[Klug-general] Printers from Virtualbox

[Dan Attwood]

if it's a usb printer then you will need to make sure you're running the non
open source of virtualbox. You'll need to download this from the
website directly, not use the one in the repos

Dan


On 28 November 2010 12:00, Michael E. Rentell
<michael.rentell at ntlworld.com>wrote:

> Good morning all,
> After reading the very favourable view of PinguyOS in the latest edition of
> Linux Format I decided to give it a whirl. One of the advantages is that a
> 64-bit version is available. It is a version of Ubuntu Meerkat but it has
> all the bells and whistles already installed. So it's good for idiots  :-)
>
> I used to run PCLinuxOS which is similarly idiot-proof but doesn't come in
> 64-bit and is KDE and decidedly not an Ubuntu version - actually it's based
> on Mandriva.
>
> I need VirtualBox to run an XP so that I can use Sage accounts. With
> PCLinuxOS I could direct the VB/WinXP printer setup wizard to
> http://192.168.2.2:631/printers/EPSONSPRX510 and it just worked.
>
> With PinguyOS the VB works fine and picked up the existing WinXP
> installation but I can't get the printers to work. They have, of course,
> changed their name to a Gnome preference and under /System/Admin/Printing
> the printer appears to be called EPSON-Stylus-RX520 although the Properties
> button shows a different setup: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20RX520
>
> I can't seem to access it from VB/WinXP as I did before. I have no
> experience of Ubuntu setups so I'm clearly doing something wrong but I'd
> like to get mainstream and everything else 'just works'.
>
> Any ideas folks?
>
> MikeR
>
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