Wine PostScript Driver ====================== When complete this will allow Wine to generate PostScript files without needing an external printer driver. It should be possible to print to a non PostScript printer by filtering the output through ghostscript. Installation ------------ At the moment the driver will only work for 16 bit apps, the move to 32 bit should be quite easy, I'd just like to improve it first. The driver behaves as if it were a DRV file called WINEPS.DRV . To install it as the default printer driver add device=Wine PostScript Driver,WINEPS,LPT1: to the [windows] section of win.ini . You may prefer to add Wine PostScript Driver=WINEPS,LPT1: to the [devices] section of win.ini instead. You will need Adobe Font Metric (AFM) files for the (type 1 PostScript) fonts that you wish to use. You can get these from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles . The directories base17 or base35 are good places to start. Note that these are only the font metrics and not the fonts themselves. At present the driver does not download additional fonts, so you can only use fonts that are already present on the printer. Then create a [afmfiles] section in your wine.conf (or ~/.winerc) and add a line of the form file=/unix/path/name/filename.afm for each AFM file that you wish to use. [This might change in the future] You also require a PPD file for your printer. This describes certain characteristics of the printer such as which fonts are installed, how to select manual feed etc. Adobe also has many of these on its website, have a look in ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/all/ Put the PPD in the directory from which you start wine and call it default.ppd [this will definitely change soon]. To enable colour printing you need to have the *ColorDevice entry in the PPD set to true, otherwise the driver will generate greyscale. Note that you need not set printer=on in the [wine] section of wine.conf, this enables printing via external printer drivers and does not affect wineps. If you're lucky you should now be able to produce PS files from Wine! I've tested it with win3.1 notepad/write, Winword6 and Origin4.0 with some degree of success - you should be able to get something out, it may not be in the right place. TODO / Bugs ----------- Driver does read PPD files, but ignores all constraints and doesn't let you specify whether you have optional extras such as envelope feeders. You will therefore find a larger than normal selection of input bins in the print setup dialog box. I've only really tested ppd parsing on the hp4m6_v1.ppd file. Many graphics functions to do. No TrueType download. AdvancedSetup dialog box. Many partially implemented functions. ps.c is becoming messy. No clipping. Notepad often starts text too far to the left depending on the margin settings. However the win3.1 pscript.drv (under wine) also does this. Probably many more... Since the driver is very alpha, things are likely to change quickly. Please contact me if you want to help so that we can avoid duplication. Huw Davies