Click It is connected to the network (Network Printer) to add a Network Printer.

Run the file you just downloaded ( winsteng.exe). You can download this direct to the Virtual Machine, or you can save it to the host and share the directory you saved it to (just like we did above.)

Now in the Virtual Machine, you want to install the Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver I think this may come in versions of Windows newer than win2k. Right click the Virtual Machine → click Settings → click Shared Folders → click Add a Shared Folder (icon on right). In order to obtain that ability we need to install some third party software. ppd's (PostScript Printer Definitions), but Windows can't. A sane printer daemon should be able to read. If the printer is a PostScript printer, that's a ton easier. One of them is to track down the original driver, the other is to use the PostScript Definition file that Linux is using, and install the ability for Windows to use that. For me, mine is You want to replace localhost with 192.168.56.1, and copy that.

On the top tab click Printers → click the printer you want to share, and copy the url.

On the top tab click Administration → check both Share printers connected to this system and Allow printing from the Internet → click the Change Settings button. Right click the Virtual Machine → click Settings → click Network → Set Attached to on Adapter 1 (or any adapter) to Host Only Adapter. The host will have the IP address of 192.168.56.1.Īdd a Network Adapter in the Machine Settings of VirtualBox. This will create your a network to the guest. I'll show you how to do this on Windows 2000 because it's probably the most old, and difficult (and, somewhat practical) configuration to get working.Īdd a Host Only Network: File → Preferences → Network → Host Only Networks → Add Host Only Network. Sharing a printer from a Linux/CUPS host to a Windows Virtual Machine is easy.

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