computers, a printer driver or a print processor is a piece of software on a computer that converts the data to be printed to a format that a printer can understand...
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Unidrv (redirect from Microsoft Universal Printer Driver)
(Universal Printer Driver or Unidriver) is a GDI-based Microsoft Windows universal printer driver and architecture for non-PostScript printers. It is used...
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code printers are an example of an expanded use for printers. Different types of printers include 3D printers, inkjet printers, laser printers, and thermal...
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being sent to a printer. PCL 6 Enhanced is designed to match the drawing model of Windows GDI. In this way, the Windows printer driver simply passes through...
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Open Database Connectivity (redirect from ODBC driver)
linked, and the driver passes the query to the DBMS. An ODBC driver can be thought of as analogous to a printer driver or other driver, providing a standard...
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Gutenprint (category Free device drivers)
collection of free-software printer drivers for use with UNIX spooling systems, such as CUPS, LPR, and LPRng. These drivers provide printing services for...
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Graphics Device Interface (redirect from GDI printer)
all printers. In order to allow simpler creation of drivers for Winprinters, the Microsoft Universal Printer Driver was created. This allows printer vendors...
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Microcontroller Open-source hardware Printer driver Replicant (operating system) udev (userspace /dev) "What is all device driver?". WhatIs.com. TechTarget. Archived...
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computer. In other cases printers may have imbedded processors to perform this task. A printer driver, a program (device driver) which converts the computer's...
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In computing a virtual printer is a simulated device whose user interface and API resemble that of a printer driver, but which is not connected to a physical...
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An MFP (multi-function product/printer/peripheral), multi-functional, all-in-one (AIO), or multi-function device (MFD), is an office machine which incorporates...
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WordPerfect (section Printer drivers)
additional printers this way was impractical, so the company introduced printer drivers, a file containing a list of control codes for each model of printer. Version...
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pre-configure a print driver for deployment. When the package is run on the client computer, the new configuration file configures the printer driver after it is...
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Specification (PDF), pp. 172–173, retrieved 2020-01-28 "2.3.6.26. METAFILE_DRIVER Record", [MS-WMF]: Windows Metafile Format Specification (PDF), pp. 173–174...
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CUPS (category Device drivers)
Line Printer Daemon protocol and limited support for the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. System administrators can configure the device drivers which...
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etc.) converter; this is often combined with a PostScript printer driver in "virtual printer" PDF creators.[citation needed] As it takes the form of a...
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onto the reader's Windows desktop icon, or "printing" to a virtual printer driver) of PDF creation (Ghostscript not additionally needed), saving filled...
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computer printers, each of which required its own printer driver. The company's printer support was very strong with daisy-wheel and dot-matrix printers, but...
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separate application, Distiller eventually became incorporated into a printer driver for creating PDF files that preserved the printed appearance of documents...
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object file; Applications Generator only .PR2 Printer driver file .PRD A file containing printer driver information for DBSETUP .PRF Print form file ...
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other features. Publisher 2003 introduced a Generic Color PostScript printer driver for commercial printing. Information Rights Management capabilities...
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print drivers (user mode printer drivers) based on Unidrv, which made it easier for printer manufacturers to write device drivers for printers. Generic...
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laser printers with full printing, scanning, and faxing support. As of 2021[update] the supplied printer-drivers support a total of 3,088 HP printer models;...
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simple (a fixed mechanical or electrical system), software-based (e.g. a printer driver, robot control system), a human, or any other input. Bidirectional transducers...
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Dot matrix (section Use in printers)
occur in either the printer itself using a page description language such as Adobe Postscript, or may be performed by printer driver software installed...
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source printer driver system for Linux, AmigaOS and MorphOS. It supports a number of printers that don't yet have a free driver, and fuller printer functionality...
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Between 2003 and 2005, LCD display driver chips sold 9,821.2 million units worldwide. Device driver Printer driver Borden, Howard C.; Pighini, Gerald...
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Open XML Paper Specification (category Computer printers)
primitives, which printer drivers could offload their rasterization to the printer in order to reduce computational load if the printer is capable of rasterizing...
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identify which port had a printer, possibly both. A small desk accessory called Choose Printer allowed the printer driver and serial port to be selected...
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AtariWriter (section Printer drivers)
absence of printer drivers for any printers other than Atari's. To meet the demand for non-Atari printers, at least 25,000 copies of an add-on printer pack...
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