[Bug 2144] New: wine should provide a mechanism for specifying the default printer

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2144

           Summary: wine should provide a mechanism for specifying the
                    default printer
           Product: Wine
           Version: 20040309
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-binary
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: todd.allen at attglobal.net


I've spent several hours trying to figure out how to specify a default printer
with wine, poring over .wine/*.reg and win.ini files.  And I've concluded that
it's impossible.  That no matter what the user does, wine will select the
default printer in the cups configuration, and make that the default printer for
wine.  If I've got that wrong, I'd sure like to know.  If it's right, I'd like
to request an configurable to control the default printer.

I thought for a while that changing the win.ini [windows] device= entry might do
it.  But no.  wine just resets it back to the cups default.

I would like my wine configuration to print to a file by default.  So, I
modified win.ini with an entry like this:
   [windows]
   device=Wine PostScript Driver FILE,WINEPS,FILE:
Then I run:
   (unset PRINTER; unset LPDEST; wine notepad) 
I didn't know if PRINTER and/or LPDEST might be forcing it, so you can consider
the unset's to be paranoia.

In the notepad, I select File / Print.  And it pops up a dialog that has the
CUPS default printer, skunk.  Also, it printed this:

   fixme:commdlg:PRINTDLG_SetUpPrinterListComboW Can't find '(null)' in printer
list so trying to find default

When I exit from the notepad, the win.ini file has been rewritten with this:
   [windows]
   device=skunk,WINEPS,LPR:skunk

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