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Install Printing

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Install Cups Print System
Wine Printing

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Install Cups Print System

This also installs printer libraries, printing for GIMP, additional fonts etc.

$ sudo apt-get install cupsys cupsys-client cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gimpprint cups-pdf cupsys-pt cupsys-driver-gutenprint libgutenprint2
$ sudo apt-get install gutenprint-doc gutenprint-locales foomatic-db-gutenprint
$ sudo apt-get install foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db foomatic-db-hpijs foomatic-filters foomatic-filters-ppds
$ sudo apt-get install hplip hplip-doc hp-ppd hpijs hpijs-ppds hplip-data python-qt3 python-sip4
$ sudo apt-get install psfontmgr ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-arphic-bkai00mp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp ttf-arphic-gkai00mp ttf-baekmuk 
$ sudo apt-get install gs-cjk-resource xpp linuxprinting.org-ppds

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Wine Printing

See http://frankscorner.org.

Another way to print in Wine:

Steps:

regedit
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\cups_printer_name
find the key "Port"
change it's value to "|kprinter" for kde

When the user wants to print, the standar print dialog appears.

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