David wrote: > 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 > Don't have any idea this might work, but have you tried installing hplip in your windows?
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