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VMware Fusion Printer Issues

From time to time, we get feedback from users who are having trouble connecting to or using printers from their VMware Fusion virtual machines. Here are some excerpts from the help, Knowledge Base articles, and Communities to collect the best answers for VMware Fusion printer issues.

User documentation

Topics from VMware Fusion help

Enable a Printer in your Virtual Machine

Knowledge Base articles (Click the link text to see the KB article.)

Printing from within a virtual machine in VMware Fusion (KB 1013997)

This article discusses various ways to print from within a virtual machine using VMware Fusion 2.x or 3.x.

Troubleshooting printer connection issues in VMware Fusion (KB 1014535)

This article discusses various methods to troubleshoot and correct printer issues in a Windows virtual machine using VMware Fusion.

Video (Click the link text to see the video.)

Print to Your Mac Printers from Windows

How-to video.

Excerpts from the Communities (Click the link text to see the source threads from the Communities.)

How do I get network printers working for XP?

 

"Are you using NAT or Bridged networking?. . . Try Bridged."
—etung

[Is there a way to get this to work with NAT?]
"Good practice is to add all printers in bridged mode, then change back to NAT. Most of the times printers will work. "
—Magnuss