VMWARE Fusion 13.5.1 ... "thin print" issue doc says resolved, but its not

[TJF_DENVER]

heavy VMWARE Fusion on Mac OS (latest release) ... 50+ VM's ... release notes at https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/13.5.1/rn/vmware-fusion-1351-release-notes/index.html states the "thin print" message is resolved ...

simple testing shows its not ... 

serial0: Parameter "serial0.fileType" has an invalid value "thinprint".

I sure wish VMWare would show-some-love to FUSION and polish it like Parallels is polished ... so many annoyances ... nothing critical, but lets put parallels out of business!

[craigz212]

In my case, not only does the dialog persist, but now instead of 1 time, the message is now displayed 2 times in 2 separate um, boxes. So it's actually more present following the "fix".

[craigz212]

Replying to myself here, just to share the 'fix' I just discovered. 

This response to a question regarding a Windows 10 installation contains a solution that I've just implemented and can confirm the "thin print" message no longer appears on boot.

https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Fusion-Discussions/Something-very-suspicious-going-on-in-Wi...

The thinprint messages are due to Fusion 13.5 dropping support for virtual printers. You get rid of those messages by shutting down Fusion, then editing the .vmx file and removing 3 lines referencing serial0 and thinprint.

The `serial0` line is on it's own in the file, and the 2 lines referencing `thinprint` are further down in the file and are grouped together. Assuming no need for a serial port in your VM, it seems fairly safe to remove the item(s). I've just rebooted the VM after editing the `.vmx` and the dialog box(es) no longer appear and the VM remains as I'd left it, with no issues (so far).

[onejasong]

VMs using TPM have a .vmx file that is encrypted. I'm not sure why vmware doesn't explain this better but I was able to fix this issue by simply:

Close the VM and go into settings.

Click on "Printers" and it will say " Virtual Printing is no longer supported"

"Please remove/delete" port.

Once you click that, it is 100% resolved. 

In my case the message no longer appears. 

I hope this helps!

[Technogeezer]

Thanks for finding this out. VMware only told part of the story in the release notes. They didn't tell us that we could now delete the non-functional printer port in the GUI so we don't have to resort to hacking the .vmx file.

Note to VMware @Mikero : Can you tell the documentation people that they have to do a better job in the release notes?  This is something that should have had a better explanation rather than a simple "we fixed it".