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Printer version 3, including all changes.
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A device for making hard copies of digital documents. |
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* line-printers (the print head spans the width of the form-feed paper) |
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* dot-matrix (like a line-printer but with a much smaller and movable print head) |
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* ink-jet |
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* laser-jet |
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There are two main systems for printing under [Linux], the [BSD] style lpr(1) system (including clones like lprng), and the newer [CUPS] (which includes optional lpr-style programs for backwards compatibility). |
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There are higher level printing systems (such as gimpprint and SambaPrinting) that use one or both of the above-mentioned backends. |
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See [CUPSNotes] for more information on printing from Linux. |
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