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Date:      Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:19:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com>
To:        newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Reference: Unix in 20-30 years
Message-ID:  <199806291919.MAA24455@pau-amma.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980626075622.fewtch@serv.net>

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>Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 07:56:22 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net>

>...I just wish I had support for my sound card,
>scanner, Syquest SparQ drive and special drivers for my inkjet printer so I can
>print in color, etc, not just via a mindless text dump to the printer port. 

For the scanner, you might see if http://www.mostang.com/sane has
anything you can use.

For the printer... well, the usual technique in the UNIX environments
I've used is to use PostScript devices... and that works just fine for
color PostScript printers.

Cheers,
david
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David Wolfskill		UNIX System Administrator
dhw@whistle.com		voice: (650) 577-7158	pager: (650) 371-4621

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