wine users - Jul 2005 - Printing simply DOES NOT WORK; print dialog just stays open

regarding this old message:
>  
> Am Sam, M?r 20, 2004 at 04:40:10 -0500 schrieb JLB:
>> Nopers, and it FREAKS OUT when I go into Printer Setup and select a
page
>> orientation (e.g. Portrait)
> 
> Hmmm, seems that you first have to learn how to configure printing? Look
> in the Documentation section on winehq for that. If you use Cups
> everything is done for you otherwise add something like this to your
> config:
> 
> [ppd]
> "XXX" =
"/usr/share/doc/wine-20031212/samples/generic.ppd"
> 
> where XXX is the name of your printer from printcap and the ppd ios the
> example from the wine sources.
> 
> Regards
>         Joachim
> -- 
> "Never touch a running system! Never run a touching system?
>           Never run a touchy system!!!"


I still have this problem, although I am using cups! any idea?

My config: SuSE 9.3, wine-20050211-4
Configured windows version: "win98" (with winetools

kind regards,
Rainer

--- Rainer Lay <rainer.lay@gmx.de> wrote:
> regarding this old message:
> 
> >  
> > Am Sam, M?r 20, 2004 at 04:40:10 -0500 schrieb
> JLB:
> >> Nopers, and it FREAKS OUT when I go into Printer
> Setup and select a page
> >> orientation (e.g. Portrait)
> > 
> > Hmmm, seems that you first have to learn how to
> configure printing? Look
> > in the Documentation section on winehq for that.
> If you use Cups
> > everything is done for you otherwise add something
> like this to your
> > config:
> > 
> > [ppd]
> > "XXX" >
"/usr/share/doc/wine-20031212/samples/generic.ppd"
> > 
> > where XXX is the name of your printer from
> printcap and the ppd ios the
> > example from the wine sources.
> > 
> > Regards
> >         Joachim
> > -- 
> > "Never touch a running system! Never run a
> touching system?
> >           Never run a touchy system!!!"
> 
> 
> 
> I still have this problem, although I am using cups!
> any idea?
> 
> My config: SuSE 9.3, wine-20050211-4
> Configured windows version: "win98" (with winetools
> 
> kind regards,
> Rainer
If you have compiled from source, you need to make
sure you have installed cups-devel before compiling. 
cups-devel does not come with suse 9.3 (at the version
I had.)

Hiji


		
____________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Sports 
Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football 
http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com

Hiji wrote:
> 
> --- Rainer Lay <rainer.lay@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>>regarding this old message:
>>
>>> 
>>>Am Sam, M?r 20, 2004 at 04:40:10 -0500 schrieb
>>JLB:
>>>>Nopers, and it FREAKS OUT when I go into Printer
>>Setup and select a page
>>>>orientation (e.g. Portrait)
>>>Hmmm, seems that you first have to learn how to
>>configure printing? Look
>>>in the Documentation section on winehq for that.
>>If you use Cups
>>>everything is done for you otherwise add something
>>like this to your
>>>config:
>>>
>>>[ppd]
>>>"XXX"
>>"/usr/share/doc/wine-20031212/samples/generic.ppd"
>>>where XXX is the name of your printer from
>>printcap and the ppd ios the
>>>example from the wine sources.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>        Joachim
>>>-- 
>>>"Never touch a running system! Never run a
>>touching system?
>>>          Never run a touchy system!!!"
>>
>>
>>I still have this problem, although I am using cups!
>>any idea?
>>
>>My config: SuSE 9.3, wine-20050211-4
>>Configured windows version: "win98" (with winetools
>>
>>kind regards,
>>Rainer
> 
> If you have compiled from source, you need to make
> sure you have installed cups-devel before compiling. 
> cups-devel does not come with suse 9.3 (at the version
> I had.)
> 
> Hiji
> 
I used the rpm from SuSE. And I see the cups printers, I only cannot use
them.

rgds, Rainer