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Date:      Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:45:06 +0000
From:      Frank Staals <f.staals@zonnet.nl>
To:        Leon <leonmk@optonline.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Printing
Message-ID:  <41D45AC2.1060408@zonnet.nl>
In-Reply-To: <001d01c4ee94$7bcb5470$a23db918@D1TWQX41>
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Leon wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I have an Windows XP pro. as my main O/S.
>I have installed "VMWare" station.
>On the "VMWare" station I have installed "FreeBSD" as a virtual machine.
>I have installed CUPS and SAMBA on "BSD".
>But I can not make printer work.
>
>I use a printer, which does not supported by "BSD".
>But it works good under the XP.
>
>So the question is:
>
> Is it possible to use my windows printer from "BSD" via "VMWare" ?
> If yes( I hope) what can I do else to make it work?
>
>Thanks to All,
>Leon.
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That is possible, you can share your windows printer and print to it 
over the network ( in your case virtual network ) I tried this recently 
and I got it working, nog for 100% yet, but you might want to read this:

http://forums.bsdnexus.com/viewtopic.php?t=16

and try googling on "FreeBSD printing to windows"

Good luck ;)

Frank Staals



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