On Thursday 25 January 2007 09:36, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
> I am almost in the process of setting up OpenSUSE 10.2 with a VM of
> Windows XP. Attached to the PC is a printer.
Which printer?
Configured native to linux as CUPS?
Parallel, USB ?
> The printer works
> flawlessly on Windows but has its moments on Linux, probably due to
> configuration errors.
I don't believe that. There is no way that this printer works
flawlessly
within the VM, but does not work native... what do you mean by, "has its
moments"?
> I could repair the configuration errors
That would be my recommendation.
> but I am wondering if their is
> not an easier way
There is never an easier way than identifying and fixing the direct
problem.
> ie would I be able to use the VM Windows printer from
> Linux? Would the printer have to be Linux certified at all or can the
> printer be OS specific(Windows)
The printer is attached locally (parallel, usb) to the hardware which
is
owned and managed by Linux. The best way is to correctly configure the
pritner (CUPS) and then access that printer from the windoze VM via cups.
There really is no logical difference between a win VM accessing the linux
printer via the cups server and a real win machine accessing the linux
printer on the network via the cups server. The thing technology is avoiding
is having two owners competing for the management of the hardware. The Linux
kernel owns the hardware port, users get to send stuff to the port via the
CUPS server, and the win VM is just another user.
> I.t.o. configuration would it be easier to setup printing to a VM
> specific printer or to a printer thatwhich would be compatible to both
> Os's?
See above.
Just for my own curiosity, why do you run a win VM in the first place?
I mean
I can see running a win VM (if you must run win at all) so that when win
crashes you can easily restart it without rebooting the whole machine... but
really... just a gentle question here... why waste the machine overhead
running the likes of win?
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