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ExcelliPrint Development Roadmap

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This page lists the features added and issues resolved in each ExcelliPrint® (“ExcelliPrint”) build, from the first release in 2005 through the current version, newest first.

Features and improvements are customer-driven. Please get in touch with us for any feature enhancement ideas or needs.

5.0.0.49 on 2026-10-23

The first release of ExcelliPrint 5.0 — a new program, rebuilt from the ground up. See what’s new in 5.0 and how it compares with 4.0.

  • A Windows program in place of the web interface: queues, jobs and the log in one window, with no web server, browser login or SSL certificate to secure
  • One drawing engine for every format — PDF, TIFF, PostScript, PCL6 and printed output — so a job looks the same whether it is saved or printed, and a PDF shows exactly what the printer will produce
  • Searchable PDF and PDF/A-2b for archiving, with optional passwords and permissions
  • PostScript level 2 or 3, PCL6 (PCL XL), and multi-page TIFF at 72 to 600 dpi in color, grayscale or black and white
  • Windows Driver output through any printer’s own driver, following the host’s paper trays, output bins, duplex and copies
  • Send PostScript or PCL6 straight to a printer that understands it, with tray and output-bin mapping and an optional PJL header naming the job and user
  • Email each job as an attachment, with the sender, recipient, subject and message drawn from the job’s details
  • Name files, print jobs and attachments from a template of the job’s details: job name, user, spooled file, form and more
  • Font mapping — choose the TrueType font for each IPDS typeface; OCR-A, OCR-B and a Letter Gothic font are included
  • More secure: each queue accepts jobs only from the hosts you list, only Windows administrators change settings, the service runs under its own account instead of LocalSystem, and stored passwords are protected by Windows
  • More robust: every job ends completed or failed, never half-delivered, with the reason in the log; a queue that stops is restarted while the others carry on
  • Stored credentials for reaching shared folders and printers on other computers, with passwords protected by Windows
  • Database backup and restore, and diagnostics without a restart
  • IPDS Printer passthrough for troubleshooting: forward a host’s connection to a real IPDS printer and capture both sides of the conversation
  • 64-bit Windows only. No longer offered: the Standard edition, and PCL5, JPEG, GIF, PNG and text output, iSeries device management, and margins and watermarks

4.0.0.110 on 2010-06-01

Changes in Premium only:

  • Searchable PDFs
  • PDF passwords
  • Print to email–send converted print jobs as attachments
  • Plain text driver–generate plain text from IPDS print job
  • Job data used in archive print job name, including username
  • Improved TIFF and JPEG options

Changes for Premium and Standard:

  • PCL tray mapping
  • Back up and restore configuration
  • Improved bar code rendering

3.2.0.101 on 2007-06-12

  • Runs on Windows Vista
  • Now supports 6 paper trays and 3 envelope feeders
  • PCL output now uses tray selection specified by the host system
  • Resolved issue with IPDS communication from InfoPrint Manager for Windows
  • Added option to separate jobs based on page group
  • Improved host font rendering
  • Improved overlay processing
  • Improved image decoding

3.1.0.86 on 2006-08-22

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Various rendering and positioning issues
  • PCL barcode rotation issues
  • PCL bold/italic issues
  • PDF Letter Gothic bold/italic issues

ExcelliPrint 3.0 is split into ExcelliPrint Premium and ExcelliPrint Standard.

3.0.0.79 on 2006-05-17

Printer Resident Font Updates

  • A new Letter Gothic font is bundled with ExcelliPrint; this resolves issues with 15cpi Letter Gothic printouts.
  • An OCR-A font is bundled with ExcelliPrint; previously, Courier New was used.
  • Certain Font Global Identifiers (FGIDs) that mapped incorrectly to the SimSun font now map to Courier New.
  • FGIDs 400, 404, 408, and 412 were mapped incorrectly; they now map to Lucida Console, a Windows font that better emulates 17cpi Gothic Text.

Other Improvements

  • An issue has been resolved with an extra digit being added with code 3 of 9 barcodes.
  • Enhancements have been made to improve output quality of IPDS to PCL.

3.0.0.50 on 2006-03-14

  • ExcelliPrint supports multiple output destinations
  • Color support and rendering are improved
  • Additional codepages have been added and can be selected by the user
  • Document output when printing and archiving is more efficient
  • ExcelliPrint’s browser-based interface has been enhanced
  • A system tray utility provides quick access to advanced settings
  • ExcelliPrint can move iSeries spool files between IPDS devices

2.0.0.39 on 2005-02-23

  • ExcelliPrint incorrectly reported support for fixed metric fonts
  • Fixes minor issues with image decoding and document shading
  • Fixes rotation issue in the BCOCA IPDS tower
  • Host-resident font fixes, including better support for variable space characters
  • Fixed a problem where certain page offsets were not handled correctly
  • Added support for ASCII codepages
  • PDF relative positioning issues resolved

2.0.0.30 on 2005-01-12

  • First release

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