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Subject: Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer
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Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:

> If someone comes up with a working GDI printer emulation layer,
> that would make a great port.

They already did, and it's already in ports.
It's (part of) wine.

Unfortunately it uses CUPS.