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On 26/11/11 18:47, Neil Winchurst wrote: > I have managed to get VBox v4 working well mainly due to some great > help from the list. I also have the guest additions installed and > working. I do have one question please. > > I am wondering if I can get my printer recognised by VBox. I have had > a few goes and searched the internet for some help. I am wondering if > this works for USB printers only. My printer is using a parallel port, > being fairly old, though it does work well with the host computer. > > Any help appreciated, > > Neil > No, you won't get it working in the sense of "attaching" it to the host's parallel port, in the same way as USB devices - your two options are: 1: install a print-to-pdf or similar tool in the - presumably windows - guest and transfer the documents for printing to the host system 2: share your host's printer via SMB/CIFS, and connect directly to it over the network (guest OS should be in bridged mode for this) Cheers, Mat -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq