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>The Printing HOWTO</TITLE
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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TITLE="Introduction"
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>The Printing HOWTO</H1
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NAME="AEN4"
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>Grant Taylor</A
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HREF="mailto:gtaylor+pht@picante.com"
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>gtaylor+pht@picante.com</A
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NAME="AEN10"
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>Dirk Allaert</A
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CLASS="address"
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<TT
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HREF="mailto:dirk.allaert@reachout.be"
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>dirk.allaert@reachout.be</A
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>v1.8, 2003-06-22<BR></P
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CLASS="abstract"
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NAME="AEN17"
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><P
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>This is the Printing HOWTO, a collection of information on how to
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generate, preview, print and fax anything under GNU/Linux.
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Almost everything applies equally well to free software users
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using other Unix-like operating systems.</P
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><B
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>Table of Contents</B
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><DT
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>1. <A
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HREF="howto-intro.html"
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>Introduction</A
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><DT
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>1.1. <A
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HREF="howto-intro.html#terminology"
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>Terminology</A
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><DT
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>1.2. <A
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HREF="howto-intro.html#howto-hist"
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>History</A
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><DT
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>1.3. <A
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HREF="howto-intro.html#howto-copy"
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>Copyright</A
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>2. <A
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HREF="quickstart.html"
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>Quick Start</A
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>2.1. <A
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HREF="quickstart.html#getting-help"
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>Where to Get Help</A
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><DT
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>3. <A
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HREF="how.html"
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>How to print</A
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><DT
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>3.1. <A
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HREF="how.html#with-lpd-and-lpr"
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>With BSD LPD and the lpr command</A
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></DT
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>3.2. <A
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HREF="how.html#AEN120"
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>With System V LPD and the lp command</A
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><DT
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>3.3. <A
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HREF="how.html#AEN130"
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>With CUPS</A
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><DT
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>3.4. <A
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HREF="how.html#how-with-gui-tools"
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>GUI Printing Tools</A
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><DT
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>4. <A
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HREF="kernel.html"
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>Kernel printer devices</A
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><DT
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>4.1. <A
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HREF="kernel.html#old-lp-device"
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>The lp device (kernels <=2.1.32)</A
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><DT
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>4.2. <A
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HREF="kernel.html#new-parport-device"
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>The parport device (kernels >= 2.1.33)</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.3. <A
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HREF="kernel.html#serial-devices"
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>Serial devices</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.4. <A
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HREF="kernel.html#usb-devices"
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>USB Devices</A
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><DT
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>5. <A
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HREF="printers.html"
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>Supported Printers</A
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><DT
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>5.1. <A
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HREF="printers.html#supported-printers-postscript"
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>Postscript</A
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><DT
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>5.2. <A
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HREF="printers.html#non-ps-printers"
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>Non-Postscript</A
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><DT
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>5.3. <A
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HREF="printers.html#what-printers-work"
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>What printers work?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>5.4. <A
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HREF="printers.html#shopping"
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>How to buy a printer</A
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><DT
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>6. <A
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HREF="spoolers.html"
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>Spooling software</A
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>6.1. <A
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HREF="spoolers.html#cups-which-spooler"
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>CUPS</A
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>6.2. <A
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HREF="spoolers.html#lpd-which-spooler"
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>LPD</A
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>6.3. <A
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HREF="spoolers.html#lprng-which-spooler"
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>LPRng</A
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>6.4. <A
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HREF="spoolers.html#ppr-which-spooler"
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>PPR</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>6.5. <A
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HREF="spoolers.html#others-which-spooler"
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>Others</A
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><DT
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>7. <A
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HREF="background.html"
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>How it all works</A
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><DD
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><DT
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>7.1. <A
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HREF="background.html#cups-overview"
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>CUPS</A
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><DT
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>7.2. <A
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HREF="background.html#lpd-overview"
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>LPD</A
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><DT
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>8. <A
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HREF="setup.html"
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>How to set things up</A
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><DT
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>8.1. <A
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HREF="setup.html#cups-config-tutorial"
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>Configuring CUPS</A
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><DT
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>8.2. <A
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HREF="setup.html#lpd-config-tutorial"
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>Configuring LPD</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>8.3. <A
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HREF="setup.html#large-installations"
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>Large Installations</A
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><DT
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>8.4. <A
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HREF="setup.html#accounting"
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>Accounting</A
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><DT
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>9. <A
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HREF="vendors.html"
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>Vendor Solutions</A
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>9.1. <A
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HREF="vendors.html#rhs-filters-come-with-redhat"
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>Red Hat</A
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><DT
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>9.2. <A
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HREF="vendors.html#debian-what-comes-with"
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>Debian</A
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>9.3. <A
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HREF="vendors.html#suse-what-comes-with"
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>SuSE</A
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><DT
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>9.4. <A
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HREF="vendors.html#caldera-what-comes-with"
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>Caldera</A
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><DT
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>9.5. <A
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HREF="vendors.html#corel-what-comes-with"
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>Corel</A
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><DT
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>9.6. <A
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HREF="vendors.html#mandrake-what-comes-with"
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>Mandrake</A
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><DT
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>9.7. <A
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HREF="vendors.html#slackware-what-comes-with"
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>Slackware</A
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><DT
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>9.8. <A
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HREF="vendors.html#other-dists"
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>Other Distributions</A
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><DT
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>10. <A
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HREF="ghostscript.html"
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>Ghostscript.</A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>10.1. <A
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HREF="ghostscript.html#invoking-gs"
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>Invoking Ghostscript</A
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><DT
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>10.2. <A
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HREF="ghostscript.html#gs-tuning-stuff"
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>Ghostscript output tuning</A
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></DT
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></DD
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><DT
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>11. <A
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HREF="network.html"
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>Networks</A
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><DL
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><DT
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>11.1. <A
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HREF="network.html#network-to-unix"
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>Printing to a Unix/lpd host</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.2. <A
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HREF="network.html#network-to-windows"
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>Printing to a Windows or Samba printer</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.3. <A
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HREF="network.html#network-to-netware"
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>Printing to a NetWare Printer</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.4. <A
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HREF="network.html#network-to-apple"
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>Printing to an EtherTalk (Apple) printer</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.5. <A
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HREF="network.html#networked-printers"
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>Printing to a networked printer</A
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><DT
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>11.6. <A
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HREF="network.html#if-for-remote-printers"
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>Running an <TT
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CLASS="option"
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>if</TT
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> for remote printers with old
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LPDs</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.7. <A
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HREF="network.html#network-from-windows"
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>From Windows.</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.8. <A
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HREF="network.html#networks-from-apple"
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>From an Apple.</A
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><DT
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>11.9. <A
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HREF="network.html#networks-from-netware"
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>From Netware.</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.10. <A
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HREF="network.html#AEN1980"
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>Networked Printer Administration</A
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><DT
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>12. <A
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HREF="winprinters.html"
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>Windows-only printers</A
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><DL
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>12.1. <A
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HREF="winprinters.html#gs-win-redirector"
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>The Ghostscript Windows redirector</A
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><DT
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>12.2. <A
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HREF="winprinters.html#hp-winprinters"
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>HP Winprinters</A
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><DT
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>12.3. <A
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HREF="winprinters.html#lex-winprinters"
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>Lexmark Winprinters</A
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><DT
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>13. <A
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HREF="faxing.html"
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>How to print to a fax machine.</A
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></DT
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><DL
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><DT
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>13.1. <A
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HREF="faxing.html#using-a-faxmodem"
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>Using a faxmodem</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>13.2. <A
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HREF="faxing.html#fax-via-email"
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>Using the Remote Printing Service</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>13.3. <A
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HREF="faxing.html#fax-via-web"
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>Commercial Faxing Services</A
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><DT
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>14. <A
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HREF="authoring.html"
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>How to generate something worth printing.</A
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>14.1. <A
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HREF="authoring.html#markup-languages"
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>Markup languages</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>14.2. <A
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HREF="authoring.html#wysiwyg-processors"
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>WYSIWYG Word Processors</A
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></DT
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></DL
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></DD
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><DT
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>15. <A
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HREF="photos.html"
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>Printing Photographs</A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>15.1. <A
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HREF="photos.html#gs-photos-tips-and-tricks"
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>Ghostscript and Photos</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>15.2. <A
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HREF="photos.html#paper-for-inkjets"
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>Paper</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>15.3. <A
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HREF="photos.html#photo-printer-settings"
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>Printer Settings</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>15.4. <A
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HREF="photos.html#inkjet-archiving"
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>Print Durability</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>15.5. <A
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HREF="photos.html#commercial-photo-printing-software"
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>Shareware and Commercial Software</A
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></DD
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><DT
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>16. <A
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HREF="previewing.html"
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>On-screen previewing of printable things.</A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>16.1. <A
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HREF="previewing.html#previewing-with-ghostscript"
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>PostScript</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>16.2. <A
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HREF="previewing.html#previewing-tex-dvi"
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>TeX dvi</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>16.3. <A
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HREF="previewing.html#pdf-previewing"
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>Adobe PDF</A
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><DT
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>17. <A
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HREF="serial.html"
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>Serial printers under lpd</A
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>17.1. <A
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HREF="serial.html#serial-printcap"
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>Setting up in printcap</A
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><DT
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>17.2. <A
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HREF="serial.html#AEN2276"
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>Older serial printers that drop characters</A
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><DT
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>18. <A
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HREF="development.html"
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>What's missing?</A
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><DL
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><DT
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>18.1. <A
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HREF="development.html#AEN2285"
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>Plumbing</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>18.2. <A
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HREF="development.html#AEN2288"
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>Fonts</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>18.3. <A
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HREF="development.html#AEN2291"
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>Drivers</A
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><DT
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>19. <A
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