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On 26/11/11 20:13, bad apple wrote: > >>>> > The host machine runs Mint KDE v 10. The guest is Kubuntu 11.10. The > printer is attached to the host machine by parallel cable. Is that > relevant? Thanks Neil > > > Ok, well there is still no way to attach the parallel port to the VM* so > direct printing is completely out - as another reply also said, your > best option is to expose the printer from the host machine via the > network. CUPS, SMB/CIFS, IPP - whatever works best for you. As both > guest and host are linux, SMB/CIFS probably isn't the best option. > > The cheaty way is still to just print to file/PDF/postscript or whatever > on the guest machine and then transfer the printjob to the host OS, > again via your choice of method - shared folders, SCP, NFS, whatever. > > Hope that helps, > > Mat > Again, thanks for all your help, now and previously. I understand now what I can and can't do. I suppose that if I had a USB printer there would be a way? Since I am using VBox mainly to test out some distros with regard to replacing Mint next April when the support runs out, I probably won't worry about the print situation. Regards Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq