Printing, parallels, problems

[v-600]

My macbook pro has got parallels installed with win8.1. We have networked printers on the parallels side which work. Osx isn't playing nice with the networked printers natively.

I know you can share printers set up in osx with parallels, e.g. print from the virtual machine, using a printer set up on osx. I want to print from osx, using a printer set up on the VM.

Is this possible, how do I set it up? If its not possible, how do I make it possible?

 

[ViRGE]

Just taking a shot in the dark here...

Make sure the VM gets a real/bridged IP address (not an internal NAT address or whatever the terminology Parallels uses). Then share the printer over the network under Windows, and from the Mac access said printer over the network.

 

[v-600]

Sorry, I don't think I was clear. None of the printers are physically connected to the mac/VM. Windows can see and connect via the network, but osx doesn't.

 

[ViRGE]

Ahh, I see.

There's no solution I'm aware of in your case. Parallel's ability to share printers internally is one-way only.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Oh, I see. The problem isn't Parallels then.

On the OS X side, the printer driver is probably corrupted. Clear the queue, delete the printer, delete the locally stored driver folder, and reinstall the printer. Should be fine.

Is it possible your printer is pulling a dynamic IP address and the Mac is losing it?

 

[v-600]

Ahh, I see.

There's no solution I'm aware of in your case. Parallel's ability to share printers internally is one-way only.

See, that's what I was afraid of.

No idea what's actually happening. Just kind of annoying to have to print through windows, but not the end of the world.