documentation/printing.sgml

   1   <sect1 id="printing">
   2     <title>Printing in Wine</title>
   3     <para>How to print documents in Wine...</para>
   4
   5     <sect2 id="wine-printing">
   6       <title>Printing</title>
   7
   8       <para>
   9         Written by &name-huw-davies; <email>&email-huw-davies;</email>
  10       </para>
  11       <para>
  12         (Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/printing</filename>)
  13       </para>
  14
  15       <para>
  16         Printing in Wine can be done in one of two ways. Both of which are pretty alpha.
  17       </para>
  18       <orderedlist>
  19         <listitem>
  20           <para>Use an external windows 3.1 printer driver.</para>
  21         </listitem>
  22         <listitem>
  23           <para>
  24             Use the builtin Wine Postscript driver (+ ghostscript to produce
  25             output for non-postscript printers).
  26           </para>
  27         </listitem>
  28       </orderedlist>
  29
  30       <para>
  31         Note that at the moment WinPrinters (cheap, dumb printers that require
  32         the host computer to explicitly control the head) will not work with
  33         their Windows printer drivers.  It is unclear whether they ever will.
  34       </para>
  35
  36       <sect3>
  37         <title>External printer drivers</title>
  38         <para>
  39           At present only 16 bit drivers will work (note that these include win9x
  40           drivers).  To use them, add
  41         </para>
  42         <screen>
  43 printer=on
  44         </screen>
  45         <para>
  46           to the [wine] section of <filename>wine.conf</filename> (or
  47           <filename>~/.wine/config</filename>). This lets
  48           <function>CreateDC</function> proceed if its driver argument is a 16
  49           bit driver. You will probably also need to add
  50         </para>
  51         <screen>
  52 "TTEnable" = "0" "TTOnly" = "0"
  53         </screen>
  54         <para>
  55           to the [TrueType] section of <filename>~/.wine/config</filename>. The code for
  56           the driver interface is in <filename>graphics/win16drv</filename>.
  57         </para>
  58       </sect3>
  59
  60       <sect3>
  61         <title>Builtin Wine PostScript driver</title>
  62         <para>
  63           Enables printing of PostScript files via a driver built into Wine. See
  64           below for installation instructions. The code for the PostScript
  65           driver is in <filename>graphics/psdrv</filename>.
  66         </para>
  67       </sect3>
  68
  69       <sect3>
  70         <title>Spooling</title>
  71         <para>
  72           Spooling is rather primitive. The [spooler] section of
  73           <filename>wine.conf</filename> maps a port (e.g.
  74           <systemitem>LPT1:</systemitem>) to a file or a command via a pipe. For
  75           example the following lines
  76         </para>
  77         <screen>
  78 "LPT1:" = "foo.ps" "LPT2:" = "|lpr"
  79         </screen>
  80         <para>
  81           map <systemitem>LPT1:</systemitem> to file <filename>foo.ps</filename>
  82           and <systemitem>LPT2:</systemitem> to the <command>lpr</command>
  83           command. If a job is sent to an unlisted port then a file is created
  84           with that port's name e.g. for <systemitem>LPT3:</systemitem> a file
  85           called <systemitem>LPT3:</systemitem> would be created.
  86         </para>
  87       </sect3>
  88     </sect2>
  89
  90     <sect2 id="psdriver">
  91       <title>The Wine PostScript Driver</title>
  92
  93       <para>
  94         Written by &name-huw-davies; <email>&email-huw-davies;</email>
  95       </para>
  96       <para>
  97         (Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/psdriver</filename>)
  98       </para>
  99
 100       <para>
 101         When complete this will allow Wine to generate PostScript files without
 102         needing an external printer driver. It should be possible to print to a
 103         non PostScript printer by filtering the output through ghostscript.
 104       </para>
 105
 106       <sect3>
 107         <title>Installation</title>
 108         <para>
 109           The driver behaves as if it were a DRV file called
 110           <filename>wineps.drv</filename> which at the moment is built into Wine.
 111           Although it mimics a 16 bit driver it will work with both 16 and 32 bit
 112           apps, just as win9x drivers do.
 113         </para>
 114         <para>
 115           To install it add
 116         </para>
 117         <screen>
 118 "Wine PostScript Driver" = "WINEPS,LPT1:"
 119         </screen>
 120         <para>
 121           to the [devices] section and
 122         </para>
 123         <screen>
 124 "Wine PostScript Driver" = "WINEPS,LPT1:,15,45"
 125         </screen>
 126         <para>
 127           to the [PrinterPorts] section of <filename>win.ini</filename> and to set it
 128           as the default printer also add
 129         </para>
 130         <screen>
 131 "device" = "Wine PostScript Driver,WINEPS,LPT1:"
 132         </screen>
 133         <para>
 134           to the [windows] section of <filename>~/.wine/config</filename> and ???
 135           <emphasis>[sic]</emphasis>
 136         </para>
 137         <para>
 138           You also need to add certain entries to the registry.  The easiest way
 139           to do this is to customise the contents of
 140           <filename>documentation/psdrv.reg</filename> (see below) and use the
 141           Winelib program <command>programs/regapi/regapi</command>.  For
 142           example, if you have installed the Wine source tree in
 143           <filename>/usr/src/wine</filename>, you could use the following
 144           series of commands:
 145           <itemizedlist>
 146             <listitem>
 147               <para>
 148                 <userinput>cp /usr/src/wine/documentation/psdrv.reg ~</userinput>
 149               </para>
 150             </listitem>
 151             <listitem>
 152               <para><userinput>vi ~/psdrv.reg</userinput></para>
 153             </listitem>
 154             <listitem>
 155               <para>
 156                 Edit the copy of <filename>psdrv.reg</filename> to suit your
 157                 requirements.  At a minimum, you must specify a PPD file for
 158                 each printer.
 159               </para>
 160             </listitem>
 161               <para>
 162                 <userinput>regapi setValue &lt; ~/psdrv.reg</userinput>
 163               </para>
 164             </listitem>
 165           </itemizedlist>
 166         </para>
 167         <para>
 168           You will need Adobe Font Metric (AFM) files for the (type 1 PostScript)
 169           fonts that you wish to use. You can get these from
 170           <ulink url="ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles">
 171             ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles </ulink>. The
 172           directories <filename>base17</filename> or <filename>base35</filename>
 173           are good places to start. Note that these are only the font metrics and
 174           not the fonts themselves. At the moment the driver does not download
 175           additional fonts, so you can only use fonts that are already present on
 176           the printer.  (Actually, the driver can use any font that is listed in
 177           the PPD file, for which it has an AFM file.  If you use fonts that are
 178           <emphasis>not</emphasis> installed in your printer, or in
 179           Ghostscript, you will need to use some means of embedding the font in
 180           the print job or downloading the font to the printer.  Note also that
 181           the driver does not yet properly list required fonts in its DSC
 182           comments, so a print manager that depends on these comments to
 183           download the proper fonts to the printer may not work properly.)
 184         </para>
 185         <para>
 186           Then create a [afmdirs] section in your
 187           <filename>wine.conf</filename> (or
 188           <filename>~/.wine/config</filename>) and add a line of the form
 189         </para>
 190         <screen>
 191 "dir&lt;n&gt;" = "/unix/path/name/"
 192         </screen>
 193         <para>
 194           for each directory that contains AFM files you wish to use.
 195         </para>
 196         <para>
 197           You also require a PPD file for your printer.  This describes certain
 198           characteristics of the printer such as which fonts are installed, how
 199           to select manual feed etc. Adobe also has many of these on its website,
 200           have a look in <ulink url="ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/all/">
 201           ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/all/</ulink>. See
 202           above for information on configuring the driver to use this file.
 203         </para>
 204         <para>
 205           To enable colour printing you need to have the
 206           <literal>*ColorDevice</literal> entry in the PPD set to
 207           <literal>true</literal>, otherwise the driver will generate
 208           greyscale.
 209         </para>
 210         <para>
 211           Note that you need not set <literal>printer=on</literal> in
 212           the [wine] section of <filename>wine.conf</filename>, this
 213           enables printing via external printer drivers and does not
 214           affect the builtin PostScript driver.
 215         </para>
 216         <para>
 217           If you're lucky you should now be able to produce PS files
 218           from Wine!
 219         </para>
 220         <para>
 221           I've tested it with win3.1 notepad/write, Winword6 and
 222           Origin4.0 and 32 bit apps such as win98 wordpad, Winword97,
 223           Powerpoint2000 with some degree of success - you should be
 224           able to get something out, it may not be in the right place.
 225         </para>
 226       </sect3>
 227
 228       <sect3>
 229         <title>TODO / Bugs</title>
 230
 231         <itemizedlist>
 232           <listitem>
 233             <para>
 234               Driver does read PPD files, but ignores all constraints
 235               and doesn't let you specify whether you have optional
 236               extras such as envelope feeders. You will therefore find
 237               a larger than normal selection of input bins in the
 238               print setup dialog box. I've only really tested ppd
 239               parsing on the <filename>hp4m6_v1.ppd</filename> file.
 240             </para>
 241           </listitem>
 242           <listitem>
 243             <para>No TrueType download.</para>
 244           </listitem>
 245           <listitem>
 246             <para>StretchDIBits uses level 2 PostScript.</para>
 247           </listitem>
 248           <listitem>
 249             <para>AdvancedSetup dialog box.</para>
 250           </listitem>
 251           <listitem>
 252             <para>Many partially implemented functions.</para>
 253           </listitem>
 254           <listitem>
 255             <para>ps.c is becoming messy.</para>
 256           </listitem>
 257           <listitem>
 258             <para>
 259               Notepad often starts text too far to the left depending
 260               on the margin settings. However the win3.1
 261               <filename>pscript.drv</filename> (under wine) also does
 262               this.
 263             </para>
 264           </listitem>
 265           <listitem>
 266             <para>Probably many more...</para>
 267           </listitem>
 268         </itemizedlist>
 269
 270         <para>
 271           Please contact me if you want to help so that we can avoid duplication.
 272         </para>
 273         <para>
 274           &name-huw-davies; <email>&email-huw-davies;</email>
 275         </para>
 276       </sect3>
 277     </sect2>
 278   </sect1>
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