topic Re: Printer on Ethernet in VMware Fusion Discussions

Printer on Ethernet

AlienApple — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:14:46 GMT

Latest Fusion under Mojave with Windows 7 VM. I had been using a printer connected via Ethernet which worked fine until I had to disconnect the printer to relocate it. Upon reconnecting it, I can no longer send jobs to it,

In Fusion settings under Networking, in the table, Ethernet shows as partially available. What can I do to remedy this? Thanks.

Re: Printer on Ethernet

RickShu — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 02:59:21 GMT

Hi AlienApple,

In Fusion 11, you need to install the 'Virtual Printer' manually to use network printer inside the VM.

Power on you VM, make sure you have installed VMware Tools, then click menu 'Virtual Machine=>Install Virtual Printer', you may need to reboot the VM after installation is done.

Hope it helps.

-Rick

Re: Printer on Ethernet

AlienApple — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:41:47 GMT

No luck yet with this.

Running latest VMware Tools on a Windows 7 VM. 'Install Virtual Printer' is not greyed out but selecting it does not yield any discernible results and I do not see the printer in Windows. It is shared and it functions under macOS.

What else can I check?

Re: Printer on Ethernet

ColoradoMarmot — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 22:56:55 GMT

Can you print to it from the host? How about pinging the IP address from the host and guest?

You should be able to create a new printer inside the guest, using guest drivers, and print directly to it via the network. No need to run through the virtualized environment at all.

Re: Printer on Ethernet

AlienApple — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 19:35:42 GMT

Had to get someone with better eyes to assist, and we connected the printer to wifi so its all working now. Thanks guys.

Re: Printer on Ethernet

ColoradoMarmot — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:42:12 GMT

No worries, I need better eyes and smaller fingers on some of those printers myself!