Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:48:05 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to access CUPS printer from wine applications ? Message-ID: <20160426004805.f9ee6b3c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <BLU436-SMTP21365B1E0BD3026DBD8CDB5F6620@phx.gbl> 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> <BLU436-SMTP21365B1E0BD3026DBD8CDB5F6620@phx.gbl>
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:48:39 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: > 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. I hope it's an "offline 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. In this case, OpenOffice or LibreOffice will probably a good way to avoid using a "Windows XP" only for word processing. Both programs can import and export various DOC formats quite well, and the support for a 15+ years old format should be stable and reliable. Furthermore, the GUI that includes hierarchical menues with logical structure (a concept which users have learned to use over decades) makes it easy to work with the program. I had to work in a multi-OS environment for some times, and few users still used "Office 2000" products, while everyone else has moved on to use OpenOffice. Interoperability of documents was not a problem, users were using "Windows" as well as different versions of Linux, BSD, and even a few had Mac OS X. OpenOffice was the tool everyone loved for collaboration and file exchange. Later on, when systems needed to be upgraded, the few remaining "MS Office" users happily changed to OpenOffice. Today, I'd probably suggest using LibreOffice, but I'm not sure if that's still the right program to suggest, as there is also OpenOffice. Which of those two (most commonly known) free office suites is the one that's preferred today? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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