Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:09:32 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: tijl@coosemans.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to access CUPS printer from wine applications ? Message-ID: <20160427000932.c9916c64.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <BLU437-SMTP12AEF0F250029C32DEE37BF6630@phx.gbl> References: <BLU437-SMTP12AEF0F250029C32DEE37BF6630@phx.gbl>
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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... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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