Printing from VM

[Alan Duval]

Message: 3 Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:01:32 -0500 From: Chris Mohler 
<cr33dog at gmail.com> Subject: Re: Printing from VM To: "Ubuntu user 
technical support, not for general discussions" 
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: 
<acfad57e0906091001k33ca63ecjec1cc36db7e3d84e at mail.gmail.com> 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:09 PM, 
alan duval<amoht at westnet.com.au> wrote:

> > I have installed Puppy Linux in a VM in VirtualBox and added my printer
> > but when I try to access the printer nothing happens. The same happens
> > with WIN XP installed in VirtualBox. How does one access the printer
> > from VirtualBox?
>   

The printer needs to be shared on the host machine.

One quirk with my XP VM: I have to open an Explorer window (not
Internet Explorer - explorer.exe) in XP, and type \\mymachine in the
address bar.  At that point I'm prompted for my user/passwd.  From
then on, I can print (and any queued jobs will print).   I've never
bothered to track down why XP in the VM forgets my credentials...

Not sure on Puppy though.

HTH,
Chris

What do I do to make the printer to be shared on the host machine?


Alan