CAB Hermes Q4.3R 200DPI Windows Printer Drivers

10.6.26

• The Printer installation wizard properly responds the installation status to the Control Center application.

10.6.24

• Not Accessible status is now returned when querying for status when printer is not connected.
• Prninst will no longer show empty list of ports when user asked for port selection.
• All printers get updated after Windows upgrade and no longer produce errors when opening print preferences dialog.

10.6.21

• When installing fonts on a Windows system with the German language setting, they were not listed in the Driver Settings under Font Download. This is fixed now.

10.6.15

• When user creates port with non-English letters in its name, port was not automatically selected. This is fixed now in the installation utility.

10.6.12

• Fixed driver installation crash on Windows Server Datacenter environments.
• Printing from Microsoft Universal Print Connector is working now.
• Added support for native DIN Spec 91406 support for QR and Datamatrix codes. Latest NiceLabel Designer is required (patch: 10.5.0.11112 or higher).
• Added back translations for printer status (job status in print spooler, enhanced status checking from application).
• An issue with some of the True Type fonts not being shown in the download dialog has been solved.

10.6.11

• Fixed simultaneous printing and status checking which caused the printer spooler to stop working.

10.6.10

• Fixed the issue of stopping printing due to "No connection" error when printing on multiple printers simultaneously.

10.6.9

• The installation of a network printer has been corrected, ensuring that the network port number is now correctly set.
• Adding an existing printer model to a different port no longer causes the printer installation to fail.
• Minimized usage of memory consumption in the Print Spooler windows service.

10.6.8

• Unidirectional printer drivers are now installed on LAN port without error message.
• Fixed installation issue preventing printers being installed on USB port.
• Printer network discovery now works on servers with multiple network adapters.
• Corrected driver update procedure, no longer removing printers that do not match case sensitive printer name.
• RFID tag data can be used for input data in text or barcode elements.
• Improved Network discovery for CAB printers.
• Added block offset for user data on RFID.
• Added RFID setting for Antenna placement.
• Prninst no longer uninstalls printers with “/” slash character when updating other printers.

10.6.7

• Printer installation wizard now shows correct port choices when installing the driver.

10.6.6

• Stabilized driver Port monitor and Language monitor memory consumption.
• Stabilized memory consumption in the windows environment when sending data to printer.
• Redesigned installation process in the installation utility wizard. Added logging functionality to the installation utility.
• RFID encoding is supported on CAB printers.
• Ribbon/Print head saving option added for for XD Q4/300 and XD Q4.2/600 printers.
• Printer's user interface language is no longer changed when storing a label with date to the printer.

10.6.0

• Update port monitor functionality to prevent possible memory consumption.
• This is initial release of Loftware printer driver, rebrand from NiceLabel printer driver family.

10.5.3

• CAB XD Q4.2 600DPI now properly prints graphic images.
• Modified drivers are again recognized by NiceLabel LMS storage.

10.5.2

• Corrected downloading of fonts on printers that limit file names to 8 characters.
• Fixed write error when deleting downloaded font.
• Driver core stabilization by improving memory and heap allocations.
• Redesigned the self extracting driver package users download from the internet web page.
• Stabilized driver's communication component.

10.5.0

• Printer options resolution, darkness and speed are now correctly merged when changing printer models.
• Stabilized communication interface between the driver and the Label Design application.
• Removed limitation of loaded driver packages on Server 2008 and Server 2016 system.
• Corrected status response when multiple status queries are requested at the same time.

10.4.2

• Corrected ribbon saving function for dual color printers.
• New printer models supported: Squix 8.3 series, XC Q4, XC Q6.3, XD Q4, XD Q4.2, AXON 1.1, AXON 1.2

10.3.2

• Fixed graphics stitching overlap or stitching gap problems on large labels.
• Larger graphics no longer get cut on 600dpi printers.
• Unicode variable names are supported.
• Fixed issue with cancel before print delay not being disabled when cancel before print is not turned on.
• Label width and height can be set to “use settings set on the printer”. Both settings remain editable so the user can set label size correctly for design purposes.

10.2.2

• Fixed crash of driver when document name longer than 260 characters

10.1.2

• Fixed graphics positioning on some 300 dpi printers.

10.0.0

• Fixed problems in case user set different HDPI and VDPI in landscape orientation.
• Menu for using settings from printer or driver is redesigned and improved.
• Added capability to set all printer supported parameters to be controlled by the printer.
• Added support for web based printer management.
• Change the print preview so when the label is too long the end of the label is visible.

8.8.0

• Improve driver functionality in case controlling peel off operation offset on the printer.

8.7.0

• Fixed graphic printing on 600dpi models. Fixed cancel before print option not working on SQUIX printer models with latest firmware. Fixed issue with printer status not being shown correctly on SQUIX models with latest firmware. Driver is signed with updated certificate. Changed timestamp server to avoid "unknown certificate" issue on some OS systems.

8.5.0

• Fixed issue where "cancel before print" option caused extended delays in printing.
• Communication with the printer is working now also when port monitor logging is enabled on non English Windows OS.

8.4.0

• Removed mention of uploading firmware from from Send File action.
• Create class that is capable of - stopping a service - starting a service Verify that service is correctly stopped Do we want to kill the service in case of timeout?

8.3.2

• Fixed slow UI operation when using VPN connected printer.
• Fixed driver crash when using LPR port and export driver settings.

8.3.1

• Improved performance Driver initialisation time was decreased for up to 30%.Smaller file footprint Driver file size was reduced for up to 60%.Improved installation utility PrnInst better supports multi user environments. Driver upgrade procedure was improved for installations with large number of printers.

8.3.0

• Updated minimum label width and height information for all models with correct values.

8.2.4

• CAB Hermes Q and CAB PX Q series are supported in NiceLabel driver.

8.2.0

• Driver stability was improved and memory usage was optimized.

8.0.50

• User can now use Reload to upload entire list of virtual fonts to printer again, instead uploading each virtual font individually.
• Procedure for updating printers is improved in Prninst application that all settings for all users are correctly preserved.
• Prninst application automatically detects printer(s) connected to local network.
• Status "Feeding" is no longer classified as an error but as a informational status.
• CAB printers support also backfeed option.

8.0.23

• GS1 Datamatrix is printed with correct rows and columns value.

8.0.22

• Fixed print spooler crash using latest driver's language monitor.
• CAB printers cannot print rounded rectangles as internal element.

8.0.21

• Driver Maintenance, Settings and Support actions are working also with printer name longer than 32 characters.

8.0.20

• Initial Version 8 release: Redesigned and updated User Interface. Added and improved Print Preview to be shown on more panels. Added new Tool options for easier Maintenance, Setup and Support. Added options for sending files or commands to the printer. Added possibility to toggle Status Checking during printing. Fixed in-corrections when displaying driver on High-DPI monitors.
• During printer driver installation and uninstallation the Unicode printer names are fully supported.
• Improved displaying of Network discovered printers while sorting and graying already installed printers during printer driver installation.
• Minimized the frequency of displaying the splwow64 thunking spooler (SplWow64) message during printer installation.
• Upgraded uninstall of Ports and Port Monitors when printer removing the printer driver.
• During printer driver installation additional fields Location and Comment can be set.

8.0.0

• Edited by ZTestEngineer on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 9:50 PM (UTC+2) Read the note for bug 31821 and learned that Applicator options are only available for ZT600 and ZD411 and ZD421 printers. Testing with those printers demonstrates that this fix is working. ^JJ0,0,l,f,d,e was generated. Edited by ZTestEngineer on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 9:30 PM (UTC+2) Unable to verify fix as the "Applicator Options" is not displayed in the UI. See attached screen shot Operation mode -> Applicator options -> Start signal print -> Level mode generates incorrect value.

7.8.40

• Generation of unique job and graphic names is corrected.

7.8.32

• Fixed memory leak when printing graphics.

7.8.30

• Fixed issue with duplicate IDs when using a Text Box with internal fonts and multiple lines.
• Solved issue with driver crash or settings not saved after updating more than than one printer using the same driver model.
• Removed MACH 4 300DPI K model from distribution.
• XD printer models can print up to 2000mm and not just 1000mm.
• Added "top marker" option to SQUIX models.
• Extended darkness span on EOS models from -10 to +20.
• Added CAB EOS5 203 and 300 dpi printer models.
• Print optimisation is set to none for all printers except colour and double sided printers.
• Improved Advanced TCP/IP port stability and information when logging is enabled.
• Button "Open printing preferences" is added to the last installation page. By clicking on this button installer opens printing preferences of recently installed printer.

7.8.23

• CAB driver does not send negative coordinate if element is out of the print area in label design.

7.8.22

• Unprintable area behaviour and backward compatibility was corrected.
• Media type change on stock dialog did not change corresponding picture immediately.
• Fixed issue with labels being horizontally offset on Squix M models
• Operation type "None" no longer enables perforation actions.

7.8.20

• Improved status checking from NiceLabel to show the latest possible value.
• Added Printer Rotation option.
• Cutter on CAB is working now also with condition for variable change from NiceLabel.

7.8.12

• Newly created network port name has fixed prefix LAN_.

7.8.11

• When connection is made made to port 1024 port monitor will read responses from port 1025
• Fixed printing substitution fonts from some applications.

7.8.10

• Combination of always use driver settings and stocks is now working.
• Number of copies (quantity) now works from custom applications that do not use print dialog.
• Added support for operation mode "None" which is also the default value.
• Improved CAB driver stability if barcode data is empty.
• Removed mirror option from colour printers. Removed label rotation command from colour printers.
• The number of printers selected for uninstallation is now shown correctly.
• Counters with leading zeros works now properly when recalling from keyboard.
• Changed graphic ID calculation so there could be over 99 graphic elements on the label.
• Graphic elements are printed with store/recall functionality also after printer is restarted.
• Maximum media width is larger than maximum print width for all CAB models. Positioning (center/left) for SQUIX and MACH4S printer models is corrected.
• Store to printer option now works correctly also with graphic elements on the label.
• Counter settings are preserved when a message is recalled.
• Fixed some settings not working on the printer.
• Fixed batch cut from Windows applications.
• Fixed issue with print optimisation where previous data stayed on label in when the data entry was empty.
• Fixed incorrect printout when printing from Windows applications (GDI)
• Barcode RFID Read and Print functionality is working now for all 1D barcodes.

7.8.7

• Extended available port numbers in Advanced TCP/IP port from 32000 to 65535.

7.8.5

• Missing Japanese translation of "Use legacy calendar print command".

7.8.4

• Solved issue with driver crash or settings not saved after updating more than one printer using the same driver model.

7.8.1

• Driver now correctly cuts from applications that use ResetDC.
• Printing bar code fonts from Excel files, created on Japanese systems should now work.
• Elements on double side and double color printers are now positioned correctly on all pages.
• Labels with multi-line elements failed to print because of duplicated ids. This is fixed now.
• Print Test Page button functionality was improved.
• Maximum barcode height limitation is extended for Code39,Code93, UPCA, UPCE, EAN13, EAN8 and Code128.
• Copyright info on About info changed from 2017 to 2018.
• Labels on SQUIX models are center positioned.

7.8.0

• Corrected printout for print test page option. Printed text was not using correct size.
• In case of LAN port the printer is now installed on the recently created port.

7.7.1

• Fixed issue with positioning alignment between internal printer elements(text, lines, bar codes) and graphics.
• Fixed variable graphic printing in GDI (disabled nice interface) mode.
• Labels for two colour/side printers designed outside of NiceLabel now correctly use the right part of the label for the second print head.

7.7.0

• Bidirectional status was added to driver export settings.
• Printer Installation Wizard language compatibility fixed.
• Corrected job status when driver cannot establish a connection with the printer.
• Characters from several different character sets like cyrillic or greek are now printed correctly from Windows applications.
• Updating driver preserves correct stock (paper) names.