Date: 25 Apr 2001 22:37:22 -0000 From: mwm@mired.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/26862: [PATCH] Winprinters are generating questions... Message-ID: <20010425223722.84647.qmail@guru.mired.org>
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>Number: 26862
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] Winprinters are generating questions...
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Apr 25 18:30:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Mike Meyer
>Release: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Meyer consulting
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD guru.mired.org 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #12: Sun Apr 22 10:45:13 CDT 2001 mwm@guru.mired.org:/sharetmp/obj/usr/src/sys/GURU i386
>Description:
People are having lots of trouble getting WinPrinters to work on
FreeBSD, and asking about them frequently in -questions.
>How-To-Repeat:
Hang out in -questions for a while.
>Fix:
The following patch to the English FAQ explains about WinPrinters, and
provides some information on how to recognize them.
--- /tmp/book.sgml Wed Apr 25 17:20:06 2001
+++ book.sgml Wed Apr 25 17:36:53 2001
@@ -6002,6 +6002,16 @@
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
+ <emphasis>WinPrinters</emphasis> do not currently work on
+ FreeBSD, and 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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