Printing to a printer shared from another Mac

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by RandyF, Oct 14, 2011.

  1. RandyF

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    I have two macs on my network. I sit/work at one (we'll call it "A") and I want to print to a printer that is attached to Mac "B."

    Sharing is setup correctly on the Mac side, and I can print a file (from the Mac OS) of Mac A to the printer on Mac B. I am running Parallels Version 5 on Mac A, the Windows version is XP SP2.

    When I try to print from the Windows VM on Mac A (using the HP Color Laserjet 8500 PS Printer driver) to the printer that is shared from Mac B, I get no output from the printer on Mac B. The Mac OS X print queue sees the print job, and actually says it has completed, but the printer doesn't do anything. Again, it works fine if I originate the print job from the Mac side of Mac A.

    I have installed the Bonjour for Windows app in the VM on Mac A, but it only sees the printers attached to Mac A directly, it does not see the shared printer that is attached to Mac B.

    Can anyone help me resolve this?
     
  2. RandyF

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    Additional Information

    The printer in question is an Epson Workforce 1100. It does not support Postscript.

    Since my first post I've upgraded to Parallels version7, but I still have the same problem. Argh.
     

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