Help with puppy linux

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I downloaded Puppy version 2.16 correctly, and now I'm having problems printing I installed the same printer 4 times can any one help? and how can I run my old windows programs on puppy? I was going to try wine but it is not available for puppy any other programs that may work like wine?

Wine is available for puppy linux, you just need to download it and install it. Linux is not windows.

Does the printer do anything when you plug it into your computer? You may need the driver for your printer and you may need CUPS, if puppy linux doesn't have cups preinstalled. Put this into your web browser http://localhost:631/ and check to see if your printer shows up. If you don't have CUPS, I doubt it will work.

I do not now Puppy-Linux, but I assume that it uses the CUPS (Common Unix Print System). As first step you shall open a browser with the following URL:

http://127.0.0.1:631/

This will open the graphical interface for the CUPS-administration. If this does not work, you may need to restart the CUPS-server (as root):

/etc/init.d/cupsys restart

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Afterwards you may check the available printers again:

lpstat -a