Printing in VMWare Player

Created by Isaac Way, last modified on Jun 29, 2020

player only had pass through printing for windows 7 and above. Older windows os have been removed from the drivers.

https://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/pdf_printer_w2k/index.php

Install the files from bullzip start with gslite.exe then setup_bullzipPDFPrinter_9...exe  Ignore any download it requests (uncheck the box) as gslite already installed the files.

Try to print to the new Bullzip PDF Printer.  It will ask where to save a file.

Archived problems:

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=98356&p=477504&hilit=printer#p477504

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Player-for-Windows/15.0/com.vmware.player.win.using.doc/GUID-FD49E745-306B-43ED-B679-DC570EF05499.html

needs serial port printer connection in vm

It may be possible to put the vm on the printer network and then print to that printer. This allows some network connectivity. may not be viable in our situation.



Keywords:
smph it knowledge base printing vmware player print windows legacy vm ware 
Doc ID:
134234
Owned by:
Isaac W. in SMPH
Created:
2024-01-16
Updated:
2024-09-03
Sites:
School of Medicine and Public Health