Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:45:06 +0000 From: Frank Staals <f.staals@zonnet.nl> To: Leon <leonmk@optonline.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Printing Message-ID: <41D45AC2.1060408@zonnet.nl> In-Reply-To: <001d01c4ee94$7bcb5470$a23db918@D1TWQX41> References: <001d01c4ee94$7bcb5470$a23db918@D1TWQX41>
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Leon wrote: >Hi All, > >I have an Windows XP pro. as my main O/S. >I have installed "VMWare" station. >On the "VMWare" station I have installed "FreeBSD" as a virtual machine. >I have installed CUPS and SAMBA on "BSD". >But I can not make printer work. > >I use a printer, which does not supported by "BSD". >But it works good under the XP. > >So the question is: > > Is it possible to use my windows printer from "BSD" via "VMWare" ? > If yes( I hope) what can I do else to make it work? > >Thanks to All, >Leon. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > That is possible, you can share your windows printer and print to it over the network ( in your case virtual network ) I tried this recently and I got it working, nog for 100% yet, but you might want to read this: http://forums.bsdnexus.com/viewtopic.php?t=16 and try googling on "FreeBSD printing to windows" Good luck ;) Frank Staals
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