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Re: laser printers and linux



On Tue, 30 Dec 1997 15:25:25 PST, "G. Crimp" wrote:
> [..] 
> Thanks everyone.  BTW, what does GDI mean ?

:  Webopaedia Definition and Links
:  http://www.sandybay.com/pc-web/GDI_printer.htm
:
:  GDI printer 
:
:  A printer that has built-in support for Windows Graphical
:  Device Interface (GDI). GDI is used by most Windows
:  applications to display images on a monitor, so when printing
:  from a Windows application to a GDI printer, there is no need
:  to convert the output to another format such as PostScript or
:  PCL. 
:
:  GDI printers are sometimes called host-based printers
:  because they rely on the host computer to rasterize pages. 

GDI printers are as good as win-modems. :-)


-- 
David Stern

kotsya@u.washington.edu
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/



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