On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:31 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
Wouldn't windows still need drivers for the printer? How else would the application format the data for the printer? -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
