Setting Up a Network Printer
Before installing a network printer in a guest OS make sure that your primary OS and the virtual machine meet the following requirements:
Networking in your primary operating system is configured.
Virtual machine configuration includes the network adapter which is connected to a real network adapter of your computer. See the Network Adapter Options of your virtual machine; make sure that the Enabled and the Connect at startup options are selected in the Device Status group. In the Emulation group the Bridged Ethernet option should be selected and the real network interface should be chosen in the Network Adapters list.
Networking in the guest OS is configured.
User account from which you will setup the printer has permission to access the network printer.
In a Windows Guest Operating System
To add a network printer in a Windows guest OS:
Start the Windows guest operating system and log in the proper account.
Open Windows Start menu, select Settings and then the Printers and Faxes (or simply Printers) item.
Open the Add Printer wizard:
In Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/2003 double-click the Add printer icon.
In Windows XP click the Add a printer link.
In the Add Printer wizard:
In Windows 2000/XP/2003:
- click Next in the wizard's first dialog,
- in the Local or Network Printer dialog, click A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer.
In Windows 98/ME:
- click Next in the wizard's first dialog,
- for the How is this printer attached to your computer? select the Network printer option.
In Windows 95/NT:
- click Network printer / server.
Continue general network printer installation.
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