Printing in Wine

[Richard W. Knight]

Drew Dunn wrote:

> I'm using RH 7.1 with 20011108.  Wine is running well with the few 
> simple apps that I use with it.  The only problem that I'm having is 
> with printing.  I've followed the somewhat conflicting instructions 
> that I've found around the web to use the internal PS driver and at 
> least gotten that much to show up in the dialog box on WinSpice3.  
> However, when I attempt to print I get the error:
>
> "err:winspool:WINSPOOL_GetDevModeFromReg corrupted registry for 
> L"Default DevMode" ( size 0)"
>
> "no DevMode in registry. please setup your printer again."
>
> "err:commdlg:PRINTDLG_ChangePrinter DocumentProperties fails on "Wine 
> PostScript Driver""
>
> I've been through both win.ini and .wine/config and I can't find any 
> obvious errors.  I've tried deleteing the DevMode entry from the 
> registry, but that didn't help.  Examining the DevMode entry from a 
> working Windows 2000 and Windows XP installation revealed a binary 
> entry that's quite long.
>
> Every example registry file that I've seen shows the line
>
> "Default DevMode"=
>
> with no value set.
>
> I'm using an HP LaserJet 4Si/MX and I've got the correct (as far as I 
> can tell) PPD file installed.  At this point, I'm out of ideas and 
> just using The GIMP to do window caps to print.  I'd much rather do it 
> from the program, of course.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drew Dunn
>
>
>
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Try installing cups (Common Unix Printing System). You can find it at 
http://www.cups.org

-- 
Rick Knight
(rick at rlknight.com)