Re: driverless printing and custom paper size

Simon Becherer <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:12:41 +0100
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From: Simon Becherer <[email protected]>
To: Valentijn Sessink <[email protected]>,
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Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: driverless printing and custom paper size
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