printing from VM

[Chris Mohler]

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Alan Duval<amoht at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> > I have installed Puppy Linux in a VM in VirtualBox and added my printer
>> > but when I try to access the printer nothing happens. The same happens
>> > with WIN XP installed in VirtualBox. How does one access the printer
>> > from VirtualBox?
>>
>
> The printer needs to be shared on the host machine.
>
> One quirk with my XP VM: I have to open an Explorer window (not
> Internet Explorer - explorer.exe) in XP, and type \\mymachine in the
> address bar.  At that point I'm prompted for my user/passwd.  From
> then on, I can print (and any queued jobs will print).   I've never
> bothered to track down why XP in the VM forgets my credentials...
>
> Not sure on Puppy though.
>
>
> Chris
>
>
> What do I have to do to get my printer to be shared on the host machine?

Assuming that the host is Ubutu and you are in Gnome:
System->Admin->Printing.  Click on the printer, then check the menu
item Printer->Shared.

Chris