Altec - Windows printer driver

Driver version 4.6.65.3370

Updates:

• Added safe graphic printing option as a solution to graphics printing over each other on TSPL printers.

Driver version 4.6.65.3360

Updates:

• Printer error detailes were missing while printing. The status reporting issue was limited to NicePrintQueue, Enterprise Print Manager(EPM) and NiceLabel.

  
  

Driver version 4.6.64.3290

What's new:

• Advanced TCP/IP port monitor now supports connections to names as well as IP addresses.

Driver version 4.6.63.3224

Updates:

• Rotation option on userinterface and QR and MicroQR barcode font rotation now work correctly

Driver version 4.6.62.3190

Updates:

• Spooler crash when changing printer port while printing was fixed.

Driver version 4.6.62.3172

What's new:

• Support for PDF417, QR, MaxiCode and Datamatrix barcode added.

Driver version 4.6.62.3156

Updates:

• Custom settings for unprintable now work correctly

Driver version 4.6.61.3137

What's new:

• Two new Altec models are supported:Altec TTP-384M and Altec TTP-644M.
  All Altec printers have set "Dithering=NONE2 by default and "Portrait + 180 rotated" by default.
  AltecMAG printers have "continuous" paper type and "cut every 1" label set by default.

Driver version 4.6.59.3013

What's new:

• Media sizes were updated for several printers.
  

Driver version 4.6.59.3002

Updates:

• Printer ports are now properly shown in Options dialog.

Driver version 4.6.59

What's new:

• Changed font for Chinese Windows to SimHei.

Driver version 4.6.51.2800

What's new:

• Czech, Lithuanian and Ukrainian languages are now supported also in all NiceDrivers.
  
  

Driver version 4.6.50.2773

Updates:

• When printing from standard Windows application (like Microsoft Word) and using page rotation (Landscape and/or rotate 180), positions of graphic were shifted relative to internal elements.
  Shift size depends on page dimensions, shift direction depends on rotation.
  

Driver version 4.6.49.2747

What's new:

• PrnInst utility was updated so that long INF file structure is supported.

Driver version 4.6.49.2611

Updates:

• When trying to preinstall drivers on Windows 7, user got an "Environment incorrect" error message. This is corrected now.

Driver version 4.6.46.2533

Updates:

• Fixed issue with labels designed wider then maximum print width which could cause printer to print graphics incorrectly.

Driver version 4.6.44.2503

Updates:

• YOffset did not work OK when it was used continuous paper type. The label was cut and printed on wrong position (too soon).
  X and Y offset can not be negative.

Driver version 4.6.44.2472

Updates:

• Fixed problem with barcode Code39 when exporting to keyboard.

Driver version 4.6.43.2464

Updates:

• Negative offset values are now sent correctly for TSC printer models.

Driver version 4.6.43.2445

What's new:

• User is now able to change administrator settings without reopening driver properties dialog as an elevated user. A click on the shielded button and entering the credentials is all that is needed.

Driver version 4.6.43

What's new:

• There is one additional button (Run as administrator) on the printer's language dialog when current user has insufficient rights to change dialog's language.

Driver version 4.6.41.2364

Updates:

• Fixed occasional driver crash when printing extremely large graphics

Driver version 4.6.41.2363

Updates:

• Switching to PCX download now works

Driver version 4.6.41.2361

What's new:

• Page preview icons in "Advanced Dialog" corrected.
  

Driver version 4.6.41

What's new:

• Correction on Advanced tab dialog for Chinese language.

• New export variants added to TSC driver.

• Printing internal clock improvement.

• Offsets sent in mm will not be sent as they were entered in driver interface

• FONT 0 added to TSC driver.

Driver version 4.6.37.2305

Updates:

• Partial Cut option was not stored on Advenced setup dialog. This is corrected now.

Driver version 4.6.37.2258

Updates:

• Uninstall of printer with Printer Install Wizard did not work on Windows 2003 (x64) system

Driver version 4.6.26

What's new:

• Export to printer functionality is added for TSPL printers.

Driver version 4.6.22

What's new:

• Build number is now part of version information in About dialog

Driver version 4.6.01

Updates:

• Added Rotation to parsed text in command fonts

Driver version 4.6.00

Updates:

• Printing process was stopped during heavy duty printing.

Driver version 4.5.42

What's new:

• Driver print speed optimization

Driver version 4.5.39

What's new:

• Altec driver distribution support now all these models:
  LASSIE
  TTP-343
  TTP-245
  TTP-2410M
  TTP-346M
  TTP-245 Plus
  TTP-343 Plus
  MAG 200
  MAG 300

Updates:

• PrnInst showed login window, even if the user running the application was administrator.

Driver version 4.5.38

Updates:

• TSPL printers now support also SHIFT command which can be used to fine-tune the entire label up or down from its current position.

Driver version 4.5.37

Updates:

• PrnInst can now be moved to any position (second monitor) and it will stay there. It will not jump back to its original position.

Driver version 4.5.34

Updates:

• Postnet barcode fonts can no longer have their width changed.

Driver version 4.5.12

What's new:

• Partial cut option is enabled on some TSPL models. With this option the label won't back feed when it is cut off.

Updates:

• User can select Automatic or Manual options for Job removing using keyboard in Printer Install Wizard
• There was wrong command sequance present in print stream when setting tear off/peel off/ cutter option. This is corrected now.
  There was added also cutter functionality of "Partial" cutter into some TSPL models.
• Fixed labeling software crash when turning off "Use Advanced printer driver interface".

Driver version 4.5.11

Updates:

• Printer Install Wizard uninstallation of driver doesn`t remove all of the files from the SYSTEM32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\ folder.

Driver version 4.5.09

Updates:

• Electonic Article Survailance was always disabled on Rfid printers
• Fixed printing of Datamatrix and QR barcode font with more then 255 character data
• Added automatic termination character for Maxicode barcode font data

Driver version 4.5.07

What's new:

• Added support for custom printer name after silently installing a printer driver from command line (/INSTPRN; /INSTMULTPRN)

Driver version 4.5.06

What's new:

• Printer Installation Wizard will be able to automaticly remove all jobs when updating printer

Driver version 4.5.05

What's new:

• Printer Install Wizard can start an application specified in the command line, after it closes.

Driver version 4.5.03

What's new:

• Status monitor is able to detect port conflicts, when two printer drivers are using the same port for bidirectional communication with the printer.
  Also when user will delete or install a new printer to the system, Status Monitor will detect the change by itself.

Updates:

• When you disable the option "Use advanced printer driver interface" (in File -> Label Setup -> Printing tab) labeling software will crash with the error "GDI Failure, OK to continue?"

Driver version 4.5.02

Updates:

• PrnInst didn't set printer attributes correctly. This is fixed now.

Driver version 4.5.01

What's new:

• Turkish language added

Driver version 4.5.00

What's new:

•  - write MMF to alternative location (research)
   - update MemMaster to store files to this location
   - update driver to read from new location (make sure that the update will be backward compatible)

Driver version 4.4.73

Updates:

• Uninstall of driver package failed when running a 64bti system.

Driver version 4.4.69

What's new:

• Checkbox "Enable bidirectional support" (Printer properties -> Ports) can now be unchecked automatically during driver installation, corresponding to the flag "Bidirectional" in .inf file.
  Bidirectional=0  =>  checkbox is unchecked.
  Bidirectional=1  =>  checkbox is checked.
  If this information is ommited, Bidirectional=1 is assumed.

Updates:

• Labelling software can now recall variables with more than 31 characters of data.

• When you click on the Help button in About dialog help is opened, but it is not linked to any page.

• Help on About dialog opens help page with contents 'This program cannot display the webpage'.

Driver version 4.4.64

Updates:

• Removed Help button as no help is available.

• New Japanese translation for Printer Install Wizard

Driver version 4.4.63

Updates:

• When user starts Printer Install Wizard the application is shown but without focus

• Changed default number for cutting to 1 label instead of 0.

Driver version 4.4.60

What's new:

• Changed file info for Printer Install Wizard

Updates:

• Default value for Always use default settings is not correct when instaling it the driver with a configuration file attached.

Driver version 4.4.52

What's new:

• DLL files for user interface translation did not include version info data.

Updates:

• Labels transfered from different systems now retain their driver settings.

Driver version 4.4.51

Updates:

• Increased lenght for filename and path in import and export of settings.
• POSTNET barcodes have a fixed height and width, but the interface allows the user to change these dimensions. 

Driver version 4.4.50

Updates:

• Import and export didn't work if filename and path exceeded the length of 80 characters while windows support 256 character lengths
  
• Click on "Stocks" panel caused error if stock list was empty. This is fixed now.

Driver version 4.4.30

What's new:

• - support for preinstall on all supported platforms

Driver version 4.4.01

What's new:

• Altec Lassie is supported within Nice driver distribution.

Updates:

• EndDocument escape was sent even when there was no StartDocument.
• If driver gets no separator character description for decimal number from the OS, driver puts a "+" or "," string as default character. The result was seen for page size (example)
  Now the dot character "." is set for default separator in this case.
  

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