CUPS printer prints garbage from VM (was: VM client can't access CUPS printer)

2011-06-28 Thread Steve Kleene
I have a Wheezy host with a USB CUPS printer (Xerox Phaser 6280DN) and a virtualbox XP client. All of the software is up-to-date, including the vbox guest additions and extension pack. The VM (client) accesses the CUPS printer but just prints a page of PostScript errors. Here's the whole story:

Re: CUPS printer prints garbage from VM (was: VM client can't access CUPS printer)

2011-06-28 Thread CamaleĆ³n
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:39:04 +, Steve Kleene wrote: (...) So two questions: Q1. Are the client's drivers even relevant here when it accesses the CUPS printer, or is everything done by the host's PPD? Yes, as long as you instructed windows xp to use its own set of drivers. Q2. Any

Re: CUPS printer prints garbage from VM (was: VM client can't access CUPS printer)

2011-06-28 Thread Steve Kleene
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:39:04 + (UTC), I wrote: I have a Wheezy host with a USB CUPS printer (Xerox Phaser 6280DN) and a virtualbox XP client. All of the software is up-to-date, including the vbox guest additions and extension pack. The VM (client) accesses the CUPS printer but just