macOS release notes

New feature

• Accounting codes for Sharp MFDs. 

New feature

• Delegate printer installation - https://support.directprint.io/hc/en-gb/articles/23496881862679-Force-vs-delegate-printer-installation.  

Improvements

• Removed auto start functionality due to complaints of difficult unistall

New feature

• Ability to hide and show login button via environment variables. (See support article)
• Sharp offline mode support

Improvements

• Removal of permanent dock icon in favor of taskbar.
• Improved printer installation logging (Windows & Mac).

Bug fix: An issue where multiple copies were causing copies squared has been fixed in this release. 

Improvements:

• Job name flows correctly to copier and into print queue view in app
• Color detection in Chrome working
• Printing spooler speed improvements
• Stapling working on multi-copy
• IPP busy retry more robust

New feature:

• Multi-user support - directprint.io can now be installed on multiple user accounts.

Bugfix:

• Application is unable to quit unless the use of 'force quit' preventing shut down of Mac OS is now fixed.

New features:

• Edge Print with directprint.io cloud
• Printer allocation via environment variables through plist quickcodes
• Configurable username available in PIN popup

Bugfix:

• Reset Edge Print button in the client now working again

Improvements:

• PostScript encoder improvement, mono print jobs registering as mono on the print counter on canon printers, and others. 
• PCL6 encoder improvement, mono print jobs registering as mono on the print counter on canon printers, and others.
• DIRECTPRINT_USERNAME environment variable through plist available to override Mac login name
• Fix: Slow printing with PCL6 on Brother printers & others
• General logging improvements

Bugfix:

• Shortname only being displayed on printer list when full name and location option selected. 

New features:

• IP-range (subnet) based printer allocation.
  

Improvements:

A whole host of improvements have been made specifically around end-user experience. Please see a summary of the changes here.

New Features:

Fixed PCL5 simplex regression

Fixed socket and LPD printer unavailable error

New Features:

Duplex fixes: Better duplex detection from Mac OS print subsystem (CUPS).

PCL5 Color and PCL5 Mono PDLs (drivers) - improved duplex support on HP and Canon printers.

Improved reliability in Edge Print Receiver mode.

New Features:

MS Azure Single Sign-On is now supported in conjunction with Azure AD Sign Single On and User Provisioning. Printer allocation to end-users is now supported through synchronization with Microsoft Azure Active Directory Groups. 

Bugfix:

• An error where a duplex selection popup was for every print has been fixed.

Improvements:

• Stability and performance improvements have been made to the client when in Edge Receiver mode.  

New Features:

• Account Codes - Prompt every time
  
  End users can now be prompted to enter an accounting code for every print job submitted. More information about how to configure this can be found here https://support.directprint.io/hc/en-gb/articles/4406428412951

Improvements:

• The client will now automatically start up in a minimized state when a user starts/restarts Windows.
  
  Edge Print
  It's now possible to attempt to route jobs via the local network before falling back to print via the cloud:
  1. Always route jobs via Edge Print (default) - This mode will send all print jobs for Edge-enabled printers via the cloud regardless of whether the user has direct IP connectivity to the printer.
     
     
  2. Attempt local printing first, fall back to Edge Print - This mode will attempt to send all print jobs for Edge-enabled printers directly, if local/direct printing fails, then the print job will be sent via the cloud.
     
     
  Please see the last section in this support article to discover how to enable configure this setting.
   
• Redundancy - You can now have multiple Edge Nodes logged in on the same Edge Account to provide redundancy. The Edge Nodes must have network connectivity to their assigned printers. The ability to define Multiple nodes is coming.
  
  
• Multiple Accounts - You can now set up multiple Edge Print Accounts. This is useful when you want a dedicated account to handle print jobs for a specific location as an example.

Bugfix:

• An issue where the default mono policy wasn't working as expected (all prints were coming through as color) has been fixed. Mono / Color option now displayed to the user after print job submitted when policy applied. 
  
  
• Fix relating to resource appearing offline network layer wake on LAN fix.

New feature

• Enhanced directprint.io account codes

Bug fixes

• Improvements to Google Drive authorization flow when in Edge Print Receiver mode.
• Bugfix for ink level reporting
• PCL6 configuration option to fix multiple copies issue