[Bug 39981] New: PDF Factory (virtual pdf printing driver), installs successfully but hangs
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 Bug ID: 39981 Summary: PDF Factory (virtual pdf printing driver), installs successfully but hangs Product: Wine Version: 1.9.1 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: spooler Assignee: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org Reporter: riccardo_ric(a)outlook.it Distribution: --- PDF Factory is a printer driver which emulates a pdf printer. I find it very useful because Linux equivalents are quite basic and don't provide the functionality of the windows counterpart. For example, with PDF Factory you can send two print jobs in a single pdf, you can delete single pages, delete part of the page content, move the page content, type text onto the page, embed fonts, encrypt the pdf, create bookmarks, apply default viewing modes (e.g. continuous scrolling, fit zoom to width, etc), set pdf metadata, and so on. And all of this with a convenient GUI. The setup file I'm using for this test is available here: http://fineprint.com/release/pdf481pro.exe Until some time ago this program couldn't be installed, as per bug https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24645 That bug is now fixed in the latest wine-staging. Hence, I'm using wine-staging for testing. I was able to get PDF Factory to install in a 32bit prefix (otherwise it complains about wrong architecture): WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-PDF /opt/wine-staging/bin/wine /path/to/pdf_factory_setup.exe The setup succeeded, even though the terminal reported the following errors: - psdrv:PSDRV_PPDGetNextTuple Line too long - psdrv:PSDRV_UpdateDevCaps Can't find page - psdrv:PSDRV_DeviceCapabilities DC_TRUETYPE: stub The driver somehow works, because I can open a .txt file in notepad and I can see PDF Factory as an available printer. This is a step forward, because we could never get so far in the past (to my knowledge). Unfortunately I couldn't get any further: if I print to PDF Factory, notepad hangs with 100% cpu usage. In the terminal I see: err:psdrv:PSDRV_PPDGetNextTuple Line too long. err:psdrv:PSDRV_PPDGetNextTuple Line too long. fixme:psdrv:PSDRV_UpdateDevCaps Can't find page fixme:psdrv:PSDRV_UpdateDevCaps Can't find page fixme:psdrv:PSDRV_UpdateDevCaps Can't find page fixme:psdrv:PSDRV_UpdateDevCaps Can't find page fixme:winspool:SetJobW Ignoring everything other than document title Also, out of curiosity, I wonder if the pdf printer (whenever it will work) will be available to Linux native applications or it will be available only to Wine programs. At the moment I can see the printer only in wine applications. Thanks PS: I'm not sure this is the right section. If it's not, then sorry. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 riccardo_ric(a)outlook.it changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |erich.e.hoover(a)wine-staging | |.com, michael(a)fds-team.de, | |riccardo_ric(a)outlook.it, | |sebastian(a)fds-team.de Component|spooler |-unknown Product|Wine |Wine-staging -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 riccardo_ric(a)outlook.it changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|-unknown |spooler Product|Wine-staging |Wine -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 --- Comment #1 from riccardo_ric(a)outlook.it --- If someone wants to discuss this subject (installation steps, etc), I had already opened a thread in the forum: https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=26002 -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio(a)earthlink.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depends on| |24645 -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 --- Comment #2 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> --- Native printer drivers are not supported by Wine. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 --- Comment #3 from Erich E. Hoover <erich.e.hoover(a)wine-staging.com> --- (In reply to Austin English from comment #2)
Native printer drivers are not supported by Wine.
I may be wrong, but this sounds like it's a fake driver similar to CutePDF. For my work I'm using CutePDF with OrCAD to auto-generate schematic PDFs just fine. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 --- Comment #4 from riccardo_ric(a)outlook.it --- You're right. It's similar to CutePDF, a fake driver which creates a virtual printer, available as a printing option in every program that supports printing. Although PDF Factory provides more options. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 Detlef Riekenberg <wine.dev(a)web.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |wine.dev(a)web.de -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 Bug 39981 depends on bug 24645, which changed state. Bug 24645 Summary: PDF Factory 3.x/4.x installer fails to install printer drivers (winspool.SetPrinterW lacks support for level 8, global default printer settings) https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24645 What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|STAGED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |FIXED -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39981 Detlef Riekenberg <wine.dev(a)web.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |printing -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
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