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Printing from Virtual PC2007
  1. #1


    confused Guest

    Printing from Virtual PC2007

    My host PC is networked and running Windows XP Professional. I have
    installed Windows Server 2003 with Office 2007 on my guest PC. I have been
    trying to find out how I can print to a networked printer from my Virtual PC
    but have been unsuccessful. All the articles that I found do not work for me.



    Can someone assist me?

    Thanks.

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  2. #2


    Mark Rae [MVP] Guest

    Re: Printing from Virtual PC2007

    "confused" <confused@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:4806A604-A41A-404C-8781-0A6F31441035@xxxxxx

    > My host PC is networked and running Windows XP Professional. I have
    > installed Windows Server 2003 with Office 2007 on my guest PC. I have
    > been
    > trying to find out how I can print to a networked printer from my Virtual
    > PC
    > but have been unsuccessful. All the articles that I found do not work for
    > me.
    >
    > Can someone assist me?
    You would set up a network printer on your guest operating system in exactly
    the same way as you would set up a network printer on any other machine
    (physical or virtual) connected to your network...

    Is your virtual machine in the same workgroup / domain as your host?

    Can you print from your host to the networked printer? If so, how are you
    connecting to it?


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  3. #3


    David Wilkinson Guest

    Re: Printing from Virtual PC2007

    confused wrote:

    > My host PC is networked and running Windows XP Professional. I have
    > installed Windows Server 2003 with Office 2007 on my guest PC. I have been
    > trying to find out how I can print to a networked printer from my Virtual PC
    > but have been unsuccessful. All the articles that I found do not work for me.
    confused:

    Well, the obvious way is to have the host share the printer on the network. Did
    you try that?

    But one problem you may have is that many consumer level printers do not have
    drivers that work with Server OS's (or 64-bit OS's).

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    David Wilkinson
    Visual C++ MVP

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  4. #4


    David Wilkinson Guest

    Re: Printing from Virtual PC2007

    David Wilkinson wrote:

    > confused wrote:

    >> My host PC is networked and running Windows XP Professional. I have
    >> installed Windows Server 2003 with Office 2007 on my guest PC. I have
    >> been trying to find out how I can print to a networked printer from my
    >> Virtual PC but have been unsuccessful. All the articles that I found
    >> do not work for me.
    >
    > confused:
    >
    > Well, the obvious way is to have the host share the printer on the
    > network. Did you try that?
    >
    > But one problem you may have is that many consumer level printers do not
    > have drivers that work with Server OS's (or 64-bit OS's).
    Oops, I misread your post. I thought the printer was attached to the host.

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    David Wilkinson
    Visual C++ MVP

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  5. #5


    Peter Johnson Guest

    Re: Printing from Virtual PC2007

    On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:53:02 -0800, confused
    <confused@xxxxxx> wrote:

    >My host PC is networked and running Windows XP Professional. I have
    >installed Windows Server 2003 with Office 2007 on my guest PC. I have been
    >trying to find out how I can print to a networked printer from my Virtual PC
    >but have been unsuccessful. All the articles that I found do not work for me.
    >
    For me it all fell into place after I set up a user password on the
    host PC.

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