[Bug 17354] printing on Mac OS X fails

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17354

--- Comment #15 from David Baumgold <singingwolfboy at gmail.com> 2011-01-01 10:49:15 CST ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> I see the problem.  In MacBool Pro OS/x 10.6.5 the /etc/printcap file is not
> present, however the /etc/cups/printers.conf file is being updated to reflect
> any printer that is defined. The creation of /etc/printcap depends on the CUPS
> configuration (according to
> http://cups.org/doc-1.3/ref-cupsd-conf.html#Printcap). As far as I can tell,
> CUPS in OS X is configured not to create the file by default.  If you manually
> create a valid /etc/printcap file, WINE printing will work.

Interesting. According to the OS X man page for cupsd.conf, the printcap file
is only needed for "legacy applications":
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man5/cupsd.conf.5.html
It doesn't say anything about whether or not cupsd generates a printcap file by
default, but I haven't touched my cupsd.conf, and no printcap file appears on
my system.

It seems that the workaround would be to add the line "Printcap /etc/printcap"
to /etc/cupsd.conf, but perhaps a better solution would be for Wine to query
CUPS directly, rather than going through the "legacy" printcap file. I know
nothing about how all of this works, or even if it's possible, but if Apple
says that printcap is for legacy use -- and Apple *owns* CUPS now -- then there
must be another, better-supported way.

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