Re: Using a GDI laser printer in Linux

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From: Andrew Pollock
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:00

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Andy Wale <walfa@cougar> wrote:

I'll be surprised.

>I recently became the proud owner of a NEC Silentwriter GDI Laser 
>printer.  This type of printer has no processing capability of of's own.  
>The processing power is provided by windows.  I have driver for windows 
>and windows '95 that came with the printer.  I am curious to know 
>whether or not linux, or indeed any flavour of unix, can support GDI 
>printers.

>This is not really a problem for me, but more of a curiosity.
>Cheers.
>----------------------------------------------
>Andy Wale (walfa@cougar.vut.edu.au)
>Victoria University of Technology
>Werribee
>Australia
>----------------------------------------------

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Date: 1996/06/01
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