Mobility Print release history

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ClosedEarlier releases

1.0.3112 (17 Mar 2021)

1.0.3108 (26 Feb 2021)

  • Fixed issue with Windows Mobility Print queues when using per-job authentication (since 1.0.3103). [MOB-2440]

1.0.3107 (25 Feb 2021)

  • Fixed incompatibility with Print Deploy desktop clients using Sign in with Google on Mobility Print queues (introduced in 1.0.3103). [MOB-2438]

1.0.3103 (23 Feb 2021)

  • Added 'Sign in with Google' support for Android (requires app version 1.2.0 or greater). [MOB-2338]

  • Added support for ECDSA (Elliptic Curve) type custom TLS certificates. [MOB-2233]

1.0.3079 (1 Feb 2021)

  • Added Cloud Print support for native printing on macOS devices.

1.0.3067 (11 Jan 2021)

  • Fixed an issue that caused incorrect setup page redirection for macOS 11 (Big Sur) when using the Chrome browser [MOB-2359]

1.0.3065 (22 Dec 2020)

  • Fixed an issue that occasionally caused the Mobility Print server's Cloud Print connection to be lost, resulting in clients not being able to print or retrieve new printers. [MOB-2381]

  • Added limited Cloud Print support for MacOS devices, allowing users to print from their Chrome browsers. Native printing from any application is coming soon.

1.0.3053 (16 Dec 2020)

  • Upgraded jQuery to 3.5.1 [MOB-2350]

  • Improved server security by ensuring GhostTrap is always launched direct from its installation directory when processing jobs requiring PostScript to PDF conversion. [MOB-2334]

  • Fixed an issue where some Konica Minolta printer drivers would print documents with Tabloid page size as Letter page size [MOB-2341]

  • Improved logging for Cloud Print feature

1.0.3020 (12 Nov 2020)

  • Added Cloud Print support for Windows devices.

1.0.3001 (26 Oct 2020)

  • Added Cloud Print support for BYOD Chromebooks.

1.0.2984 (06 Oct 2020)

  • Updated third party libraries and dependencies.

  • Added stack tracing to the server logs to improve issue diagnosis.

1.0.2947 (25 Aug 2020)

  • Fixed an issue that caused Cloud Print printers to disappear when the Mobility server disconnected and reconnected to the internet. [MOB-2262]

1.0.2926 (03 Aug 2020)

  • Fixed an issue that caused Mobility Print Server to drop Cloud Print connection intermittently [MOB-2239]

1.0.2911 (21 Jul 2020)

  • Fixed an issue that caused the authentication pop-up to not display for each print job on iOS 13.4+ devices when “Authenticate-per-job” was turned on for Mobility Print queues. [MOB-2022]

1.0.2906 (20 Jul 2020)

  • Added the ability to customize TLS settings for the Mobility Print server. [MOB-1192]

  • Added the option to cancel connecting Cloud Print when it cannot connect, and improved the feedback on potential causes of connection issues, such as a firewall rules problem. [MOB-2199]

1.0.2888 (9 Jul 2020)

  • Cloud Print feature now available for Public Beta. Chromebook users can now submit print jobs securely over the internet. MacOS and Windows support coming soon.

  • Updated the End User License Agreement (EULA). [MOB-1784]

1.0.2860 (1 Jul 2020)

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Mobility Print server to not always resume connecting to the Cloud Print service after a network outage. [MOB-2196]

1.0.2855 (30 Jun 2020)

  • Added automatic retry in case server Cloud Print registration fails. [MOB-2107]

1.0.2841 (23 Jun 2020)

  • Updated Cloud Print invite links to deactivate when expired. [MOB-2115]

  • Fixed a rare issue that sometimes caused the Mobility Print server to stop accepting macOS print jobs until a server restart.

  • MacOS server only: Added support for printing landscape documents from iOS devices. [MOB-1131]

  • Updated 'Sign in with Google' API.

1.0.2828 (16 Jun 2020)

  • Windows Client only: Updated PaperCut Global PS Driver, adding configurable Stapling Support for Windows devices if server queue is using matching driver. [MOB-2025]

  • Internet Explorer 11 and Safari browsers: Fixed an issue in Cloud Print that stopped the date pickers working for the 'Invite link expiry date' and 'Printing expiry date'. [MOB-2192]

1.0.2817 (10 Jun 2020)

Added a new Cloud Print feature that allows Chromebook users who are not connected to the local network to submit print jobs securely over the internet. Initially this feature is behind a feature toggle for limited early access but the public beta is coming soon.

1.0.2657 (8 Apr 2020)

MacOS Server only: Fix issue where job orientation from Chromebooks was ignored. [MOB-1873]

1.0.2623 (10 Mar 2020)

Windows Server only: Upgraded third party library to resolve intermittent memory issues. [MOB-1896]

1.0.2618 (2 Mar 2020)

Linux and MacOS Server only: Update to MacOS server libraries to meet new MacOS Catalina signing and notarization requirements. Installing MacOS server no longer has unidentified developer warnings. [MOB-2003] [MOB-2008]

1.0.2610 (25 Feb 2020)

Linux and MacOS Server only:

  • A warning is now displayed if Mobility Print Server is installed on a machine without printers. [MOB-1947]

  • Minor text changes on registration page when Mobility Print server is used without PaperCut NG/MF. [MOB-1946]

  • Upgraded third party library to resolve intermittent memory issues. [MOB-1896]

  • Improved log collection for Mobility Print Server when used without PaperCut NG/MF. [MOB-1974]

1.0.2594 (22 Jan 2020)

Improved server error handling and reporting to enable quicker feedback and support for critical customer issues. [MOB-1975]

1.0.2551 (22 Nov 2019)

Fixed broken links on some setting up device pages.

1.0.2548 (20 Nov 2019)

  • Translations: Known Host Client setup pages and Admin pages translated for Simplified Chinese. [MOB-1904]

  • Fixed an issue with large Japanese language print jobs in high-volume environments that occasionally caused some pages from a concurrent job to print in the wrong job. [MOB-1902]

1.0.2463 (4 Oct 2019)

  • Translations: Known Host Client setup pages translated for Catalan, French, German, Hungarian, Hong Kong Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian, and Spanish. [MOB-1761]
  • macOS Client & Server: Notarized macOS installers in preparation for macOS Catalina coming out of beta. [MOB-1767] [MOB-1800]
  • Documentation updates.

1.0.2438 (10 Sep 2019)

  • Documentation: Update iOS minimum version requirements

  • Windows Server: Rolled back a library update that was causing the Mobility Print server to crash occasionally.

1.0.2430 (20 Aug 2019)

  • Windows Server: Chromebook, Android, macOS and iOS Mobility Print clients will be able to see more non standard paper sizes supported by printer drivers [MOB-1747]

  • Windows Server: Fixed an issue with RISO ORPHIS FW5230 and RISO ORPHIS FW5230 PS drivers where the user's color selection was ignored and the driver's default setting was applied instead. [MOB-1553]

1.0.2425 (07 Aug 2019)

  • Minor documentation updates.

1.0.2420 (31 July 2019)

  • Fixed an issue that caused checkboxes to be rendered incorrectly when printing in grayscale on macOS and Chromebooks. [MOB-1612]

  • Windows client: Fixed an issue that caused the installer to crash when the user's password had one or more spaces in it. [MOB-1470]

1.0.2406 (30 May 2019)

  • Added a new option that enables Mobility Print clients to discover printers from a specified Mobility Print server. The server's known host name or IP address is entered in the Mobility Print Admin interface. This option is ideal for multi subnet networks where a DNS server cannot be configured. Click here for more information. [MOB-1385]

  • Updated a third-party library that includes security updates. [MOB-1557]

  • Windows server: Fixed an issue that caused poor print quality for some print queues. The rendering library now uses a queue-specific DPI value optimised for speed and quality. [MOB-1113]

1.0.2312 (09 April 2019)

  • Updated the Mobility Print Help Center content for the PaperCut MF 19.0 feature that allows users to assign accounts to print jobs sent from any device (including via Mobility Print), directly at the MFD.

1.0.2304 (04 April 2019)

  • Fixed Mobility Print Help Center content.

  • Updated the End User License Agreement (EULA).

1.0.2286 (29 Mar 2019)

  • Fixed an issue in v1.0.2269 with the Windows Mobility Print Server executable that was failing to run in 32-bit environments.

1.0.2269 (21 Mar 2019)

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Mobility Print Admin interface to display incorrectly.

  • Fixed an issue that sometimes caused some printer drivers to print incorrect print outs.

  • Fixed an issue that caused some printer drivers to print on the default paper size when Tabloid (11x17) paper size was selected.

  • Windows client: Fixed an issue with special characters in printer names that was causing the client set up to fail.

    Windows client: Fixed an issue that caused passwords containing backslashes to not be accepted when setting up printers running the installer.

    Chromebook: Guest printing has been added to Chromebook (v1.0.204 or higher). This is configured on Mobility Print Server via the GuestPrinting and GuestPrintingAsUser config keys. On demand user creation needs to be enabled, or the user needs to exist in PaperCut NG/MF. More information can be found in the help center under: Setting up Mobility Print > Step 2 > Advanced configuration.

1.0.2137 (12 Feb 2019)

  • Updated the Mobility Print server code base to use the new Google Sign-In API. Mobility Print Server and the Mobility Print app for Chromebook need to be at this current version before March 2019 to avoid broken functionality with the 'Sign in with Google' button.

  • Fixed an issue in a multi-Mobility Print Server setup that caused the validation of B and LB DNS pointer records to fail.

  • Minor fix to ensure case insensitivity when appending DNS suffixes.

  • Migrated selected KB content into the Mobility Print Help Center and improved help structure.

1.0.2112 (17 Jan 2019)

  • Windows server: For PaperCut Global Driver destination queues, the client rendered spool file is now used without any additional rendering on the server. This improves server performance and also solves rare rendering issues.

    Windows client: When running the installation wizard, you can now select to install multiple Mobility Print queues.

    Chromebook: Security has been enhanced to apply 256-bit level AES encryption to printed documents.

1.0.2081 (10 Dec 2018)

  • Windows server:Fixed an issue that caused protected PDF documents to print as a blank page followed by an error page.

1.0.2079 (03 Dec 2018)

  • Windows server: Fixed a memory leak on Windows 64 bit servers that caused slow print performance after a few hours of printing in high print volume environments.

1.0.2052 (30 Nov 2018)

  • Chromebook: Users can now print from any Android app that allows printing, using the PaperCut Android app.

  • macOS and Linux: Fixed an issue where the Mobility Print server didn't detect CUPS default printers.

  • Windows: Fixed an issue where user color selection was overridden by queue defaults in the following drivers:

    • RISO FW5230 GDI 3.0.0.0

    • RISO FW5230 PS 3.0.0.0

    • Kyocera TASKalfa 5052ci KX 7.4.830.0

    • FX ApeosPort-VI C5571 PCL 6 6.10.4.1

  • Windows: Fixed an issue where some PDF documents resulted in printing "ERROR: rangecheck OFFENDING COMMAND: xyshow".

1.0.1978 (16 Oct 2018)

  • macOS: Fixed an issue where the Mobility Print server doesn't broadcast any printers when Ghostscript was not installed.

1.0.1950 (10 Oct 2018)

  • Fixed an issue where Mobility Print ignored the selected DPI for print jobs.

  • Updated the End User License Agreement (EULA).

1.0.1909 (04 Sep 2018)

  • Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the PaperCut MF Application Server to crash when used with a Site Server and a Mobility Print server.

  • Updated the Mobility Print Help Center design.

  • Windows clients:

    • Increased the network request timeout from 5 seconds to 30 seconds.

    • Fixed an issue where multiple print jobs merged into one print job.

  • iOS clients:

    • Fixed an issue causing PerJob authentication to occasionally stop working.

1.0.1849 (23 Jul 2018)

  • ChromeOS client: Fixed an issue where printers were not found when Mobility Print was behind some firewalls and proxies.
  • Updated the End User License Agreement (EULA).

1.0.1841 (13 Jul 2018)

  • Linux & macOS servers:

    • Fixed an issue where the Duplex printing option is not detected properly for some printers.
    • Fixed an issue where printing from a client using IPv6 does not work.

1.0.1833 (10 Jul 2018)

  • macOS client: Fixed an issue where print jobs were held for authentication when per job authentication is turned on for that printer.
  • Android client: Changed the “Remember me” duration from 7 days to 30 days.
  • ChromeOS client: Changed the “Remember me” duration from 7 days to 30 days.
  • Windows server: The Layout (Landscape/Portrait) print setting can now be selected on Chromebook clients.

1.0.1793 (28 May 2018)

  • Linux & macOS servers: Fixed an issue on macOS clients where non-default paper sizes would not print.

    Windows server: Fixed an issue on macOS clients where non-default paper sizes would not print.

    Fixed an issue in the Admin interface where the Japanese translation of a message was not displayed correctly.

1.0.1783 (17 May 2018)

  • Windows server: Fixed issues where color selection was ignored by the following drivers:
    • Konica Minolta C658 PCL6 Version 7.1.1.0
    • Konica Minolta C287 Series PCL 5.1.3
    • Konica Minolta C368 PCL Version 10.1.1.0

1.0.1781 (14 May 2018)

  • Fixed a rare issue that caused grayscale color selection to be ignored.
  • Windows client: Updated the discovery.log file to improve the support of printer discovery.
  • Windows server: Fixed issues where color selection was ignored by the following drivers:
    • Fuji Xerox ApeosPort-VI C4471 PCL 6 Version: 6.10.1.5

1.0.1762 (08 May 2018)

  • Linux & macOS servers: Fixed an issue preventing the account selection popup from being displayed when enabled. This fix requires PaperCut NG/MF 18.1.3.

1.0.1757 (27 Apr 2018)

1.0.1756 (17 Apr 2018)

  • Windows client: Fixed issue where advanced printer features are enabled by default, which cause ordering issues whilst printing
  • Fixed an issue where the list of printer subnet filtering rules were not displayed in a consistent order.
  • Fixed an issue where a printer config file was deleted when formatted incorrectly
  • Windows server: Fixed an issue where printing from Android and ChromeOS does not work with particular driver.
  • Windows server: Fixed issues where color selection was ignored by the following drivers:
    • Kyocera KX v7.2.0731

1.0.1750 (10 Apr 2018)

  • Updated the End User License Agreement (EULA).
  • Security enhancements to prevent clickjacking and Cross Site Scripting (XSS).
  • macOS: Fixed an issue where the Mobility Print server did not print A3.

1.0.1735 (28 Mar 2018)

  • Windows server: Updated translation for French, Italian, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian.
  • Windows server: Fixed an issue where printing in color would generate grayscale output for Ricoh PS Universal Driver 4.16.

1.0.1662 (13 Feb 2018)

  • Windows: Fixed an issue where the print output is distorted for some specific PDF files from ChromeOS.

1.0.1627 (17 Jan 2018)

  • Linux: Fixed an issue where the Mobility Print server crashed when the search domain in /etc/resolv.conf contained extra spaces.
  • Linux: Fixed an issue where the installer did not add port forwarding rules to the Mobility Print DNS configuration.

1.0.1615 (09 Jan 2018)

  • Linux: Fixed an issue where incorrect printer names were displayed on the Select printers dialog in the Admin interface.

1.0.1614 (03 Jan 2018)

  • BIND DNS: Fixed a broken link to the BIND DNS information in the Help Center in Step 2 Add DNS records on the Configure DNS screen.

1.0.1611 (22 Dec 2017)

  • Languages other than English: Fixed an issue where “Setting up device” help page link resulted in an error for Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese translations.

1.0.1604 (14 Dec 2017)

  • .local search domains: Fixed an issue that incorrectly reported an error result in Step 3, Verify DNS records, of the DNS configuration page.
  • macOS: Fixed an issue preventing client devices from connecting to Mobility Print.

1.0.1594 (12 Dec 2017)

  • Languages other than English: Fixed the link to client setup instructions at the bottom of the Admin interface.

1.0.1575 (06 Dec 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where old jobs were not cleaned up in spool folder.

1.0.1560 (30 Nov 2017)

  • macOS clients: Fixed an issue causing all print jobs to print on A4 paper.

1.0.1550 (22 Nov 2017)

  • macOS: Fixed an issue preventing client devices from connecting to Mobility Print when the macOS firewall is turned on.

1.0.1535 (15 Nov 2017)

  • Added information about automatically disabling new printers to the Help Center.

1.0.1526 (14 Nov 2017)

  • Linux and macOS: Fixed an issue where the username was wrapped in quotes in the PaperCut NG/MF Job Log.
  • Added the ability to automatically disable printers when they are added printer on the Mobility Print server.

1.0.1514 (14 Nov 2017)

  • Support for Mobility Print servers on Linux (CentOS 6+, RedHat 6+, Ubuntu, Debian 6.0+, Novell SuSE 11.0+) and Apple Mac OS X.
  • Support for Mobility Print servers on Apple macOS (Mac OS X) 10.10+.

1.0.1116 (11 Oct 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where DNS commands generated for Windows DNS created an invalid NS record.
  • Updated translations for Admin UI.
  • Collection of additional anonymous Mobility Print setup information to help improve the initial configuration experience.

1.0.1095 (06 Oct 2017)

  • Fixed an issue causing Step 1 on the Configure DNS screen to become inaccessible when the Mobility Print server cannot detect a search domain.
  • Fixed a broken link to the Help Center in the Subnets area in Step 1 on the Configure DNS screen.

1.0.1086 (05 Oct 2017)

  • Added Portuguese-Portugal and Portuguese-Brazil translation of the client setup guide and Admin UI.
  • Updated Japanese translations.
  • Collection of additional anonymous Mobility Print setup information to help improve the initial configuration experience.

1.0.1031 (26 Sep 2017)

  • Added translation for Catalan, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish for the client setup guide and Admin UI.

1.0.1024 (26 Sep 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where DNS configuration dialog would not open due to the Mobility Print server not having a search domain.

1.0.1003 (21 Sep 2017)

  • Updated the documentation structure.
  • Added a new DNS command to add root zone pc-printer-discovery. when using subnets.

1.0.947 (14 Sep 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where the Select printers button was not displayed on the Admin UI.

1.0.943 (14 Sep 2017)

  • Updated link to the Configure DNS Service Discovery documentation.
  • Remembered the user DNS server selection.
  • Fixed the layout for when many subnets have been entered.

1.0.936 (13 Sep 2017)

  • Redesign the DNS discovery configuration user experience.
  • Updated the documentation for the new DNS discovery configuration.

1.0.899 (11 Sep 2017)

  • Updated platform icons.
  • Fixed an issue where mDNS discovery was displayed when turning on DNS discovery.

1.0.840 (04 Sep 2017)

  • iOS clients: Fixed an occasional issue causing print jobs to not print.
  • Prevented Google analytics from capturing anonymous data when data collection was disabled.

1.0.818 (31 Aug 2017)

  • Updated information sent to PaperCut NG/MF from Mobility Print to include the accessible IP from DNS config file for when IPv6 is enabled.

1.0.777 (23 Aug 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where the paper size options displayed on the iOS clients may not be the full set available on the printer.

1.0.760 (16 Aug 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where Android devices could not discover any printers if one of printers has invalid print properties.

1.0.750 (10 Aug 2017)

  • Added the ability to select paper size on iOS clients.
  • Fixed an issue where black and white jobs from macOS were being printed in color.

1.0.738 (08 Aug 2017)

  • Updated the Android documentation to show how to remove disabled printers.

1.0.715 (01 Aug 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where iOS and Mac clients could not discover printers with BIND DNS server.

1.0.653 (17 Jul 2017)

  • Windows clients: Fixed an issue preventing graphics-heavy documents from printing.

1.0.611 (07 Jul 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where subnet filtering did not work on Android, Chromebook, and Windows clients if the Mobility Print server was behind NAT.

1.0.594 (30 Jun 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where users with spaces in their username could not print from Windows clients.

1.0.583 (23 Jun 2017)

  • Fixed the issue where black and white jobs on some printers resulted in large spool files and slow printing. To apply this fix PaperCut Print Provider should be updated to version 17.1.3 or higher.
  • Fixed an issue with multiple Mobility Print servers using subnet filtering that prevented printer discovery on iOS and macOS

1.0.566 (21 Jun 2017)

  • Changed the Mobility Print admin page link in PaperCut application server to point to the secure (HTTPS) port.

1.0.548 (19 Jun 2017)

  • Fixed a typo in the Subnet Filtering rule setup example.

1.0.543 (16 Jun 2017)

  • Additional collection of anonymous Mobility Print setup information to help improve initial configuration experience.

1.0.515 (07 June, 2017)

  • Changed the behavior of Windows printing when per-job authentication is enabled on a printer. Windows devices can now print to all printer regardless of the authentication mode. (Requires Windows Printer Installer version 67 or higher)

1.0.508 (07 June, 2017)

  • Fixed a rare issue where the Mobility Print server may become unresponsive where a large number of subnet filters are in use with many printers.

1.0.502 (02 June, 2017)

  • Fixed a minor issue in anonymous Mobility Print setup information collection.

1.0.497 (01 June, 2017)

  • Added anonymous Mobility Print setup information collection so that we can prioritise feature development based on functionality you are using.

1.0.481 (25 May, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue in mDNS where the inaccessible IP addresses were returned to client. This resulted in printer discovery not working.

1.0.416 (16 May, 2017)

  • Updated DNS setup guide for .local search domain to be compatible with subnet filtering.

1.0.410 (11 May, 2017)

  • Fix an issue where an IPv6 DNS request caused the printer discovery to fail.

1.0.398 (09 May, 2017)

  • Windows clients: Fixed an issue where printers became offline after restart in Windows 7 (Windows printer installer v58).
  • Fixed an issue where Mobility Print Server could not connect to PaperCut application server due trailing spaces in print-provider.conf.
  • Added support for detection of printer default resolution to resolve print quality issues.

1.0.387 (04 May, 2017)

  • Added support for subnet based printer access. This allows you to provide access to a subset of printers depending on a client's subnet.
  • Support for Mobility Print servers connected to a Site Server.
  • Added support for configuring the Mobility Print IP address when it is not reachable by client, for example, if the Mobility Print server is behind a firewall.
  • Windows clients: Fixed an issue where '@' in the username prevented printing.
  • Windows clients: Fixed an issue where ',' and '\' in the Printer Location prevented the printer from being added.
  • Added the display of subnet addresses on the Printer Preferences dialog.
  • Added context-sensitive links to the Mobility Print documentation from the Printer Preferences dialog.

1.0.299 (13 April, 2017)

  • Added support for Per job authentication. Per Job authentication mode enforces authentication for every print job.

1.0.287 (05 April, 2017)

  • Mobility Print Help Center: Added instructions to set up DNS discovery for zones ending in .local
  • The Mobility Print server now detects zones ending in .local.
  • Added a link from the Discovery Setting dialog to the DNS Troubleshooting section in the Help Center.
  • Installation: Added the ability to change the destination folder when installing the Mobility Print server.

1.0.257 (22 March, 2017)

  • Mobility Print Help Center: Added instructions for installing Mobility Print on Site Server

1.0.249 (22 March, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where authentication failures from test users were being periodically logged in the Windows security log