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Explain that most so-called "WinPrinters" don't work on FreeBSD.

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PR:		26862
Submitted by:	Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
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Dima Dorfman 2001-04-26 01:48:18 +00:00
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
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<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.184 2001/04/25 09:22:06 nik Exp $</pubdate>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.185 2001/04/25 09:25:22 nik Exp $</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>1995</year>
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</question>
<answer>
<para>Please have a look at the Handbook entry on printing. It
should cover most of your problem. See the <ulink
URL="../handbook/printing.html">
Handbook entry on printing.</ulink></para>
<para>Some printers require a host-based driver to do any kind of
printing. These so-called <quote>WinPrinters</quote> do not
currently work on FreeBSD, and they may never work. If your
printer does not work in DOS or Windows NT 4.0, it is a
WinPrinter and won't work in FreeBSD. The only exception would
be if the manufacturer has released the driver information, and
a driver has been added to the ghostscript port.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

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en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
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<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.184 2001/04/25 09:22:06 nik Exp $</pubdate>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.185 2001/04/25 09:25:22 nik Exp $</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>1995</year>
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</question>
<answer>
<para>Please have a look at the Handbook entry on printing. It
should cover most of your problem. See the <ulink
URL="../handbook/printing.html">
Handbook entry on printing.</ulink></para>
<para>Some printers require a host-based driver to do any kind of
printing. These so-called <quote>WinPrinters</quote> do not
currently work on FreeBSD, and they may never work. If your
printer does not work in DOS or Windows NT 4.0, it is a
WinPrinter and won't work in FreeBSD. The only exception would
be if the manufacturer has released the driver information, and
a driver has been added to the ghostscript port.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>