[Bug 17354] printing on Mac OS X fails

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

--- Comment #14 from Kenneth Robinette <support at securenetterm.com> 2011-01-01 08:42:52 CST ---
(In reply to comment #13)
> (In reply to comment #12)
> > (In reply to comment #11)
> > > Is this still an issue in current (1.1.29 or newer) wine?
> > Just retested with 1.1.29 -- still an issue.
> I just tried this on Mac OSX, Snow Leopard 10.6.5, Wine version 1.3.9 installed
> by MacPorts with XQuartz version 2.6.0.  Each time a Windows based WINE program
> tries to print, it fails with the following dialog message:
> "Before you can perform printer-related tasks such as page setup or printing a
> document, you need to install a printer. Please install one and retry."
> The following message is displayed in the log:
> fixme:winspool:WINSPOOL_EnumPrintersW We don't handle PRINTER_ENUM_CONNECTIONS
> All normal Mac programs can use the printer attached to the Mac.  None of the
> wine based Windows programs can print including the wine included Notepad
> program.
> The printer is network shared and is physically attached to a Micosoft XP
> system.

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.

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