documentation/printing.sgml

   1   <sect1 id="config-printing">
   2     <title>Printing in Wine</title>
   3     <para>How to print documents in Wine...</para>
   4
   5     <sect2 id="config-printing-intro">
   6       <title>Printing</title>
   7
   8       <para>
   9         Printing in Wine can be done using the built-in Wine PostScript driver (+ ghostscript to produce
  10         output for non-PostScript printers).
  11       </para>
  12       <para>
  13         Note that at the moment WinPrinters (cheap, dumb printers that require
  14         the host computer to explicitly control the head) will not work with
  15         their Windows printer drivers.  It is unclear whether they ever will.
  16       </para>
  17
  18       <sect3>
  19         <title>Built-in Wine PostScript driver</title>
  20         <para>
  21           Enables printing of PostScript files via a driver built into Wine. See
  22           below for installation instructions. The code for the PostScript
  23           driver is in <filename>dlls/wineps/</filename>.
  24         </para>
  25         <para>
  26           The driver behaves as if it were a DRV file called
  27           <filename>wineps.drv</filename> which at the moment is built into
  28           Wine.
  29           Although it mimics a 16 bit driver, it will work with both 16 and 32
  30           bit apps, just as win9x drivers do.
  31         </para>
  32       </sect3>
  33
  34       <sect3>
  35         <title>Spooling</title>
  36         <para>
  37           Spooling is rather primitive. The [spooler] section of
  38           the wine config file maps a port (e.g.
  39           <systemitem>LPT1:</systemitem>) to a file or a command via a pipe. For
  40           example the following lines
  41         </para>
  42         <screen>
  43 "LPT1:" = "foo.ps"
  44 "LPT2:" = "|lpr"
  45         </screen>
  46         <para>
  47           map <systemitem>LPT1:</systemitem> to file <filename>foo.ps</filename>
  48           and <systemitem>LPT2:</systemitem> to the <command>lpr</command>
  49           command. If a job is sent to an unlisted port, then a file is created
  50           with that port's name; e.g. for <systemitem>LPT3:</systemitem> a file
  51           called <systemitem>LPT3:</systemitem> would be created.
  52         </para>
  53         <para>
  54           There are now also virtual spool queues called
  55           <systemitem>LPR:printername</systemitem>, which send the data
  56           to <command>lpr -Pprintername</command>. You do not need to
  57           specify those in the config file, they are handled automatically by
  58           <filename>dlls/gdi/printdrv.c</filename>.
  59         </para>
  60       </sect3>
  61     </sect2>
  62
  63     <sect2 id="config-printing-psdriver">
  64       <title>The Wine PostScript Driver</title>
  65
  66       <para>
  67         This allows Wine to generate PostScript files without
  68         needing an external printer driver. Wine in this case uses the
  69         system provided PostScript printer filters, which almost all use
  70         ghostscript if necessary. Those should be configured during the
  71         original system installation or by your system administrator.
  72       </para>
  73
  74       <sect3>
  75         <title>Installation</title>
  76         <sect4>
  77           <title>Installation of CUPS printers</title>
  78           <para>
  79             If you are using CUPS, you do not need to configure .ini or
  80             registry entries, everything is autodetected.
  81           </para>
  82         </sect4>
  83         <sect4>
  84           <title>Installation of LPR /etc/printcap based printers</title>
  85           <para>
  86             If your system is not yet using CUPS, it probably uses LPRng
  87             or a LPR based system with configuration based on <filename>/etc/printcap</filename>.
  88           </para>
  89           <para>
  90             If it does, your printers in <filename>/etc/printcap</filename>
  91             are scanned with a heuristic whether they are PostScript capable
  92             printers and also configured mostly automatic.
  93           </para>
  94           <para>
  95             Since Wine cannot find out what type of printer this is, you
  96             need to specify a PPD file in the [ppd] section of
  97             <filename>~/.wine/config</filename>. Either use the shortcut
  98             name and make the entry look like:
  99           </para>
 100           <screen>
 101             [ppd]
 102             "ps1" = "/usr/lib/wine/ps1.ppd"
 103           </screen>
 104           <para>
 105             Or you can specify a generic PPD file that is to match for all
 106             of the remaining printers. A generic PPD file can be found in
 107             <filename>documentation/samples/generic.ppd</filename>.
 108           </para>
 109         </sect4>
 110         <sect4>
 111           <title>Installation of other printers</title>
 112           <para>
 113             You do not need to do this if the above 2 sections apply, only if
 114             you have a special printer.
 115           </para>
 116           <screen>
 117   Wine PostScript Driver=WINEPS,LPT1:
 118           </screen>
 119           <para>
 120             to the [devices] section and
 121           </para>
 122           <screen>
 123   Wine PostScript Driver=WINEPS,LPT1:,15,45
 124           </screen>
 125           <para>
 126             to the [PrinterPorts] section of <filename>win.ini</filename>,
 127             and to set it as the default printer also add
 128           </para>
 129           <screen>
 130   device = Wine PostScript Driver,WINEPS,LPT1:
 131           </screen>
 132           <para>
 133             to the [windows] section of <filename>win.ini</filename>.
 134           </para>
 135           <para>
 136             You also need to add certain entries to the registry.
 137             The easiest way to do this is to customize the PostScript
 138             driver contents of <filename>winedefault.reg</filename> (see below) and use the
 139             Winelib program <command>programs/regedit/regedit</command>.  For
 140             example, if you have installed the Wine source tree in
 141             <filename>/usr/src/wine</filename>, you could use the following
 142             series of commands:
 143             <itemizedlist>
 144               <listitem>
 145                 <para>
 146                   <userinput>cp /usr/src/wine/winedefault.reg ~</userinput>
 147                 </para>
 148               </listitem>
 149               <listitem>
 150                 <para>
 151                   <userinput>vi ~/winedefault.reg</userinput>
 152                 </para>
 153               </listitem>
 154               <listitem>
 155                 <para>
 156                   Edit the copy of <filename>winedefault.reg</filename> to suit your
 157                   PostScript printing requirements.
 158                   At a minimum, you must specify a PPD file for each printer.
 159                 </para>
 160               </listitem>
 161               <listitem>
 162                 <para>
 163                   <userinput>regedit ~/winedefault.reg</userinput>
 164                 </para>
 165               </listitem>
 166             </itemizedlist>
 167           </para>
 168         </sect4>
 169         <sect4>
 170           <title>Required configuration for all printer types</title>
 171           <para>
 172             You won't need Adobe Font Metric (AFM) files for the (type 1 PostScript)
 173             fonts that you wish to use any more.
 174             Wine now has this information built-in.
 175           </para>
 176           <para>
 177             You'll need a PPD file for your printer.  This describes
 178             certain characteristics of the printer such as which fonts are
 179             installed, how to select manual feed etc. Adobe has many of
 180             these on its website, have a look in
 181             <ulink url="ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/all/">
 182             ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/all/</ulink>.
 183             See above for information on configuring the driver to use this
 184             file.
 185           </para>
 186           <para>
 187             To enable colour printing you need to have the
 188             <literal>*ColorDevice</literal> entry in the PPD set to
 189             <literal>true</literal>, otherwise the driver will generate
 190             greyscale.
 191           </para>
 192           <para>
 193             Note that you need not set <literal>printer=on</literal> in
 194             the [wine] section of the wine config file, this
 195             enables printing via external printer drivers and does not
 196             affect the built-in PostScript driver.
 197           </para>
 198           <para>
 199             If you're lucky you should now be able to produce PS files
 200             from Wine!
 201           </para>
 202           <para>
 203             I've tested it with win3.1 notepad/write, Winword6 and
 204             Origin4.0 and 32 bit apps such as win98 wordpad, Winword97,
 205             Powerpoint2000 with some degree of success - you should be
 206             able to get something out, it may not be in the right place.
 207           </para>
 208         </sect4>
 209       </sect3>
 210
 211     </sect2>
 212   </sect1>
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