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!  :-)

-- 
Chris Green

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