wine + msword + printing

Joel Hammer Joel
Mon May 17 11:46:47 PDT 2004


When all else fails, and I don't use wine, you could print to a file
instead of a printer. Then, have a daemon running which would see the
file and print it and remove it.

I have done this with win4lin, and it works, although I have since
figured out my win4lin printing problems and fixed them.

Joel

On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 09:34:38PM -0600, Collins Richey wrote:
> Who knows how to setup wine + msword so that you can print to a linux
> spooled printer.  I've googled a lot, but haven't found anything.
> 
> Yes, I know wine is anathema - "real men don't use wine," but my lovely
> ladies are still hooked on it.
> 
> Word runs just fine, but I can't get it to print.
> 
> no DevMode in registry. please setup your printer again.
> use the default hard-coded DevMode(wineps/A4/300dpi).
> 


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