Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:48:39 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to access CUPS printer from wine applications ? Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP21365B1E0BD3026DBD8CDB5F6620@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20160425113525.81dc074f.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <mailman.103.1461067202.17825.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <BLU436-SMTP56E943BBDF81CC87548C5FF66C0@phx.gbl> <20160420112203.3244f4ea@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <BLU437-SMTP97DF5EAC3CE8DB4DEC9E37F6600@phx.gbl> <20160423143300.40d7c478@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <BLU436-SMTP74BDFD41A1F8629812233FF6600@phx.gbl> <20160423190136.e92c98e3.freebsd@edvax.de> <BLU436-SMTP1696355C40791D8BB0167C3F6610@phx.gbl> <20160424195059.05115996.freebsd@edvax.de> <BLU437-SMTP683853E8CF44B042040D96F6620@phx.gbl> <20160425113525.81dc074f.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 04/25/16 15:05, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:35:14 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: >> I am trying to do something complicated with my HP 1112 printer that is >> working very nicely with cups. I want my Microsoft applications (MS >> Office::Word 2000 chiefly) installed under Wine to be able to access the >> printer. Is there any way I can do that ? > Not tested, just an idea: > > If Wine has networking functionality, you could enable the printer > in CUPS for sharing on the "virtual network" and then access it > as a network printer from within the application that wants to > print. The default output should be PS (Postscript), as this is > the easiest (and standard) format to feed into printer queues. > Make sure to restrict the printer access locally. > > If this fails, you could use the "Print to file" functionality > and save the file to a specific directory that's accessible from > the application running under Wine. Use "winecfg" to assign a > "drive letter" to that directory, so it's easier to write files > there (for example P: for "printer"). Then have a shell script > check for new files in that directory and feed them to lpr, then > delete it. As I said, when this is PS data, it shouldn't be > problematic. > > Wine's access to USB, and then using the "Windows" software for > printing, is probably not possible to achieve. > > Also keep in mind Wine probably doesn't have a full printing > subsystem and sufficient driver support. Doing so from a VM > (with a "Windows" installed in it) is surely easier, but also > more "voluminous". > > Follow-up question: > > Why don't you install OpenOffice / LibreOffice / AbiWord and use > your documents from there? Is there a reason to use a more than > 15 years old office application? Do you have a specific need to > make it that complicated? :-) > > Printing from wine is not particularly important : it would just have been a nice add-on functionality that would have eliminated the occasional need to boot into my Windows XP installation. Although I shall install AbiWord as you have suggested, there is a freelance writing project that I am involved in, and those guys want MS .doc strictly, with a lot of formatting rules that are most easily accomplished under MS Office. As for the version of Word (2000) that I strongly prefer - I find the appearance of new Office applications pretty obnoxious, mostly owing to the Ribbon that the new versions of Office use. Thanks a lot for your reply. Regards Manish Jain
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