Apps :: WINE and Virtual Printer Programs

I've migrated everything to Linux some time ago. But even i've Windows for only a reason: An source proprietary program which the govern of my country oblige us to use anyway for payment taxes. (Maybe the govern will be the last to understand the open source concept and importance when they should be the first).
I've great success running that program over WINE but fail to print job. CUPS is configurated and running correctly, the problem is an even not implemented feature on WINE.
Alternative: install an virtual printer program for Windows plataform and print to file instead, or before, send to CUPS. So that file migth be possible to print later from any Linux program.
I've tried many virtual printer programs for Windows over WINE but won't run.
Anyone had success or have other idea???

- what's the program, then?
- Erm... what's the goverment to boycott?

The program calculate the amounts which each contributor must pay. Only run over Windows.
Running over Linux not change nothing the results. In others words, we must pay the same amounts anyway.
But i only want to use Linux because for me Linux is more than an operative system, is the better successful example of cooperation instead competence. Perhaps i'm ingenuous, but think which cooperation is the only solution for an better world.

Hmm.

Most MSWindows printer drivers contain a "Print to file" option instead of direction to a printer port.

Also, newer versions of MSWindows have the capability to do IP-based printing (linux/unix printer sharing over the network).

As a fallback, you can use SAMBA to create a Windows-compatible network printer share from your linux machine and then connect to it via the network.

Unfortunately, I don't know much about WINE and the ability to do network printing.

However, it is possible to do it from a virtual PC with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 inside a program called QEMU.

Or for a 100% open source solution, you can install ReactOS inside your virtual PC (QEMU) and then run your windows programs from there.

Very, very tanks cbagger01!
Your idea is interesting: ReactOS and QEMU.
I knew some about QEMU but anything about ReactOS. Anyway i will it try and later will write results here.

Other solution i do not believe success because:
WINE can't run Windows driver because is not a emulator. Instead, WINE implements Windows API calls using their UNIX or X11 equivalents.
In the case of printers, WINE use driver CUPS.
CUPS can print to file but my problem appear before, in some point of the integration between WINE and CUPS, which only it find this Windows program while others not problem. Therefore is the same problem for a network solution because also CUPS implements the network connection to send the print job.

Regards

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