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Subject: Re: Printer part 2
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> replied:
>  Francois Kritzinger <ffkrz@iafrica.com> types:
>  > freeBSD 4.2 release
>  > HP Deskjet 710C ( works in Windows, thus not broken :) )
>
>  It looks like you've got a WinPrinter. Such printers are broken and
>  will not work with FreeBSD, even though they work in Windows.

HP WinPrinters are supported on FreeBSD with ghostview (to build the print
raster) and the package found in ports/print/pbm2ppa (the protocol used to
communicate with HP printers.


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