Can someone help. I've installed Fusion on my Mac and have also installed Windows XP to run virtually with Fusion. Everything works normally except it will not print. It won't print from any program. It says it is printing but nothing happens. The HP LaserJet 1300 works perfectly on the Mac alone but not with Windows on Fusion. I've installed it from a disk and the HP is the default printed. It says the printer status is ready. It just will not print. Any suggestions???
Wrong forum. Moved to the Fusion community.
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Badsah Mukherji
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It won't print from any program.
Any program in the guest, or any program at all (even on OS X)?
Quick searching suggests that LaserJet 1300 is a USB printer. USB devices can only be controlled by one OS at a time; to use it with the guest, you need to connect the printer to the guest (under Virtual Machine > USB). If you need to use it in both XP and OS X simultaneously, you need to set up printer sharing. I recommend watching the printing video tutorial.
Hi,
Share the printer on your Mac, then load Bonjour for Windows (Apple downloads) on the VM system. Use the Bonjour printer wizard to connect the printer, and you should be good to go. If you have any other Macs on your network, you can use their printers as well.
This is the path I followed too, ie share printer in the printer setup and under 'sharing' select printer sharing.
Download bonjour for windows, run the printer setup wizard, make sure to select the printer that shows @your.name@imac
Also, set firewall on the mac to 'allow all incoming connections' or in XP the bonjour printer wizard will not see the shared printer.
After all this, it works just fine!
Leaves only 1 question: how vulnerable is the mac to viruses after setting the firewall to 'allow all incoming connections'. Have not figured that one out yet.....
M.
Leaves only 1 question: how vulnerable is the mac to viruses after setting the firewall to 'allow all incoming connections'. Have not figured that one out yet.....
"Virus" is a bit of a misnomer for net-bourne attacks. Your Mac is as vulnerable as the number of exploits available in the network services you advertise/expose. In System Preferences > Sharing, the more services you can uncheck the safer you will be. You should apply Apple security updates as soon as Software Update notifies you. Apple just released a huge security patch a couple of days ago, that's an example of one update you would want to apply.
Thanks so much for your response. I will try it later today.
Thank you for your input. This forum has been very helpful to someone
who is not very computer savvy.
Hi, I had the same problem as drthein. I cannot print from WindowsXP on Fusion. After reading these posts I went to the video instruction (it was well done). I followed all of the instructions carefully and it went very well but ran into a problem trying to configure Bonjour. On the second "browse for bonjour printers" screen I got a dimmed message saying "No bonjour printers are available".
My setup is as follows: New imac running Leopard and a Mac G4 running Tiger both connected to a router. The G4 has an hp photosmart 3310 printer connected to its usb port. The Macs will both print from the h.p. I cannot print from Windows XP on Fusion.
Would be grateful for any help on this. richard.
Did you download and install 'Bonjour for Windows' then ran the
'Bonjour Printer Wizard'? I assume you did.
I had to set the firewall in OS X to 'allow all incoming connections'.
Once I made that change the 'Bonjour Printer Wizard' for XP found the
printer just fine.
Another thought: in Safari, look at your bookmarks. Is there one that
is marked 'bonjour' and does your printer show up there?
Hope this helps.
M.
Richard,
Drthein here. I got the same grayed out window saying no Bonjour
printers available. I can get Fusion support people to answer any
emails for this problem. They tell me the Fusion product is a beta
product and they don't provide support. I've talked to the Apple
store folks and they can't figure it out either. They said that
support and Mac issues are common with Fusion. I personally thinks
the software is defective and I decided to dump it for Parallels. I
am having no problems printing with Parallel. Save yourself more
frustration, dump Fusion for a software that works and a company that
cares. Fusion is horrible.
Another thing to look at perhaps, in the VM go to the menu at the top
and select Virtual Machines > Settings > Network, then check 'Connect
directly to physical network (bridged).'
M.