On 11/19/2014 10:37 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > 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
Possibly, but I was thinking more along the lines of advertising it as a generic postscript printer or generic HP device. It was just off the top of my head and I have no idea if it would work. dafr _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
