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<sect1 id="printing">
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<title>Printing in Wine</title>
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<para>How to print documents in Wine...</para>
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<sect2 id="wine-printing">
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<title>Printing</title>
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<para>
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Written by &name-huw-davies; <email>&email-huw-davies;</email>
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</para>
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<para>
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(Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/printing</filename>)
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</para>
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<para>
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Printing in Wine can be done in one of two ways. Both of which are pretty alpha.
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</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Use an external windows 3.1 printer driver.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Use the builtin Wine Postscript driver (+ ghostscript to produce
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output for non-postscript printers).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<para>
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Note that at the moment WinPrinters (cheap, dumb printers that require
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the host computer to explicitly control the head) will not work with
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their Windows printer drivers. It is unclear whether they ever will.
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</para>
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<sect3>
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<title>External printer drivers</title>
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<para>
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At present only 16 bit drivers will work (note that these include win9x
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drivers). To use them, add
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</para>
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<screen>
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printer=on
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</screen>
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<para>
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to the [wine] section of <filename>wine.conf</filename> (or
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<filename>~/.wine/config</filename>). This lets
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<function>CreateDC</function> proceed if its driver argument is a 16
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bit driver. You will probably also need to add
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</para>
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<screen>
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"TTEnable" = "0" "TTOnly" = "0"
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</screen>
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<para>
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to the [TrueType] section of <filename>~/.wine/config</filename>. The code for
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the driver interface is in <filename>graphics/win16drv</filename>.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Builtin Wine PostScript driver</title>
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<para>
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Enables printing of PostScript files via a driver built into Wine. See
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below for installation instructions. The code for the PostScript
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driver is in <filename>graphics/psdrv</filename>.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Spooling</title>
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<para>
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Spooling is rather primitive. The [spooler] section of
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<filename>wine.conf</filename> maps a port (e.g.
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<systemitem>LPT1:</systemitem>) to a file or a command via a pipe. For
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example the following lines
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</para>
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<screen>
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"LPT1:" = "foo.ps" "LPT2:" = "|lpr"
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</screen>
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<para>
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map <systemitem>LPT1:</systemitem> to file <filename>foo.ps</filename>
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and <systemitem>LPT2:</systemitem> to the <command>lpr</command>
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command. If a job is sent to an unlisted port then a file is created
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with that port's name e.g. for <systemitem>LPT3:</systemitem> a file
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called <systemitem>LPT3:</systemitem> would be created.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="psdriver">
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<title>The Wine PostScript Driver</title>
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<para>
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Written by &name-huw-davies; <email>&email-huw-davies;</email>
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</para>
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<para>
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(Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/psdriver</filename>)
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</para>
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<para>
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When complete this will allow Wine to generate PostScript files without
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needing an external printer driver. It should be possible to print to a
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non PostScript printer by filtering the output through ghostscript.
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</para>
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<sect3>
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<title>Installation</title>
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<para>
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The driver behaves as if it were a DRV file called
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<filename>wineps.drv</filename> which at the moment is built into Wine.
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Although it mimics a 16 bit driver it will work with both 16 and 32 bit
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apps, just as win9x drivers do.
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</para>
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<para>
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To install it add
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</para>
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<screen>
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"Wine PostScript Driver" = "WINEPS,LPT1:"
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</screen>
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<para>
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to the [devices] section and
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</para>
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<screen>
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"Wine PostScript Driver" = "WINEPS,LPT1:,15,45"
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</screen>
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<para>
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to the [PrinterPorts] section of <filename>win.ini</filename> and to set it
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as the default printer also add
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</para>
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<screen>
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"device" = "Wine PostScript Driver,WINEPS,LPT1:"
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</screen>
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<para>
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to the [windows] section of <filename>~/.wine/config</filename> and ???
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<emphasis>[sic]</emphasis>
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</para>
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<para>
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You also need to add certain entries to the registry. The easiest way
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to do this is to customise the contents of
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<filename>documentation/psdrv.reg</filename> (see below) and use the
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Winelib program <command>programs/regapi/regapi</command>. For
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example, if you have installed the Wine source tree in
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<filename>/usr/src/wine</filename>, you could use the following
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series of commands:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<userinput>cp /usr/src/wine/documentation/psdrv.reg ~</userinput>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><userinput>vi ~/psdrv.reg</userinput></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Edit the copy of <filename>psdrv.reg</filename> to suit your
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requirements. At a minimum, you must specify a PPD file for
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each printer.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<userinput>regapi setValue < ~/psdrv.reg</userinput>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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You will need Adobe Font Metric (AFM) files for the (type 1 PostScript)
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fonts that you wish to use. You can get these from
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<ulink url="ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles">
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ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles </ulink>. The
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directories <filename>base17</filename> or <filename>base35</filename>
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are good places to start. Note that these are only the font metrics and
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not the fonts themselves. At the moment the driver does not download
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additional fonts, so you can only use fonts that are already present on
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the printer. (Actually, the driver can use any font that is listed in
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the PPD file, for which it has an AFM file. If you use fonts that are
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<emphasis>not</emphasis> installed in your printer, or in
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Ghostscript, you will need to use some means of embedding the font in
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the print job or downloading the font to the printer. Note also that
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the driver does not yet properly list required fonts in its DSC
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comments, so a print manager that depends on these comments to
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download the proper fonts to the printer may not work properly.)
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</para>
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<para>
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Then create a [afmdirs] section in your
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<filename>wine.conf</filename> (or
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<filename>~/.wine/config</filename>) and add a line of the form
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</para>
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<screen>
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"dir<n>" = "/unix/path/name/"
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</screen>
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<para>
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for each directory that contains AFM files you wish to use.
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</para>
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<para>
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You also require a PPD file for your printer. This describes certain
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characteristics of the printer such as which fonts are installed, how
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to select manual feed etc. Adobe also has many of these on its website,
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have a look in <ulink url="ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/all/">
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ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/all/</ulink>. See
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above for information on configuring the driver to use this file.
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</para>
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<para>
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To enable colour printing you need to have the
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<literal>*ColorDevice</literal> entry in the PPD set to
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<literal>true</literal>, otherwise the driver will generate
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greyscale.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note that you need not set <literal>printer=on</literal> in
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the [wine] section of <filename>wine.conf</filename>, this
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enables printing via external printer drivers and does not
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affect the builtin PostScript driver.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you're lucky you should now be able to produce PS files
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from Wine!
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</para>
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<para>
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I've tested it with win3.1 notepad/write, Winword6 and
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Origin4.0 and 32 bit apps such as win98 wordpad, Winword97,
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Powerpoint2000 with some degree of success - you should be
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able to get something out, it may not be in the right place.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>TODO / Bugs</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Driver does read PPD files, but ignores all constraints
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and doesn't let you specify whether you have optional
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extras such as envelope feeders. You will therefore find
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a larger than normal selection of input bins in the
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print setup dialog box. I've only really tested ppd
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parsing on the <filename>hp4m6_v1.ppd</filename> file.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>No TrueType download.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>StretchDIBits uses level 2 PostScript.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>AdvancedSetup dialog box.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Many partially implemented functions.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>ps.c is becoming messy.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Notepad often starts text too far to the left depending
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on the margin settings. However the win3.1
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<filename>pscript.drv</filename> (under wine) also does
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this.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Probably many more...</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>
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Please contact me if you want to help so that we can avoid duplication.
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</para>
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<para>
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&name-huw-davies; <email>&email-huw-davies;</email>
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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