Installing pdf printer for wine

[keevitaja]

Hi,

i have this one businessapplication which i can use only with wine, but i need it to have the ability to print at least into pdf files. is it possible to add pdf printer to my wine installation?

note: using ubunti 12.04 lts

[dimesio]

You don't install printers in Wine, you install them in CUPS. Wine should be able to use any printer you have installed in CUPS, including cups-pdf. If you're not sure which package to install, ask your distro. It's not a Wine question.

[keevitaja]

Hi again, still same problem.

I'm using linux mint 17. cups-pdf is installed and working in mint.

Wine cannot detect this printer. What can i do to fix this problem?

[dimesio]

Wine version? If it's not the latest development release, upgrade. If it doesn't work in current Wine, post terminal output from trying to print in notepad.

[keevitaja]

hi,

i've tried both 1.6 and 1.7. same issue

when i try to print from notepad (opened with wine notepad command) i get following message:

fixme:winspool:WINSPOOL_EnumPrintersW We don't handle PRINTER_ENUM_CONNECTIONS

and notepad dialog says i first have to install a printer.

btw printing was working in ubuntu 14.04 + cups + wine

[dimesio]

Is your system 64 bit? If it is, do you have the necessary 32 bit cups libraries installed?

[keevitaja]

yes, my system is 64bit. and i do not know, if i have these 32 bit libs installed. how do i check it? which libs am i looking for?

http://pastebin.com/8idyvyXe

[dimesio]

On my system (openSUSE) the package is cups-libs-32bit, but package naming varies by distro, so it could be something different on Mint. Ask on the Mint forum.

[keevitaja]

dimesio, it worked. you're the ninja.

all you have to do, is to install libcups2:i386 in linux mint

thank you so much!