
Workstation User’s Manual
414 VMware, Inc.
Setting Virtual Printer Policies
VMwareACEincludesavirtualprinterthatallowsuserstoprinttoanyprinter
availabletothehostcomputerwithoutinstallingadditionaldriversinthevirtual
machine.
ThevirtualprinterfeatureisavailableforACEinstancesrunningwiththeseWindows
hostandguestoperatingsystems:
Host–WindowsXP,2003,orVista,732‐bitonly
Guest–Windows2000,XP,2003,Vista,7(32‐and64‐bit),RedHatEnterpriseLinux
4(32bitonly),Ubuntu,andSUSE
Afteryouenablethevirtualprinterpolicy,aserialportisaddedtothevirtualmachine.
ThisserialportappearsontheHardwaretabofthevirtualmachinesettingsedi
tor,with
thes
ummaryUsedbyVirtualPrinter.Youcannotaddorremovethisserialportby
usingthevirtualmachinesettingseditor.Toaddorremoveit,youmustenableor
disabletheoptioninthevirtualprinterpolicy.
AfterendusersinstalltheACEinstance,theycanusetheVM>Vi
rt
ualPrintersmenu
commandtospecifywhichprintersfromthehostareavailabletotheguest.Ifendusers
onWindowshostshaveproblems,makesuretheTPAutoConnectServiceWindows
serviceisstarted.
N
OTEIftheACE‐enabledvirtualmachinealreadyhasfourserialports,youcannot
addanotherserialportforthevirtualprinter.Toenablethevirtualprinter,deletean
existingserialport.
N
OTEWhentheACEVirtualPrinterpolicyisenabled,VirtualPrinterisavailablein
VM>Settings>Hardware,andcannotbedeselecteduntiltheACEVirtualPrinter
policyisdisabled.
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