Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:09:41 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: tijl@coosemans.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to access CUPS printer from wine applications ? Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP598041156C15983F42C2CAF6640@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20160427000932.c9916c64.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <BLU437-SMTP12AEF0F250029C32DEE37BF6630@phx.gbl> <20160427000932.c9916c64.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 04/27/16 03:39, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:32:45 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: >>> Wine can be built with CUPS support but it isn't enabled by default so >>> you have to build your own package: >>> >>> cd /usr/ports/emulators/wine >>> make config >>> (enable the CUPS option) >>> make install clean >> Hi Tijl, >> >> Ah, I am on amd64, so I have to use i386-wine, not wine. The CUPS option >> applies only to the wine port, not i386-wine - which can only be built >> with MONO/GECKO options. > I have just checked this interesting solution on the i386 version. > I ran "wine wordpad", typed some nonsense, and hit Ctrl+P. The > printers known to CUPS did show up in the printer dialog, and > when the job was submitted, it appeared in the correct queue > (and got printed as intended). Well, I never tried that, but who > knows where it might be useful... :-) > > > > No, I just get a modal dialog stating that no printers are installed. "Please install one and retry".
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