Re: Printing from VM
- From: Derek Broughton <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:35:14 -0300
Chris Mohler wrote:
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:09 PM, alan duval<amoht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
Indeed. Did this just yesterday - I wanted to make PDFs from my XP VM. On
the host, I did:
# sudo aptitude install cups-pdf
Browse to http://localhost:631/parinters and voila! The printer is already
there.
"Publish" the printer, and also on the admin page:
http://localhost:631/admin, set "Share published printers" and "Share on
Internet". It asked me for _my_ username and password (probably for sudo to
set the permissions in the config file). Windows can then see it via
http://hostname:631/printers/PRINTERNAME
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...
Didn't have that issue - but I _was_ surprised that I didn't need to provide
any.
--
derek
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