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I then thought that I would need some sort of samba thingy for printing<br>
from virtualbox/windows and was equally baffled by the huge number of<br>
offerings. I selected what seemed to be valid stuff and a samba icon<br>
appeared in the start menu but when I click it nothing happens.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div>are you printing to a usb printer on the host machine?<div><br></div><div>if so you'll need to have the non open source version of virtualbox and make sure to install the guest additions on the virtual machine. you'll then be able to go to the devices menu and attach your printer</div>
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