topic Re: unable to print after update to player 17.5.0 in VMware Workstation Player Discussions

unable to print after update to player 17.5.0

robednz — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 22:51:59 GMT

i have been using player to run winxp pro and printing worked fine until this last update... i see it didn't install vmware tools after update so i manually downloaded and installed from the preVista .iso but still no option to turn on printing, i am missing a step some where ...can anyone help please

rob

Re: unable to print after update to player 17.5.0

Technogeezer — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:24:04 GMT

You’re not missing something. Workstation 17.5 is. If you read the 17.5 release notes, you’ll find that VMware removed the virtual printing / thinprint feature with no advance notice and no alternate feature.

Your options vary and range from

configuring network printers in the VM
printing to PDF in the VM and moving the PDF to the host to print.

Re: unable to print after update to player 17.5.0

robednz — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 01:40:53 GMT

thanks Paul

i have tried both those options but although i can map network drives and share files across the network i can't browse for network printers and my pdf995 printer program also has stopped working... is it possible to go back to player 16? it was doing everything i wanted

Re: unable to print after update to player 17.5.0

robednz — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 03:51:44 GMT

problem solved thanks, , uninstalled 17.5 , installed 16.5 , PDF995 still not working so installed Cute PDF Writer and alls good again

rob