[PLUG] Printing from Virtual Box

Nat Taylor bioborg at gmail.com
Mon Nov 6 04:43:33 UTC 2017


are there guest additions for windows in virtualbox?


On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The saga continues---
> (The subject should be NOT printing from VB)
>
> It was suggested that in installing the printer from the Win2k guest I
> should give the port name of 9100.  Did not help.  (Note that this is the
> name, not the number.  The number has on all recent attempts  been 9100.)
>
> I have stumbled on a list of messages in a file accessed through control
> panel/administrative tools/computer management/system tools/event
> viewer/system  Here is one that might mean something to those skilled in
> the art.  I was asked what the error message was.  This is all the detail I
> have been able to come up with.
>
> 11/3/2017 9:13:15
> Printer hp deskjet 990c series was created.
>
> 11/3/2017 10:28:43
> The document Test Page owned by Administrator failed to print. Win32 error
> code returned by the print processor: 3003 (0xbbb).
>
> Whenever I attempt to print I see this identical error, whether a test page
> or document.
>
> Note that I can ping the printer from the guest, so that hints to me that
> the issue is the installation of the printer in windows, not in the
> network.  I have lost track of how many times I have deleted the printer
> and reinstalled.  Note that this driver works from the windows2000 guest on
> my desktop. I also note that the printer worked before changing the desktop
> and the router, although I have had issues in the distant past, details of
> which my foggy head cannot recall.
>
> Is changing to NAT still a thing worth trying?
>
> -Denis
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