[Wine] re: Help installing application

[M Thompson]

Thanks for the info.  I am really surprised about HP - I have two (a
laserjet that is almost nine years old and a small photosmart) and both work
very well.  My Canon is used for scanning (works with linux after some
compiling) and photos larger than 4x6.  From researching, I thought HP
worked better in linux than anything other than Epson.  My last printer was
an Epson and I had really bad luck with clogging and then one time I used
non Epson ink and it DIED completely.  SO,  I am still kinda mad about
that.  Anyway, I am going to try your instructions and see how far I get.
Another problem I foresee is getting the program to "see" the photos.  So,
basically, this is quickly becoming too troublesome as I do have other
options.  I VERY much appreciate your time and efforts.  If I can make it
work, I will let everyone know.  If not, thanks again for taking the time to
help me:)  I will try my best to pay it forward.

Cheers to all!

Melanie

On 7/7/07, L. Rahyen <research at science.su> wrote:
>
> On Saturday July 7 2007 17:05, M Thompson wrote:
> > Hello!  Rahyen: the commands you gave me were right on.  I just failed
> to
> > execute them properly - sorry still learning:)
> >
> > To answer your questions:
> >
> > (1) My printer is supported by linux.  I can even print photos just not
> > very good quality.  I am trying to see if this software will help (I had
> to
> > use the software on XP too to get the best quality-ridiculous I know).
>
>         Just for a note: everything WINE can do is to pass PostScript to
> CUPS. That
> means if your program just adjust some PostScript related settings and use
> Windows printer in usual way this may work. Otherwise it will not because
> anything else require direct access to Windows USB device - this isn't
> supported yet (there is exception though like access to usb-tty, tty and
> lp).
>
> > (2) When I run wine notepad and try to print.  Nothing happens.  I have
> > attached  var/log/cups/error_log but I have no terminal output to offer.
> > Is there a command I could run when I try to print?
>
>         Okay, before we will waste time for printer setup under WINE make
> sure that
> your program have print dialog which looks somewhat the same to one you
> seen
> in the notepad. Specifically, you interested in "Print to file" option. If
> your program doesn't have this then there is chances it want to talk to
> device only. If there is such option then try to use it, WINE will create
> the
> file in current directory (most likely current directory will be your home
> directory if you didn't change it with cd command).
>         If your program require to use device directly and you don't print
> very much
> you may try to connect your printer to lp port (LPT in Windows). If you
> want
> to try this then execute (just copy and paste it to the terminal, don't
> change anything):
>
> ln -s /dev/lp0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/lpt1
>
>         I assume that you have only one lp port on your computer. If not
> you may need
> to replace "lp0" with other lp device where your printer is connected.
>         Now check your permissions:
>
> echo "test" > /dev/lp0
>
>         This should give you no errors. If you havn't permission try this:
>
> sudo chmod a+rw /dev/lp0
>
>         Or, if sudo isn't supported by your configuration:
>
> su
> chmod a+rw /dev/lp0
>
>         Please note that these command will make your lp0 world writable!
> If this is
> not what you want you must add your user to corresponding group to have
> the
> access (this is "clean" way; if you don't know what I did said and how to
> do
> it then execute "man chmod" in a shell and read instructions).
>         Of course if "chmod a+rw /dev/lp0" did work you don't need to
> execute the
> commands above - your distro already have right settings of permissions
> for
> you!
>
>         If your printer don't support lp port above will not help. And
> even it
> support lp performance of printing will be very slow but quality shouldn't
> be
> affected. Personally I never tried to use lp port with color printer (but
> many printer still support this, even my modern color laser printer has
> support for lp port).
>
> > (3) I really would like for this software to work but it is definitely
> not
> > necessary although I may try  VMWare or QEmu.  Wine was just the first I
> > researched and decided to try.  Honestly, I am trying everything I can
> > think of before I just give up and buy an HP all-in-one (if I can find
> one
> > that works PERFECTLY in Linux - no offense).
>
>         Oh no, don't buy HP! It has somewhat bad support under Linux and
> even worse:
> even perfect driver will not help you if you have HP because its quality
> is
> very bad. I have some stupid things from HP and really dislike 'em! I
> recommend you to buy something from Lexmark or Epson. Both companies have
> good Linux support (but of course you should use Google before the
> purchase
> to check how well it works and how good its support is in practice) and
> good
> quality of hardware. Personally, I have expensive Epson color laser
> printer
> and it works perfectly for me under Linux.
>
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