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SZABO Zsolt

2003-Nov-06 05:00 UTC

(still not) printing (lprng)

I have lprng (debian 3.0) and only a fake_windows (despite, I could
install a Word97 ;-) and
~# dpkg -l libwin* |grep ^i
ii  libwine        0.0.20030115-2 Windows Emulator (Library)
ii  libwine-print  0.0.20030115-2 Windows Emulator (Printing Module)

I would like to generate PS file from application such as M$ Word97.

However, when I click on File/Print... I got 6 times
err:psdrv:PSDRV_FindPrinterInfo OpenPrinterA failed with code 1801
and 2 times
fixme:winspool:WINSPOOL_EnumPrinters We dont handle PRINTER_ENUM_CONNECTIONS

and then I see 2 Wine PostScript Driver, but in "Inactive" state when
choosing one of them. Then I check the "Print to file" box, and click
"OK" and I got a warning message (/!\) "There was a problem[..]
and
Windows cannot print. Check the following:..." or similar (it is in
Hungarian).

You can find the relevant parts of my configs (with some comments from me)

IMHO, the Printing the documentation for using built in PS driver is not
complete, at least for printing with lpd or lprng... :-(
(I guess that without cups one should modify the win.ini by hand also..)

TIA, Zsolt

.wine/config:
[...]
[wine]
"Windows" = "C:\\Windows"
"System" = "C:\\Windows\\System"
"Temp" = "X:\\"
"Path" = "C:\\Windows;C:\\Windows\\System;X:\\;Y:\\"
"GraphicsDriver" = "x11drv"
[...]
"Printer" = "on"
; why is this necessary?

[...]

[parallelports]
"Lpt1" = "/dev/lp0"

[ppd]
"generic"="/home/szazs/.wine/generic.ppd"
; is this not redundant with "PPD FIle" in system.reg?

[spooler]
"FILE:" = "/tmp/wine.ps"
"LPT1:" = "|lpr"
"LPT2:" = "|gs -sDEVICE=bj200 -sOutputFile=/tmp/fred -q -"
"LPT3:" = "/dev/lp3"

[ports]
;"read" = "0x779,0x379,0x280-0x2a0"
; "write" = "0x779,0x379,0x280-0x2a0"
[...]

snippet from system.reg:
[System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Printers\\Wine PostScript Driver]
1068113715
"Attributes"=dword:00000000
"Default
Devmode"="\xfctH@\xc8\37j@[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Printers\\Wine
PostScript Driver"
"Name"="Wine PostScript Driver"
"Port"="LPT1:"
"Print Processor"="WinPrint"
"Printer Driver"="PS Driver"
"Priority"=dword:00000000
"Start Time"=dword:00000000
"Status"=dword:00000000
"Until Time"=dword:00000000

[System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Printers\\Wine PostScript
Driver\\PrinterDriverData] 1068113715
"PPD File"="/home/szazs/.wine/generic.ppd"

[System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Print\\Printers\\Wine PostScript
Driver\\PrinterDriverData\\FontSubTable] 1067333534
"Arial"="Helvetica"
"Courier New"="Courier"
"Helv"="Helvetica"
"Times New Roman"="Times"

and finally the tail of my .wine/fake_windows/Windows/win.ini:
[...]
[devices]
generic=WINEPS,LPR:generic
; what is the meaning of the last field LPR:generic?
; (it was originally LPR:hp)

[windows]
device=generic,WINEPS,LPR:generic

Ivan Leo Murray-Smith

2003-Nov-06 19:17 UTC

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(still not) printing (lprng)

Wine implements printing with CUPS, not LPR.

Duane Clark

2003-Nov-06 19:52 UTC

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(still not) printing (lprng)

SZABO Zsolt wrote:> I have lprng (debian 3.0) and only a fake_windows (despite, I could
> install a Word97 ;-) and
> ~# dpkg -l libwin* |grep ^i
> ii  libwine        0.0.20030115-2 Windows Emulator (Library)
> ii  libwine-print  0.0.20030115-2 Windows Emulator (Printing Module)
> 
> I would like to generate PS file from application such as M$ Word97.
> 
It has been quite awhile since I used Wine with lprng, but I am not sure 
where you obtained the settings for win.ini. Go to here:
http://www.winehq.com/site/docs/wine-user/config-printing

and check section 5.11.2.1.3, and I don't know why that is so heavily 
subdivided ;)
> 
> and finally the tail of my .wine/fake_windows/Windows/win.ini:
> [...]
> [devices]
> generic=WINEPS,LPR:generic
> ; what is the meaning of the last field LPR:generic?
> ; (it was originally LPR:hp)
That really does need to say
Wine PostScript Driver=WINEPS,LPT1:

I could be mistaken, but I believe the "Wine PostScript Driver" part 
refers to the heading in the registry.
> 
> [windows]
> device=generic,WINEPS,LPR:generic
Same there, and you also need the PrinterPorts section.

Also, I notice that you didn't show this section of the registry, but 
since you had the others, I'll assume this one is okay.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows 
4.0\Drivers\PS Driver]

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