Tuesday, 12 August 2008; Version 5.05
New options for naming files of created documents: A fixed "filename prefix" can be applied to all filenames now and a "filename filter" based on "sed" and "awk" scripts can be used to form filenames from document titles in the "Edit Printer" dialog.
TopFriday, 16 May 2008; Version 5.04
New Feature: New dynamic memory management for the Java virtual machine avoids "out of memory" errors while printing very large documents when running on machines with 512MB physical memory or more.
TopTuesday, 29 January 2008; Version 5.03
Major Bugfix: A system crash when accessed by a large number of users (100+) at the same time was fixed.
TopThursday, 27 December 2007; Version 5.02
Minor Bugfix: Email was not sent if the limit for the attachment size was set to any value other than 0 (no limit).
Tuesday, 30 October 2007; Version 5.01
New feature: Additional "Fixed Email Address" for each printer to send documents to (see Manual section "Setting up Printers").
Tuesday, 25 September 2007; Version 5.00
New feature: "Resolve Email Addresses by LDAP" (see Manual section "Mail Aliases").
Fixed: Memory leak stopping admin interface after "too many" HTTP requests.
Fixed: Sending PDF documents to the wrong email address when aliased in some cases.
Wednesday, 25 July 2007; Version 4.00
New feature "Install to Disk" (see Manual about how to use it).
Additional settings for building filenames in printer properties.
Friday, 08 June 2007; Version 3.02
Fixes "missing backup/restore of plugin modules and plugin settings".
Fixes "alias list limited to 100 entries".
Additional printed document counters for each printer.
Wednesday, 25 April 2007; Version 3.01
Minor bugfixes.
TopTuesday, 30 April 2007; Version 3.01b (Upgrade Package)
Fixes a "FileNotFoundException" appearing on machines with low memory.
TopWednesday, 25 April 2007; Version 3.01
Minor bugfixes.
TopSunday, 22 April 2007; Version 3.00
The System is aggregated to the General-Purpose APPLIANCE System now.
TopFriday, 13 April 2007; SNMP-Plugin 1.0
New Plugin Module added:
The SNMP Plugin 1.0 contains a SNMP agent and all relevant Linux MIBs.
If installed on a YAFPC-Appliance PDF Server it enables read only access to SNMP managed objects on this machine.
SNMP versions V1, V2c and V3 are supported. This plugin can be used to monitor
important system parameters of the PDF server with NAGIOS, N-View or other SNMP based network monitor systems.
Friday, 23 March 2007; Version 2.00
General Code Cleanup Version:
YAFPC-Appliance is now based on the modular SLAX Linux.
New Plugin Management feature with installable plugins for VMware Tools available.
User names with spaces in it and numerical user names do work now.
New system variables {{user}} and {{file}} in email messages.
Printer names can contain all Latin-1 characters now.
Friday, 15 December 2006; Version 1.06b
Bugfix:
Non ASCII characters in email messages do work again.
Monday, 04 December 2006; Version 1.06
Bugfixes and feature enhancements:
Bugfix:
Substitution of variables like {{printer}} work now in the email subject (Mail Settings).
Bugfix:
Netmask and broadcast address are now setup correcly with all network classes.
New Feature:
Username and consecutive number in filenames for documents can be setup to be omitted now in Edit Printer Section.
Monday, 02 October 2006; Version 1.05
Feature enhancements:
New Feature:
When printing without letterheads YAFPC-Appliance takes care of paper size and orientation page by page now
(see Sample Documents).
New Feature:
Enhanced encryption settings with reader password and owner password and all possible permission settings for each printer.
New Feature:
File size limit for sending documents as email attachments.
Bugfix:
YAFPC-Appliance doesn't display finished jobs in print queue any more.
Wednesday, 09 August 2006; Version 1.04
Feature enhancement:
New Feature:
If the application from which a document is printed gives a document title
to the printer, this title can be included in the filename of the created
PDF document now.
Saturday, 29 July 2006; Version 1.03
Little bugfix:
Bugfix: Activating licenses with non-ascii characters in licensee's name is possible now.
Saturday, 15 July 2006; Version 1.02
Little bugfixes and a new feature:
Feature: Mails which are sent to users after printing can contain a http link to the printed document now.
Bugfix: A little bug with folder creation on external storage devices is fixed now.
Monday, 03 July 2006; Version 1.00
First final (stable) version 1.00 with a general code cleanup, bugfixes and new features:
Feature: External storage devices can be mounted now. Printers can be configured to store all documents to the external storage.
Bugfix: Usernames in email aliases are not case sensitive any more.
Monday, 15 May 2006; Version 0.99LPD
Feature enhancement: In addition to the "Point&Print" feature for Windows clients the TCP/IP (LPD) printing on port 515 from Windows, Linux and MacOS clients is possible now. When using TCP/IP printing users can now apply their own Postscript printer drivers to the virtual PDF printers. A step by step instruction for the driver installation procedure on client machines was added to the PDF Server Manual.
TopThursday, 4 May 2006; Version 0.99
Feature enhancement: The preinstalled printer driver for Windows was changed to Ghostscript PDF in order to enable a larger number of paper sizes (incl. custom size) and printing without margins. The system administrator can now permit users to install and configure printer drivers from their Windows clients. A "Howto Install to Stick" document was added to the PDF Server Manual.
TopFriday, 14 Apr 2006; Version 0.98vm
Feature enhancement: This version has preinstalled VMware Tools for running properly in VMware Virtual Machines. A preconfigured package for a VMware Virtual Appliance is available for download. A new "Mail Log" menu was added to the Browser Interface for Configuration.
TopFriday, 17 Mar 2006; Version 0.98
Feature enhancement: A new System Backup/Restore function was added. The administrator can now create backups and download them to his local workstation. In case of a system crash or a misconfiguration, backups can be used to instantly restore the system status via the browser interface.
TopThursday, 09 Feb 2006; Version 0.97
Feature enhancement: The timeout for automatic removing documents from user home directories can now be setup from 1 minute to 9999 minutes. The "ntpdate" command is now used for system time syncronization to avoid rejects from Windows domain controllers.
TopWednesday, 30 Jan 2006; Version 0.96
Feature enhancement: Documents can now be sent by email and/or stored to the user's home directory. When an email is sent, it can contain the created document as attachment or a link to the created document only.
TopWednesday, 25 Jan 2006; Version 0.95
Feature enhancement: Mail aliases can now be uploaded via browser to the PDF server from a plain text file on the local machine.
TopFriday, 13 Jan 2006; Version 0.94
Bugfix: The startup script properly recognizes existing Linux partitions now. The repartitioning procedure now works with virtual haddrives in VMWare virtual machines. A malfunction of the "Logout" button in the Web interface has ben fixed.
TopWednesday, 4 Jan 2006; Version 0.93
Bugfix: This release fixes a bug which caused an authentication error when the Web Administration Interface was accessed by Microsoft Internet Explorer.
TopFriday, 2 Dec 2005; Version 0.92
Bugfix: This release fixes a bug which caused a hang for 30 seconds in the admin Web interface when a free 30-day test license was activated.
TopFriday, 25 Nov 2005; Version 0.91
New Feature: Each virtual printer can now be configured whether or not to store the created documents to the user's home directory and/or send created documents by email to the user. The "for development only" open ssh server (port 22) is closed now.
TopMonday, 21 Nov 2005; Version 0.90
Initial beta version 0.90 made public on www.n-view.net/Appliance