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| From: | Jason Rumney |
| Subject: | Re: w32 issues |
| Date: | Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:20:14 +0000 |
| User-agent: | Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) |
Juanma Barranquero wrote:
On Jan 21, 2008 12:26 AM, Jason Rumney <address@hidden> wrote:There is no such thing as a GDI printer.The term is (if you trust the Wikipedia) apparently in common use: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Device_Interface#GDI_printers Juanma
Common usage is not a good reason to get sloppy with language. It gives the false impression that such printers are somehow tied to a proprietary operating system's proprietary graphics API. The reality is that most such printers support a wider range of output (such as plain unformatted text, and postscript) when controlled by Free Software like CUPS or Ghostscript.
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