Driver for the OKI 4w and compatible winprinters ------------------------------------------------ These laser printers have neither memory nor a processor and therefore they must get their data in an absolutely continuous stream (because they cannot buffer data). This cannot be made sure by usual printing spoolers (as CUPS or LPD). The only possibility is running a special driver program which connects directly to the printer. But this is very unconvenient, because many Linux applications can only print through a spooler. To solve this, Grant Taylor has created a special daemon acting between the printing program and the spooler, the "oki4daemon". It provides a named pipe ("/dev/oki4drv") which accepts PostScript and renders it for being understood by the printer. Because "kups" and the web interface of CUPS cannot start an extra daemon and also cannot set up a queue with "/dev/oki4drv" as destination, you have to install your OKI printer with a special installation program. Call it by entering oki4w_install on the command line or by choosing "Configuration"/"Printing"/"Install OKI 4w or compatible" in the desktop menues. NOTE: These printers should not be used on machines which are often under high loads (because of the timing requirements) or on machines with high security demands (because of the additional daemon).