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Printer driver

In 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. The purpose of printer drivers is to allow applications to do printing without being aware of the technical details of each printer model.

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Printer drivers in different operating systems

UnixUnix-likeLinuxOS XCUPS
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Types of drivers

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Printer drivers in different operating systems

Types of drivers

Packaging formats

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Printer driver

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples47
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Printer driver

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related to Windows · 14
Printer driver → APIs, DOS, GDI, On Microsoft Windows, Printers, PrintFil, Programs, PScript-based, Unidrv, Win32 APIs, Windows, Winprinters, XPS, XPSDrv
related to Amiga · 10
Printer driver → All, Amiga, AmigaOS, Any Amiga, DEVS, Epson FX, HP, Printers, The, Xerox
related to Unix and Unix-like · 10
Printer driver → Backends, Common Unix Printing System, CUPS, Linux, On, OS, Printer, They, Unix, Unix-like
related to DOS · 9
Printer driver → COM1, COM2, COM3, DOS, Edward Mendelson, LPT1, LPT2, Similarly, WordPerfect's

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printer drivers print printers driver also format dos amiga postscript use printing standard data systems computer applications windows system device

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Linuxinstance ofPrinter drivers in different operating systemsUnix and Unix-likeUnix and other Unix-like systems0.80text
OS X use CUPSinstance ofPrinter drivers in different operating systemsUnix and Unix-likeUnix and other Unix-like systems0.80text
Linuxinstance ofUnix and Unix-likeUnix and other Unix-like systems0.80text
OS X use CUPSinstance ofUnix and Unix-likeUnix and other Unix-like systems0.80text
Printer driverrelated to AmigaThe0.60section
Printer driverrelated to AmigaAmigaOS0.60section
Printer driverrelated to AmigaDEVS0.60section
Printer driverrelated to AmigaPrinters0.60section
Printer driverrelated to AmigaAll0.60section
Printer driverrelated to AmigaEpson FX0.60section
Printer driverrelated to AmigaXerox0.60section
Printer driverrelated to AmigaHP0.60section

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