These steps will allow a usb, network, serial or parallel attached printer to receive raw commands on windows Many printer drivers do not need these additional steps and will work fine with both raw and pixel api calls This tutorial also applies broadly to all versions of windows, but some steps may vary slightly. When a file is sent directly to a printer, without being modified by printer driver software on the computer, it is said to be printed raw. raw printing was simple and straightforward in windows versions up to and including windows 7, but is suprisingly difficult under windows 8 and later windows versions, including windows 10 and 11.
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