From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Apr 25 10:21:33 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7862B1B12A for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:21:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC2S30.hotmail.com (blu004-omc2s30.hotmail.com [65.55.111.105]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "Microsoft IT SSL SHA2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72EB5182B for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:21:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU436-SMTP213 ([65.55.111.72]) by BLU004-OMC2S30.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Mon, 25 Apr 2016 03:20:25 -0700 X-TMN: [WpCBvu89oMo00dHWtKIWrGDWudWAo1MB] X-Originating-Email: [bourne.identity@hotmail.com] Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to access CUPS printer from wine applications ? To: Polytropon References: <20160420112203.3244f4ea@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20160423143300.40d7c478@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20160423190136.e92c98e3.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160424195059.05115996.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160425113525.81dc074f.freebsd@edvax.de> CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Manish Jain Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:48:39 +0530 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160425113525.81dc074f.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Apr 2016 10:20:23.0191 (UTC) FILETIME=[13C1B270:01D19EDC] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:21:33 -0000 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