[Wine] Re: use unc printernames

[vitamin]

oger000 wrote:
> Is there a way to use unc printernames in wine like \\server\printer ?

No, Wine has rudimentary support for UNC paths for opening files only. It can not use windows shared printer this way.


oger000 wrote:
> It is for a old application that has no windows-printer-selection-dialog and only accepts lptX and unc notation.

Try adding this to the registry (2 examples, you can use different command):


Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Printing\Spooler]
"LPT1:"="|lpr"
"LPT2:"="|kprinter --stdin"