Frosty555
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Wine - print to file (pdf, ps, jpg... whatever works)
Hi everybody,
I have an Ubuntu machine which is running Wine for an old windows program that I need to use. The windows program works fine, but it does not recognize any printers installed on the computer.
I'd like to ideally be able to print to a file from within the windows application. How can I install some sort of "virtual" printer that will work in wine that will let me print to a file?
The output format isn't important - postscript, pdf, image file, as long as it does in fact print and work.
I have an Ubuntu machine which is running Wine for an old windows program that I need to use. The windows program works fine, but it does not recognize any printers installed on the computer.
I'd like to ideally be able to print to a file from within the windows application. How can I install some sort of "virtual" printer that will work in wine that will let me print to a file?
The output format isn't important - postscript, pdf, image file, as long as it does in fact print and work.
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I was able to hunt down a 16 bit app to test with. http://www.winvi.de/en/download.html
I was able to print fine to my CUPS PDF printer. No idea what else to test at this point. :/
I was able to print fine to my CUPS PDF printer. No idea what else to test at this point. :/
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It is a 32-bit application.
Easy as pie! cups-pdf was the magic package I needed.
Thank you for your help!
Easy as pie! cups-pdf was the magic package I needed.
Thank you for your help!
You are extremely welcome. I know WINE is a pretty frustrating thing to manage.
I just tackled some wine printing the other day, I could see how printing to a PDF would be nice. I'm going to do some testing. Have you tried installing CutePDF printer in the same wine bottle? It probably won't work but might be worth a shot.