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Running Windows on your Mac
Problems with Windows (via VMware Fusion) recognizing Printer
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<blockquote data-quote="jerry_cornelio" data-source="post: 976341" data-attributes="member: 139185"><p><strong>printing to windows printer from virtual windows on mac</strong></p><p></p><p>well i had the problem too.</p><p></p><p>i have windows vista installed on my macbook pro through vmfusion and use airport to connect to networks.</p><p></p><p>when i tried to access a printer connected to another machine that was running xp, i couldn't go through although i never had problems before.</p><p></p><p>i realized that a virtual machine is just that---a virtual machine such that it does not actually have its own wifi adapter but just passes through that of the host.</p><p></p><p>the problem was resolved though the network settings in vmfusion.</p><p></p><p>instead of the default "share the mac network" (NAT), i toggled instead "bridge connections" using airport</p><p></p><p>this way, the virtual machine actually shares the wifi adapter and is treated as separate and distinct from the mac machine such that the other windows computers can now "see" the virtual machine running on the mac instead of the mac itself</p><p></p><p>hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jerry_cornelio, post: 976341, member: 139185"] [b]printing to windows printer from virtual windows on mac[/b] well i had the problem too. i have windows vista installed on my macbook pro through vmfusion and use airport to connect to networks. when i tried to access a printer connected to another machine that was running xp, i couldn't go through although i never had problems before. i realized that a virtual machine is just that---a virtual machine such that it does not actually have its own wifi adapter but just passes through that of the host. the problem was resolved though the network settings in vmfusion. instead of the default "share the mac network" (NAT), i toggled instead "bridge connections" using airport this way, the virtual machine actually shares the wifi adapter and is treated as separate and distinct from the mac machine such that the other windows computers can now "see" the virtual machine running on the mac instead of the mac itself hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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