This is a problem for me as well. Using Parallels 11, Coherence, Windows 10 and El Capitain. What happens when I print a document it goes through the windows print processing, then starts to load the Mac print dialog. The Parallels doc icon starts to jump, but when I click on it, the VM won't accept any keyboard or mouse input, and Parallels stops responding; you can see that in the Mac force quit list. I can still hide the windows apps through the Mac menu bar, but even when I hide them all the OS X print dialog is nowhere to be seen, and my VM is locked. There is nothing in the print queue for that printer.
When I force Parallels to quit and reopen it, it acts as if it had been suspended; all my apps open where they were and the document starts to print without any further action on my part.
I know I can disable the page setup dialog box, but I have a duplex printer and need to be able to select single or 2-sided printing. Sometimes if the app doesn't cover up the whole screen the OS X setup dialog appears, but I'm working on a 12" MacBook and I often run apps full screen.
So after I wrote the first part of this message, I did some more experimenting. This is definitely an issue with coherence and full screen--because, as explained below, neither of those views have a top bar, the print dialog box never appears. It hangs the VM every time in coherence and full screen, and even if I exit those view modes after I've initiated printing, the vm remains hung.
If I print from a view where Windows has a top bar, the OS X dialog box appears at the very top of the VM window, looking as if he top of the dialog box is attached to the bottom border of the Windows 10 top bar. Even i I resize the Windows 10 container, the OS X dialog stays put; I can't move it by itself. I can use the dialog, make choices, and print the document, but even when it is displayed, if I go into coherence or full screen, it disappears and I'm hung.
Here;s what's going on, That dialog and (any other associated dialogs opened from it) has no top bar, and when they open, it's as if they slide down from the Windows 10 top bar, and are attached to it. These are Mac dialogs, and while they are open, the VM is temporarily suspended until you either press Print or Cancel to dismiss that dialog. When I print from the Mac OS, these dialogs all have their own top bars and can be moved around. Neither coherence nor full screen have any top windows 10 bar, and consequently there's no place for them to appear. They are obviously trying to open, but aren't visible. The VM is suspended waiting for them to close, however. Because the dialog is not visible, there's no way to interact with it, and the VM just stays hung.
This is a bug obviously, and it is a really serious one; I can't kill the VM every time I print a document, and I can't disable the setup dialog because I need to set duplex, etc.. Please address this asap.
Last edited: Nov 11, 2015
