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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>
 
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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