[Wine] Re: Newbie Problem: need Windows Printer Driver?

Mike Dee mikedee at invalid.invalid
Mon Mar 19 00:50:25 CDT 2007


rainer <gemaeuer at web.de> wrote in
news:454b05a3$0$18835$9b4e6d93 at newsspool4.arcor-online.net: 

>> Trying to install a windows driver under wine is pointless.

It seems he's not wrong :-(
 
> The Wine-FAQ are pretty clear about installing hardware drivers in
> wine 
> (http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-faq/index#USE-WINDOWS-DRIVER-WITH-WINE)

Good link, perhaps you should've scrolled down the page a little
further:

http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-faq/index#CAN-I-USE-NATIVE-DRIVERS 

<quote>
2.16. Can I use Windows printer drivers in Wine?

Native printer drivers are not supported. At one time Wine supported
16bit native drivers but that was long ago. Wine uses the printers
(and other devices) installed in your operating system. For the most
part if you don't have the device installed on your OS then wine
can't use it.
<\quote>

Pity. Explains why I'm getting nowhere with (Standard) Acrobat
Distiller PDF Printer drivers. 

> -- quote
> So the work performed on Wine would not even be of any use for
> such a project. In other words, making it possible to use Windows
> drivers or VxDs on Unix would be a completely separate project.
> -- Endquote
[...] 
> any ideas?

The following sentence after your quoted text, suggested looking at
"ReactOS", which I did... and found it rather interesting, I think
I'll attempt to install this now too, albeit alpha :-) 

-- 
dee


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