I have Mac Parallels running with virtual Win XP on it in one of our remote offices. I have a network HP Photsmart 3900 printer attached via a network cable. I setup the Parallels Ethernet to bridge mode. I made sure that the virtual Win XP is getting an IP address from the same sub-net as the Mac & the HP printer. The Mac prints just fine (no problems).
Under the virtual Win XP, I setup the HP printer with local IP port It printers fine until I leave the office. Two days after I setup the above, i get a call from the remote office users saying they can't print from the Virtual Win XP. I had them double check that the printer is listed under the Win XP Ctrl Panel printers, but the HP IP printer just mysteriously disappeared. Even the local IP port I created has gone also.
So I go back to the remote office and setup the printer again the same way above. Again, two days later the HP IP printer mysteriously disappears and users call to let me know that they can't printer from the virtual Win XP.
I suspect that one of the remote office users is deleting the HP IP printer. But no one is saying anything.
My question is there something wrong am I doing that could be causing the HP IP printer to vanish? Or is there a "state snapshot" before I setup the HP IP printer of the virtual Win Xp that users keep accidentally going back to resulting of losing the HP IP printer? Or do I have disgruntled employees at the remote office that keep removing the HP ip Printer and the local IP port?
Thank you!
Under the virtual Win XP, I setup the HP printer with local IP port It printers fine until I leave the office. Two days after I setup the above, i get a call from the remote office users saying they can't print from the Virtual Win XP. I had them double check that the printer is listed under the Win XP Ctrl Panel printers, but the HP IP printer just mysteriously disappeared. Even the local IP port I created has gone also.
So I go back to the remote office and setup the printer again the same way above. Again, two days later the HP IP printer mysteriously disappears and users call to let me know that they can't printer from the virtual Win XP.
I suspect that one of the remote office users is deleting the HP IP printer. But no one is saying anything.
My question is there something wrong am I doing that could be causing the HP IP printer to vanish? Or is there a "state snapshot" before I setup the HP IP printer of the virtual Win Xp that users keep accidentally going back to resulting of losing the HP IP printer? Or do I have disgruntled employees at the remote office that keep removing the HP ip Printer and the local IP port?
Thank you!