On 11/19/2014 10:19 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > I bought an hp officejet 4630, a multifunction printer. I got it > installed and working in Ubuntu 12.04 using hplip. It took a while, > but went without a hitch. Printing and scanning work very well to the > extent I have exercised it. > > The problem is trying to get it working in Win 2k from VirtualBox. I > looked at the CD (provided with the printer) from within Windows and > found a file which stated "This device is not supported in Windows > 2000" (among many other older windows). Bummer. There is a 2-D > mechanical drawing program I really need to be able to print from. > > Is there any way I might be able to get this thing to just print (do > not need the scan or fax functions)?
It may be fastest and simplest to set up Ubuntu as a network print server and just point the Windows VM at the print server. I can't say for certain that this will work, but it's a possibility. dafr _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
