From 11e2f343ebd4b922c5ed46294a837f268cef2afd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dima Dorfman Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 01:48:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain that most so-called "WinPrinters" don't work on FreeBSD. PR: 26862 Submitted by: Mike Meyer --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 11 +++++++++-- en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 11 +++++++++-- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index ba3b9524d1..d4ad46fc04 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The FreeBSD Documentation Project - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.184 2001/04/25 09:22:06 nik Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.185 2001/04/25 09:25:22 nik Exp $ 1995 @@ -6047,11 +6047,18 @@ C:\="DOS" - Please have a look at the Handbook entry on printing. It should cover most of your problem. See the Handbook entry on printing. + + Some printers require a host-based driver to do any kind of + printing. These so-called WinPrinters 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. diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index ba3b9524d1..d4ad46fc04 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The FreeBSD Documentation Project - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.184 2001/04/25 09:22:06 nik Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.185 2001/04/25 09:25:22 nik Exp $ 1995 @@ -6047,11 +6047,18 @@ C:\="DOS" - Please have a look at the Handbook entry on printing. It should cover most of your problem. See the Handbook entry on printing. + + Some printers require a host-based driver to do any kind of + printing. These so-called WinPrinters 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.