I'm running Linux Mint 18.1 with Wine 1.6.2 and using Quickbooks Pro 5. It runs and as far as I can tell runs properly but I can't print from it. I get a WINEPS.DRV error or problem and don't know where to go.
Background: The QB has been my accounting system from Windows 95 or 98 up to now and is still running on Windows XP on a machine I keep running. I'm just trying to have a backup system if it crashes.
I also run FILEMAKER PRO, again the same vintage, but my service database is on it and I use it every day. Also, it runs under Wine but also only prints a blank page when I print in it.
There are no transfer methodologies for these software so converting to a newer or other software just isn't in the books, as going to a VM isn't either.
Anybody got any ideas?
printing from old software through wine on linux mint
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Josie Wales
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Re: printing from old software through wine on linux mint
Good evening Josie Wales.Josie Wales wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 6:19 pm I'm running Linux Mint 18.1 with Wine 1.6.2 and using Quickbooks Pro 5. It runs and as far as I can tell runs properly but I can't print from it. I get a WINEPS.DRV error or problem and don't know where to go.
Background: The QB has been my accounting system from Windows 95 or 98 up to now and is still running on Windows XP on a machine I keep running. I'm just trying to have a backup system if it crashes.
I also run FILEMAKER PRO, again the same vintage, but my service database is on it and I use it every day. Also, it runs under Wine but also only prints a blank page when I print in it.
There are no transfer methodologies for these software so converting to a newer or other software just isn't in the books, as going to a VM isn't either.
Anybody got any ideas?
Just a thought - would a viable solution be you being able to print to pdf-file under Wine, and then print the generated pdf-file from Linux?
If you install the printer-driver-cups-pdf under Linux, your programs under Wine should be able to see a "pdf" printer allowing you to print-to-file.
If you think that this is worth a try, I would recommend to try as a very first step with Wine's notepad, if that can see the pdf-printer and can print to it.
