop) under Terminal Server or Citrix Metaframe

- fixed problems imaging mathematical equations from LaTex

- PDF files created by pdfFactory can now be combined without causing subset
  font name conflicts

- fixed a problem where repeatedly printing a document to pdfFactory from
  Microsoft Word under Windows NT/2000/XP sometimes failed

- fixed problems imaging HGMaruGothicMPRO and other Japanese fonts

- fixed problems where multiple instances of the dispatcher were sometimes
  executing at the same time

- PDF files created by pdfFactory can now be edited using the Text Touch-Up
  Tool in the Acrobat viewer

- vertical writing in Asian fonts is now imaged correctly

- fixed problems imaging complex bitmaps from PowerPoint

- fixed problems with filled black rectangles from some applications (e.g.
  TapScan)

- fixed problems with saving and loading settings

- TrueType fonts with very few defined characters (e.g. MicroBus) now image
  correctly

- TrueType fonts like Batang, GulimChe, PMingLiU, and others now image
  correctly under Windows NT 4.0

- fixed a zooming problem in the pdfFactory preview window

                     ===== v1.54 September 19, 2002 =====

- pdfFactory no longer requires a kernel mode printer driver under Windows
  2000/XP.  The only exception to this is pdfFactory Enterprise Edition
  clients under Windows 2000/XP connected to a pdfFactory printer driver
  shared by a Windows NT 4.0 machine.  This is a limitation of Windows NT
  4.0, not of pdfFactory.

- fixed slow logoffs from Windows 2000 Terminal Server after you've printed to
  pdfFactory.  You will need to update your Windows 2000 Terminal Server to
  Service Pack 3 (which is available from Microsoft).  Alternatively, you
  can apply Hotfix Q289564 (also available from Microsoft) to your Windows
  2000 Terminal Server.

- the dialog box focus no longer changes incorrectly when the PDF file is
  regenerated

- Doc Info settings are now saved when you click "Save all settings now" on
  the Settings tab

- fixed some problems with missing bitmaps from PageMaker

- fixed a CFpFile error 4 that sometimes happened when printing from FinePrint
  to pdfFactory

- fixed problems imaging gradient fills from WordArt

                     ===== v1.53 July 27, 2002 =====

- fixed problems imaging TrueType fonts which use Shift-JIS or other double-
  byte encodings (examples: DFPOP1-W9, DFPPOP1-W9)

- fixed "CreateScalableFontResource failed" error

- fixed bugs where monochrome bitmaps were sometimes drawn with colors inverted

- fixed some problems with colored fills from Claris Impact

                     ===== v1.52 June 24, 2002 =====

- fixed problems where complex PowerPoint documents could not be printed to
  pdfFactory

- better handling of gradient fills from Powerpoint and Word/WordArt

- the TrueType font "AT Sackers" no longer fails with a GetFontData error

- fixed problems embedding symbol fonts (e.g. Symbol, Wingdings)

- fixed problems imaging some Chinese fonts (e.g. DFLiHei)

- fixed problems with missing or incorrect bitmap output under Windows 9x/Me

- the "Sans" family of fonts now embeds properly in PDF files

                     ===== v1.51 June 16, 2002 =====

- fixed problems when printing to pdfFactory from Terminal Clients or Citrix
  Metaframe clients running in single-application mode

- Enterprise Edition clients running Windows NT/2000/XP no longer need to
  logoff and logon the first time they print to a shared pdfFactory printer

- fixed cases in Enterprise Edition where a serial number entered on the
  server was not propagated down to the clients
  
                     ===== v1.50 June 12, 2002 =====

- fixed "CFpFile Error 7" problems that sometimes occurred when creating the
  PDF file

- fixed problems embedding Czech characters (and other non-ASCII characters)

- fixed problems where bitmap images were sometimes drawn with incorrect colors

- users can now disconnect and re-logon to a Terminal Server without disrupting
  pdfFactory operation

- fixed problems where pdfFactory printer settings were sometimes not stored

- fixed problems where sometimes uninstalling pdfFactory on an Enterprise
  client did not remove the Dispatcher from the Run registry key

- fixed problems when automatically upgrading an Enterprise client from a
  non-administrative user under Windows NT/2000/XP

- the error "HKEY_CURRENT_USER is not valid" no longer occurs when printing to
  pdfFactory under Windows NT/2000/XP

                     ===== v1.43 April 24, 2002 =====

- pdfFactory printer settings (e.g. the "Show dialog" setting) now propagate
  correctly when they are changed

- the Acrobat viewer now shows the correct paper size in its Print dialog
  preview when pdfFactory is selected as the destination printer

- fixed installation error messages where an INF directory was not found

- now uses the correct TEMP folder under Windows NT and 2000.  this error was
  causing pdfFactory print jobs to fail, sometimes without an error message.

- the pdfFactory program group in the Start menu is no longer recreated every
  time the dispatcher restarts

- fixed problems imaging text in right-to-left languages

- fixed a registry problem under Windows NT/2000

- PDF files containing embedded fonts now work correctly in Adobe's Acrobat
  Reader for Palm OS converter

                     ===== v1.42 April 5, 2002 =====

- per-user folders created by pdfFactory (the Start menu group and the
  "pdfFactory files" folder in My Documents) now have the correct security
  privileges on NTFS systems

- fixed problems drawing circles from CorelDraw

- the /inf option to SETUP now works correctly

- fixed problems where text was sometimes covered up by a black rectangle

- fixed a crash that sometimes happened when you tried to save to an existing
  read-only file

- fixed problems imaging certain characters (e.g. Euro symbol, A-diaresis)
  when embedding fonts

- fixed the error "Could not create file fpp1-9x.inf" which occurred on
  some systems during installation

                     ===== v1.41 March 13, 2002 =====

- improved imaging of non-ASCII characters; produces smaller PDF files

                     ===== v1.40 February 27, 2002 =====

- bold versions of the TrueType font "Bookman Old Style" are now imaged
  correctly

- fixed problems where the pdfFactory printer sometimes stopped working on
  Windows XP after a reboot

- now supports Fast User Switching under Windows XP

                     ===== v1.39 February 19, 2002 =====

- fixed installation problems under Windows XP

- fixed problems imaging complex text and graphics from CorelDraw 9

                     ===== v1.37 February 13, 2002 =====

- fixed a "resource mismatch" warning that sometimes happened when reinstalling
  FinePrint or pdfFactory

- non-ANSI characters are now spaced appropriately when you copy and paste text
  from the PDF file into another application

- the folders for saving (JobsDir) and autosaving (AutoSaveDir) are now
  exported to the INI file when settings are saved

- when printing from FinePrint to pdfFactory, the PDF file now shows the
  correct underlying font names (e.g. "LucidaConsole") instead of the
  temporary font names (e.g. "~FP1230000000") whenever possible

- fixed problems imaging the font "GulimChe"

- fixed a bug in bitmap downsampling that was causing incorrect bitmaps in
  both the preview and in the PDF file

- better status messages when installing and uninstalling

                     ===== v1.36 February 7, 2002 =====

- fixed problems imaging symbol fonts and non-ANSI characters on Windows NT 4

- fixed a memory leak under Windows 9x/Me

                     ===== v1.35 February 4, 2002 =====

- fixed problems when running with multiple users under Windows XP

- fixed a crash in FPPDIS1A that sometimes happened when creating PDF files

                     ===== v1.34 January 31, 2002 =====

- fixed problems imaging very wide lines

- fixed problems imaging embedded TrueType fonts when pages are deleted from
  the print job

- fixed problems displaying embedded TrueType fonts onscreen when you scroll
  the preview

                     ===== v1.33 January 25, 2002 =====

- fixed problems imaging some unusual TrueType fonts under Windows NT 4 (e.g.
  Marlett, Monotype Sorts, MT Extra, SansSerif, Symbol)

- embedded Asian fonts now display correctly in all versions of Acrobat
  readers and viewers

                     ===== v1.32 January 16, 2002 =====

- rotated bitmaps in Visio documents are now imaged correctly

- you can now access more pdfFactory settings from the Printers folder under
  Windows 9x/Me by clicking on the "Advanced" button on the pdfFactory
  printer's Setup tab

- fixed a problem where some valid serial numbers were rejected as invalid

                     ===== v1.31 January 9, 2002 =====

- the TrueType font "Garamond Book Condensed" now images correctly

- fixed a text spacing bug with kerned text drawn in a horizontally scaled
  font

- improved handling of Visio objects embedded in Word documents

- now remembers the last folder where you saved a file, and proposes it as
  the default the next time you save

                     ===== v1.30 December 29, 2001 =====

- fixed a problem where installing pdfFactory sometimes caused the FinePrint
  program group to be deleted, and vice versa

- added support for more complex GDI graphics operators

- line caps, joins, and miter limits are now supported under Windows
  NT/2000/XP.  This fixes problems imaging text from AutoCAD.

                     ===== v1.28 December 19, 2001 =====

- the OutputFile registry entry is now deleted upon completion of PDF
  conversion, so applications can check for the presence of this value
  to determine when a conversion is done

- fixed problems printing multiple documents from Windows Explorer

                     ===== v1.27 December 11, 2001 =====

- fixed a blue screen when printing from Microsoft Project under Windows
  NT/2000/XP

- fixed problems with Add Printer Wizard installation under Windows XP

                     ===== v1.26 November 30, 2001 =====

- Arial Unicode MS now images correctly under Windows NT4

- zooming in on an area in the page preview now shows you the area you
  clicked on instead of the upper left corner of the page

                     ===== v1.25 November 27, 2001 =====

- fixed a crash when printing from Visio under Windows NT/2000/XP

                     ===== v1.23 November 17, 2001 =====

- fixed problems with Enterprise clients who don't have Administrative
  privileges under Windows NT/2000/XP

- fixed a CFpFile Error 1 that sometimes occurred when imaging bitmaps

- fixed problems drawing embedded Visio objects

- fixed problems when print jobs arrive into pdfFactory in rapid succession

                     ===== v1.22 November 1, 2001 =====

- fixed a problem with missing bitmap output under Windows 9x/Me

- Eastern European characters are now correctly rendered to the clipboard
  when text is copied from the Acrobat viewer.  They must be pasted as
  Unicode to the destination.

- fixed a "SystemParametersInfo failed" error

- fixed problems imaging graduated fills and other complex line art

- dashed lines under Windows NT/2000/XP now work correctly

- fixed problems with missing lines and borders from TurboTax

- vertical writing with Asian fonts is now supported

- bolded Asian fonts are now imaged correctly

                     ===== v1.20 October 11, 2001 =====

- fixed problems imaging and displaying embedded TrueType fonts

- the Doc Info tab is now available when you set pdfFactory's default
  printer properties in the Printers folder under NT/2000/XP

                     ===== v1.19 September 27, 2001 =====

- fixed a problem where embedded TrueType fonts were somtimes displayed
  onscreen as Symbol

- fixed a memory leak when embedding fonts in PDF files

- the Dispatcher is now installed correctly on Enterprise Edition clients
  running Windows 9x/Me

- uninstalling now removes all pdfFactory files from the Windows system
  directory under Windows 9x/Me

- fixed problems where the pdfFactory window sometimes did not come to the
  foreground fully

                     ===== v1.18 September 23, 2001 =====

- new optimization techniques produce much smaller PDF files for documents
  that use Chinese, Japanese, or Korean fonts.

- new choices for Show pdfFactory dialog:
	not at all - view PDF
	not at all - send PDF
	not at all - no view, no send

                     ===== v1.17 August 22, 2001 =====

- the Send button now works correctly with Microsoft Exchange and Novell
  Groupwise

                     ===== v1.16 August 20, 2001 =====

- fixed problems imaging complex Chinese glyphs

                     ===== v1.15 August 13, 2001 =====

- printing to pdfFactory from PowerPoint no longer defaults to zero copies

- TIFF files printed from the Kodak viewer now image correctly

- fixed text clipping problems

- INF file installation now works correctly

- fixed problems imaging some 16 bit-per-pixel (High Color) bitmaps

- improved handling for dotted table borders from Microsoft Word

- italic style is now handled correctly for non-ASCII characters

- non-breaking spaces now image correctly to the PDF file

- fixed a BAD_POOL_CALLER blue screen error under Windows NT/2000/XP

                     ===== v1.10 July 21, 2001 =====

- pdfFactory now fully supports all Unicode characters and non-ANSI
  character sets (e.g. Baltic, Eastern European, Greek, Turkish, etc.)
  
- double-byte Asian fonts (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) are now supported

- fixed a problem with spurious dots around some text output in PDF
  files generated under Windows 9x/Me

- now uses latest versions of Windows common Open and Save dialogs
  if available (requires Windows Me, 2000, or XP)

- fixed problems where some bitmap color tables were not imaged correctly

- now warns you before deleting files in a non-default AutoSave folder

- width-specified fonts (condensed or expanded) now image correctly in
  the PDF file

- embedded temporary fonts (e.g. when printing from Adobe Acrobat to
  pdfFactory) are now handled correctly

- fonts embedded via the Fonts tab are automatically subsetted, resulting
  in much smaller PDF files

- fixed problems where text in the PDF files sometimes couldn't be
  selected with the Acrobat viewer's Text Selection tool

- special characters like '\' are now handled correctly when they appear
  in Document Info fields

- fixed problems where bitmap images were sometimes erroneously repeated
  in PDF files created under Windows 9x/Me

- fixed problems printing some complex bitmaps from PageMaker

- added Insert Blank Page command to the context menu when you right-click
  on a page in the pdfFactory dialog

- the "Order Form" and "Register Online" buttons on the About tab now work
  correctly (trial version only)

- temp files are now properly deleted when the pdfFactory dialog is set to
  "not at all" mode

- fixed a problem where a fill color was incorrectly reused

- international fonts like Arial CE, Times New Roman Cyr, etc. now image
  correctly

- fixed certain cases where the Acrobat viewer displayed the error
  message "Illegal 're' inside a text object"
