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I am a new user to VB and not at all knowledgable about the language, etc. of networking ...... so, please be gentle with me.

I cannot seem to set up a printer on my VB. The internet is working fine, though. My situation may be a bit different than some and I don't know if that is why I'm having trouble. My lack of knowledge is hurting me here. I need to be able to print from programs I'm using through VB or it won't work for me.

My setup:

Host computer is Mac Lion, 10.7.3
Guest OS is Windows XP
VB is 4.1.10 r76795

In my home, I have two wireless networks: (this is because we use a Mifi to access the internet which has limited data/traffic allowed so my printer is on another network and we just switch networks on the Macs when we want to print.)

Network 1 has an HP Photosmart D100 printer connected wirelessly to an Airport Extreme
Network 2 is connected to the internet via a Mifi ....... this is working fine with VB.

Given this setup, is it even possible to print from my VB? If it is possible, I would appreciate some step by step directions .... Directions for Dummies?LOL Thank you so much for any help!

Kathy

You might take a look at this post and its associated threads:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=31583

It gives examples of how to setup a network printer on a VBox windows guest.

Thank you for responding and your suggestions. I read them and managed to stumble on something that helped. I connected the printer via USB first and got that up and running. Then a window from HP popped up to change from a USB connection to wireless. I followed that and it all works now! Again, thank you.