Hi Daniel, Yes, I agree that in theory the printer should work exactly as you say; the same as it does in Windows. But sometimes it is not that easy to setup to always use the Windows drivers, it reverts to default & trys to use the Mac drivers (which Tim mentions don't work properly in OS X).
We require more info on the HP Printer, model number & driver version etc, currently used in what version of Windows? Then check if that model does work correctly in Parallels Desktop using the drivers installed in Windows VM. As we know Windows is strange at the best of times... Very strange :-) Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 14/06/2012, at 7:23 PM, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > Hi Ronni > > For a network printer you can advise it to not use the "Mac" printer, but to > override it and use the default printer. I've done that for a couple of > clients and had it working fine. (Perhaps it was an older version though, > I'll need to double check). > But I just installed the Windows software itself then set it up. Windows went > through like normal and then created the drives, and away it went. Printing > fine. > > But yes, perhaps it's one of those "hit and miss" ones, where it depends on > the version, the printer itself, and the setup/drivers. :o) lol > Windows is strange at the best of times,…..lol :) > > Kind regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > On 14/06/2012, at 6:32 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Daniel & Tim, >> >> I'm not so sure that it will use the Windows installed drivers. >> Parallels Desktop for Mac is designed to work with printers that require USB >> 2.0 support. >> If your printer is more than 5 years old, it may not work with Parallels >> Desktop for Mac. >> http://kb.parallels.com/en/4886 >> http://kb.parallels.com/en/5036 >> >> <http://www.google.com.au/search?q=will+Parallels+always+use+the+HP+drivers+in+Windows+when+printing%3F&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> Sent from Ronni's iPad >> >> On 14/06/2012, at 6:04 PM, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: >> >>> Hi Tim >>> >>> Parallels will normally use the Mac driver to print from. However if you >>> tell it use the dedicated Windows driver then it should work fine and >>> "override" that setting. >>> So therefor in theory it should run fine, the same as it does in Windows >>> itself >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Daniel >>> --- >>> Daniel Kerr >>> MacWizardry >>> >>> Phone: 0414 795 960 >>> Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> >>> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >>> >>> >>> **For everything Apple** >>> >>> On 14/06/2012, at 4:39 PM, Tim law wrote: >>> >>>> Hello >>>> >>>> I've a friend who has a fully Mac house/business, apart from one PC. >>>> >>>> She has one old but good large capacity HP A3 duplex laser printer she >>>> wants to keep, but the Mac OSX drivers do not allow her to use the full >>>> capacity of the printer features as she requires. Consequently she has to >>>> keep one her PC functional that simply runs the drivers for the HP >>>> printer. She sends all her print jobs to the PC in PDF format, then uses >>>> the PC to print them. This is effective, but tiresome and painful. >>>> >>>> She has a new Mac Mini, fully loaded with RAM and twin 256gb SSD hard >>>> drives as her main computer. >>>> >>>> My question is: >>>> If I load Parallels and Windows, with the HP printer drivers, onto her Mac >>>> Mini, will Parallels always use the HP drivers when she is printing? Is >>>> there a reasonable prospect the printer will behave and communicate with >>>> Windows on the Mac in the same way it communicates now with the PC box? >>>> >>>> Obviously she will need to open the document in Acrobat reader using >>>> Windows but the aim is to get rid of her PC and reclaim office space. >>>> >>>> Options for finding better Mac drivers for the HP have been explored, this >>>> query is about using an emulator and how it will perform with printer >>>> drivers in situations like this. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Tim >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
