On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 06:52:44PM -0800, NoOp wrote: > On 02/16/2009 06:29 AM, Chris G wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 08:52:47PM -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >> Chris G wrote: > >> > I have an HP1320 Laserjet printer set up on my Linux (xubuntu 8.10) > >> > host machine using CUPS, I can share it from other Linux machines on > >> > the LAN. > >> > > >> > How do I use it from Windows XP guest machines running under > >> > VirtualBox? This is both from a guest XP machine on the machine to > >> > which the printer is connected and also from a Windows XP guest > >> > running on another Linux box on the LAN. > >> > > >> Did you try defining the CUPS printer as an IPP printer in Windows? > >> > > Er, I don't know! :-) > > > > Is "an IPP printer" one of the standard port types you get offered > > when you install a printer on Windows? > > > > If you have IPP enabled on your xubuntu host, you'd set up the printer > to print to port 631. So for example (I'll use a Win2KPro guest on an > Ubuntu 8.04 as the primary and a standard 8.04 that has a Canon MP750 > connected to it as the shared printer): > > Primary (Win2KP): Add printer via Control Panel|Printers - Network > Printer|Next|Connect to a printer on the internet or on your > intranet|URL= http://<ipaddressoftargetmachine>:631/printers/<printername> > > So for instance: > http://192.168.1.100:631/printers/MP750 > > For some reason, the most recent updates of Windows doesn't like or > understand: > ipp:////192.168.1.100:631/printers/MP750 > you need to use http even though ipp is being used via port 631. > > Interesting part is that I can print from a VirtualBox guest across my > lan instantly, whereas if I do it from a guest on the same box it has a > 10sec (or more) delay. > Thanks, just what I needed! :-)
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