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		repiret on March 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Userland PCI drivers UMDF was available for XP too, and printer drivers had been user space for a long long time.

blattimwind on March 25, 2018 | [–]

iirc you can have kernel-mode GDI printer drivers, and the printer port drivers are in the kernel as well

my123 on March 25, 2018 | [–]

I see, was a backport there

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