👕 Caldera Direct-to-Garment RIP V1.0 - Changelog

Devices and presets:

• The preset configuration section now includes a new description field.
• New support of pretreatment coat inks, including white and primer. This enhancement allows for the processing of spot colors assigned to these coat inks and allows users to utilize the software's automatic color strategies, while also providing the flexibility to make custom adjustments.
  

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  The first drivers to incorporate this new feature include the generic printer drivers BYHX, HosonSoft, and File, as well as all HUIJIE drivers.

Modules panel / Destination and Print: A new "Copies" field in the Destination module allows you to specify the number of copies to process for each job.

Modules panel / Image: Two new options have been added to the Image module, allowing you to flip images vertically or horizontally.

Devices and Presets:

• We have improved the spectral data contained in the linearization file that you can export via presets. The file now contains the measurement data as well as complete information about the measuring device and conditions.
• The linearization modal now allows adjustments to coat ink output for improved print quality and reduced ink consumption. Also, support for crafting measure curves for non-measurable coat inks has been added, along with color information for retrieved measure curves.
• The software now prevents user interactions while waiting for responses from the backend during device settings updates.
• White settings improvements:
  • 0% is now recognized as valid in the "Minimal white" input and is set as the default value.
  • Both "Smart choke" and "White as transparency" are now disabled by default.

File manager: We improved the user experience by limiting the height of the image information container to 50% of the screen, and by adding a scroll bar (that appears if the list of spot colors or channels is too long).

Modules panel / Destination and Print:

• We have improved the module's behavior. It now displays an indication on the icon and a warning message at the bottom if a setting is not correct (instead of sending an error message at the top). The new warning also includes a button that returns you to the module if you are in a different one and highlights the field to correct.
• To minimize clicks, Layers Preview now regenerates automatically when changing the spot color configuration, color adjustments, presets, and images, and automatically displays them again (if they were displayed before).

Modules panel / Spot colors:

• Improved the behavior of the module, which now displays an indication on the icon and a warning message at the bottom if a setting is not correct (instead of sending an error message at the top). The new warning also includes a button that returns you to the module, if you are in a different one, and that highlights the field to correct.
• If a channel is ignored and the pixel no longer has a color value, the transparency (alpha) is now set to zero, so a white layer is not printed where the channel was.
• Now you can drop an image with spot colors directly into the Studio, and the appropriate color mapping strategy will be selected automatically.

Devices and Presets:

• The alignment of all inputs on the device creation area has been corrected.
• Correction of a bug that did not allow exporting only one preset.

File Manager:

• It is now possible to load images from remote or removable locations. We also made the error message that may appear if the location is no longer accessible more explicit.
• Fixed a behavioral bug that caused images to be deleted despite having canceled the deletion in the confirmation message.
• Resolved an issue that caused erratic navigation when scrolling through many images using the keyboard.

Global settings: If the hotfolder path is invalid when closing the application, a message now appears at launch to warn you that something is wrong with the initialization of this feature (avoiding a total blocking of the application).

Media: Fixed a bug that caused the media editor to open when importing/exporting an empty medium.

Modules panel / Destination and Print:

• Fixed a bug in the Adjustments section, which did not load correctly after applying changes to the preset.
• Fixed a display bug that caused the "Print to..." button to appear cropped in some cases.
• Fixed several bugs related to Layers Preview:
  • Now the feature is automatically disabled when an error occurs in the software.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Layers Previews' spinner to spin infinitely, making Layers Preview inaccessible.
  • Correction of the behavior of the preview icons of each layer, which did not work correctly when applied on multiple coat inks.

Modules panel / Image: When the "Keep aspect ratio" function is turned off and the image is scaled, the image is no longer stretched in the opposite direction from what is intended.

Modules panel / Layout:

• The vertical and horizontal alignment of action buttons has been corrected.
• Now the dimensions of the layout are adapted to the images it contains, instead of deleting them.

Modules panel / Spot colors: Correction of the software labels assigned to the coat inks.

User Experience:

• We fixed a compatibility issue that prevented partners for whom we have developed software in the past from importing their presets into Caldera Direct-to-Garment RIP.
• We have corrected some behaviors of the fields allowing numeric values:
  • Linked numeric fields, such as those for margins, are now combined into a single field when they share the same value, eliminating the need to enter the same value multiple times.
  • Now you can add decimal values without the software rounding them erroneously or confusing them with another metric unit.
  • The software also allows you to enter numbers starting with a decimal point (no need to write a zero before).
  • We also increased the digits allowed after the decimals for the inches unit.

Space-co Nova Pro. 

Generic BYHX: Fixed a bug that prevented the channel duplication setting from being saved, making the preset unusable for this driver.