Wine and raw printing

[André Carvalho]

I posted the same message on wine-user list , but got no help.

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could help me on this issue.

I use a windows program that print direct to the printer, but it uses 
the printer from the printer list, it doesn't use the port directly.

On Windows, to use the program I have to install a "Generic / Only Text" 
printer to work.

The program runs on wine without problems.  The only problem is to print.

I created a raw printer in CUPS, but when I select the printer in the 
program, wine still uses the WinePS driver and generate a PS, giving me 
an error on the printer, of course.

I tried to install a driver tty.drv on wine but couldn't get it to work.

Is there a way to disable WinePS ? or another way to get the program to 
print ?

Thanks

Andre Carvalho

[Hiji]

--- André Carvalho  wrote:
> I posted the same message on wine-user list , but
> got no help.
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if someone could help me on this
> issue.
>
> I use a windows program that print direct to the
> printer, but it uses 
> the printer from the printer list, it doesn't use
> the port directly.
>
> On Windows, to use the program I have to install a
> "Generic / Only Text" 
> printer to work.
>
> The program runs on wine without problems.  The only
> problem is to print.
>
> I created a raw printer in CUPS, but when I select
> the printer in the 
> program, wine still uses the WinePS driver and
> generate a PS, giving me 
> an error on the printer, of course.
>
> I tried to install a driver tty.drv on wine but
> couldn't get it to work.
>
> Is there a way to disable WinePS ? or another way to
> get the program to 
> print ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andre Carvalho

I'll join, and add this.  I'm on Suse 9.2 Pro,
wine-20041203, and the only printers I have are on the
network.  I can print fine through any native linux
apps, but if I try to print through Wine, it says
there are no printers.

Maybe the problems are related somehow?

Hiji

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[Marcelo Duarte]

Hiji escreveu:
> I'll join, and add this.  I'm on Suse 9.2 Pro,
> wine-20041203, and the only printers I have are on the
> network.  I can print fine through any native linux
> apps, but if I try to print through Wine, it says
> there are no printers.
>
> Maybe the problems are related somehow?
>
> Hiji

I think that you need CUPS instaled, and if you build wine from sources, 
you need cups-devel.

[Hiji]

--- Marcelo Duarte  wrote:
> Hiji escreveu:
> > I'll join, and add this.  I'm on Suse 9.2 Pro,
> > wine-20041203, and the only printers I have are on
>
> the
> > network.  I can print fine through any native linux
> > apps, but if I try to print through Wine, it says
> > there are no printers.
> >
> > Maybe the problems are related somehow?
> >
> > Hiji
>
> I think that you need CUPS instaled, and if you
> build wine from sources, 
> you need cups-devel.

Ah, I'm seeing that libgnomecups-devel is not
installed (I don't see a cups-devel).  I will install
that and give the recompile a go! :)

Thanks!
Hiji

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[Hiji]

> --- Marcelo Duarte  wrote:
> > Hiji escreveu:
> > > I'll join, and add this.  I'm on Suse 9.2 Pro,
> > > wine-20041203, and the only printers I have are
>
> on
> > the
> > > network.  I can print fine through any native
>
> linux
> > > apps, but if I try to print through Wine, it says
> > > there are no printers.
> > >
> > > Maybe the problems are related somehow?
> > >
> > > Hiji
> >
> > I think that you need CUPS instaled, and if you
> > build wine from sources, 
> > you need cups-devel.
>
> Ah, I'm seeing that libgnomecups-devel is not
> installed (I don't see a cups-devel).  I will
> install
> that and give the recompile a go! :)
>
> Thanks!
> Hiji

Installing libgnomecups-devel didn't work; so, I had
to "google for" a cups-devel binary.  (Really, I don't
know why my Suse 9.2 didn't offer it.)  So, installing
it, and recompiling DID THE TRICK! :)

Thank you!
Hiji

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[Marcus Meissner]

> Installing libgnomecups-devel didn't work; so, I had
> to "google for" a cups-devel binary.  (Really, I don't
> know why my Suse 9.2 didn't offer it.)  So, installing
> it, and recompiling DID THE TRICK! :)

cups-devel is only on the SUSE 9.2 DVD ... that might
be the reason you did not find it.

Btw, feel free to use the Wine packages I provide for SUSE
on SourceForge.net. Using these is easier then compiling
for yourself :)

Ciao, Marcus