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Changelog

Every notable change to Printman, newest first. This page mirrors the project's CHANGELOG.md.

View on GitHubDownload latest releaseUpdated October 6, 2026

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

[1.1.0] - 2026-10-06

Added

  • Network printer sharing (printman share [printer ...], or printman serve --share [printer] alongside the web UI): shared printers appear as Printman - <printer> in the native print dialogs of iOS/iPadOS (AirPrint), Android (Mopria / Default Print Service), Windows, macOS and Linux.
  • IPP Everywhere / AirPrint print server (port 631, --ipp-port) supporting Print-Job, Validate-Job, Create-Job, Send-Document, Close-Job, Get-Jobs, Get-Job-Attributes, Cancel-Job, Cancel-My-Jobs, Identify-Printer and Get-Printer-Attributes.
  • printman share --select (alias share-select; serve --share-select with the web UI): choose the printers to share from an interactive checklist; named printers start ticked.
  • printman share --all shares every installed printer; printman share --web also starts the web UI.
  • printman share runs network printing on its own: no web UI, API, PIN or web port.
  • Built-in mDNS / DNS-SD responder (_ipp._tcp with _universal and _print subtypes); disable with --no-mdns.
  • PWG Raster (.pwg) and Apple Raster (.urf) renderers.
  • Read-only Windows Firewall check that prints the exact netsh commands when inbound printing traffic looks blocked.
  • Hidden --output-dir <dir> server option that prints every job to a file (headless testing with virtual printers).
  • Solution restructure: the app now lives in src/Printman/ with Printman.slnx, global.json (SDK pin + Microsoft.Testing.Platform runner) and Directory.Build.props; existing file history is preserved.
  • Unit test project tests/Printman.Tests (MSTest 4 + Microsoft.Testing.Platform) with 799 tests covering the IPP wire codec and request handler, DNS wire codec, print pipeline, file cache, shared printer registry, CLI parsing, models and DTOs.
  • Code coverage ratchet: coverage.runsettings scopes measurement to unit-testable code and eng/check-coverage.ps1 enforces 99% line / 92% branch coverage in CI, including pull requests; the build posts a sticky coverage report comment on PRs.

Changed

  • printman version / -v / --version reports the running version, and the startup banner shows it.
  • Running printman without arguments now opens a small launcher menu (web UI, share default printer, choose printers to share, both); the print wizard, printer list and queue tools moved under “More tools”. The wizard no longer prompts for port and PIN; use serve flags for custom values.
  • The serialized print queue is now a shared IPrintJobPipeline service used by both the web UI and network printing.
  • Startup banner lists addresses of adapters with a default gateway (Wi-Fi / Ethernet) before virtual and VPN adapters.

[1.0.0] - 2026-10-03

Added

  • Initial public release of Printman: zero-dependency Windows CLI and mobile LAN printing utility.
  • Mobile LAN Web Server (serve / server) with pairing PIN authentication and automatic network IP discovery.
  • Mobile-first responsive web SPA with light and dark themes (automatic OS preference detection + manual toggle).
  • Native vector PDF rendering at 300 DPI via Windows WinRT (Windows.Data.Pdf).
  • Image rendering with automatic aspect-ratio scaling and page fitting (.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .gif, .tiff).
  • Monospaced line-wrapped text rendering with automatic pagination (.txt, .log, .csv, .json, .md).
  • CLI mode with complete print options: page ranges (1:3, 1,3,5, 2-), paper sizes (A4, Letter), copies, duplex, orientation, and color modes.
  • Interactive terminal wizard (printman) with guided prompts and file drag-and-drop.
  • Native Windows Print Spooler management (winspool.drv) with live hardware status flags (Paper Jam, Out of Paper, Offline, Door Open, Paused, Busy).
  • Unified queue control with live monitoring (printman queue), individual job cancellation (printman cancel <id>), and full queue purging (printman purge).
  • Real-time streaming updates to web clients using Server-Sent Events (SSE).
  • Duplicate print prevention safeguard warning before submitting jobs already in the queue.
  • Fuzzy printer name matching (e.g. -printer "HP Laser" finds "HP LaserJet Professional P1102").
  • SHA-256 file caching with automatic LRU storage quota eviction.
  • Dual-package release pipeline: standalone single-file executable (zero setup required) and lightweight framework-dependent package.
  • Zero third-party NuGet dependencies.