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SimPrinter v1.3.1

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@matsan000 matsan000 released this 09 Aug 10:23

International users (non-English Windows) could get garbled characters in the OOOI report's
DATE field - e.g. Japanese Windows printed "098?26" instead of "09AUG26". The month
abbreviation was picking up the OS's display language instead of staying fixed to English,
and the printer's character set couldn't represent the result, turning it into "?".

Every date/time on a printed ticket is now locked to a consistent format regardless of what
language Windows is set to.

SimPrinter v1.3.0

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@matsan000 matsan000 released this 08 Aug 12:52

What's new

Automatic OOOI (Out/Off/On/In) reporting. SimPrinter now tracks pushback, wheels-up,
wheels-down, and engine shutdown via SimConnect, each timestamped against the sim's own
Zulu clock. A landing only counts once the aircraft's stayed on the ground for 5 seconds.

The footer now shows all four times live ("N/A" until each happens), replacing the old
off-block countdown. Two ways to get a printout:

  • "Print OOOI Summary (After Flight)" button - prints whatever's known so far, any time
  • Auto-print on engine shutdown - opt-in toggle in Settings -> Printer & General
    Settings, prints itself the moment both engines shut down after landing

The Settings toggle only controls the automatic trigger - the manual button always works
regardless of it.

SimPrinter v1.2.0

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@matsan000 matsan000 released this 06 Aug 22:39

What's new

SimBrief Performance Print - a companion Firefox extension. Adds a Print button
directly on SimBrief's Takeoff/Landing Performance calculator (both the per-flight popup
and the standalone Performance & Tools page) - one click sends the V-speed strip straight
to your printer, no more copy-pasting into Print Text. Grab
simprinter-performance-print-signed.xpi below, then in Firefox go to about:addons ->
gear icon -> "Install Add-on From File...". Full setup instructions in the README.

Message me on discord if you want a chrome extension aswell

To support it, SimPrinter can now run a small opt-in localhost-only server (Settings ->
Printer & General Settings -> "Allow the SimPrinter browser extension to print") that the
extension talks to. Nothing outside your own machine can reach it, and it's off by default.

Text coming through that pipeline (and pasted performance reports in general) now reflows
to fit your printer's actual width, instead of letting the printer hardware-wrap mid-value
and break the layout.

Settings also got tidied up - Printer and Flight Plan are now one "Printer & General
Settings" card instead of two separate ones.

SimPrinter v1.1.4

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@matsan000 matsan000 released this 06 Aug 12:07

Adds VATSIM as an alternative weather source. Flip on "Use VATSIM for METAR/ATIS" in
Settings and Get Weather pulls real-world METAR and live controller-issued ATIS straight
from VATSIM's network feed instead of SayIntentions - no API key needed. ATIS naturally
depends on a controller actually being online and broadcasting it; METAR always works
regardless. Gate/parking requests are unaffected and still go through SayIntentions.

SimPrinter v1.1.3

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@matsan000 matsan000 released this 05 Aug 23:30

Removes the Stream Deck plugin and its companion localhost HTTP server - it wasn't
seeing use and was extra surface area to maintain. No functional changes to the
main app otherwise.

SimPrinter v1.1.2

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@matsan000 matsan000 released this 05 Aug 22:18

Self-contained MSI, run it and go.

What's new

  • Settings and the off-block countdown now stay pinned to the bottom of
    the window instead of trailing after the Print card
  • Print Text moved to the bottom-right of the footer, next to Settings
  • Print Final Loadsheet no longer stands out in blue - all print buttons
    are visually equal now
  • A bit of extra spacing groups Get Weather with the ICAO/METAR-ATIS
    input above it, separating it from Request Gate and the print actions
  • Weather/gate lookup and the SimBrief-plan prints are now all under one
    "Print" card instead of split across two sections