Printing with Parallels

I have Parallels 4 installed on an iMac intel. Both Snow Leopard and Parallels have the most current software and Tools has been installed on the Parallels virtual system. When I was unable to get the printer in my office seen by using the standard installation method in Windows, I used the Bonjour program by Apple. This found the printer immediately (network printer Brother MFC-8840D) but when I try to print to it, I get multiple copies of paper that have the following printed on it:
ERROR NAME;
undefined
COMMAND;
-12345X@PJL
OPERAND STACK;
This prints on page after page until I cancel it.
Any ideas on this would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Geoff

You might want to post on Parallels' support site for more details, but here's what I can tell you:
Shot down Windows, but don't close Parallels. Once the virtual machine has stopped, go to the Edit menu and choose Virtual Machine. There is an option you check in the USB controller section that says "Connect USB devices automatically". That should help, if not, again try the Parallels support site. Cheers!

Similar Messages

HP Laserjet 6MP fails to print with parallel-to-USB converter cable

I have a LaserJet 6 MP parallel printer which I was using in 10.3.9 with a parallel-to-USB converter cable. The Printer Utility saw it natively as a USB device and it printed just fine most of the time, although it would occasionally fail to print, so I installed a different driver called usbtb 1.0.15, and after that it printed very reliably.
Now I've upgraded to 10.4.9, and the Printer Utility still detects the HP printer natively as a USB device, and I also installed the formerly-reliable usbtb driver again, but the printer now fails to print with either driver. It acts like it's going to, but then it quits.
When I choose Print, all the features of the printer are shown, and I can select which tray to take paper from etc., and the printer dialogue box says "Printing," the activity light on the printer flashes just as it always does when printing is in progress, but then, instead of printing, the activity light stops flashing and the print job disappears from the dialogue box.
Can anyone tell my why this printer is failing to print now, and how I might be able to get it working again?
Thanks,
Tom

Wait a minute! It's only certain Indesign documents that won't print.
All TextEdit docs will print.
I created a few scribbles in Photoshop and they print.
But with InDesign, there is no predicting which documents will print or will not print. On some that will not print, if I remove all but one text box, then they will print. On other documents that do print, if I copy some text off of one that won't print and paste it in, then that one stops printing too.
On some that won't print, if I erase everything on the page and create a new text box and type a few words into it, the page will print. If I revert to the previously saved version, once again the page won't print.
What kind of craziness is this, anyway? It seems random. I can't figure it out.
Even on the documents that won't print, when I try to print them the printer's activity light blinks as though it is just about to print, but then the light goes out without printing.
Anybody got any ideas what this problem is and how to fix it?
All I know is that EVERYTHING printed before I upgraded from 10.3.9 to 10.4.9.
Tom

Printing with parallels program

have 2 questions..i just installed parallels with xp pro and i am trying to printing from a program well in xp. my printer is connected with usb and it shows that it is connected through the virtual machine but nothing is printing. how do i do this.
also when i connected a flash drive again it shows that it is connected through the virtual pc but i can't find it in my computer to open and access the files.
thank you i am new to this so any help would be great.

You might want to post on Parallels' support site for more details, but here's what I can tell you:
Shot down Windows, but don't close Parallels. Once the virtual machine has stopped, go to the Edit menu and choose Virtual Machine. There is an option you check in the USB controller section that says "Connect USB devices automatically". That should help, if not, again try the Parallels support site. Cheers!

Production Order not printing with Parallel Sequence ?

Hi All,
User is unable to print Prod. Orders when Parallel Sequence is used, but Orders using Standard Sequence are printing fine.
Print is done in Update Task, so User is able to release the Order and when he saves the Order, the Order should get printed.
Currently this is not happening. There is no spool generated.
Can anyone please tell me the printer configuration required for this. Or any other configuration which we are missing.
Thanks,
Bhuvan

Dear Bhuvan,
I'm not sure if this is the issue,at a high level,check if the control key assigned to the operations in the
parallel sequence supports for Printing in General(check box set).
Regards
Mangalraj.S

HP Laswe Jet printer with parallel port cable

My dear, dear printer has served me 14 years. It has a parallel port and is a HP Laser Jet 4 L printer. Where can I get the right cable to connect this printer to USB port on my Mac mini?
Thanks for your help,
Tonta

There are plenty of sources on the Internet that sell a Parallel to USB Printer Adapter Cable. Take a look here.
http://www.emtcompany.com/catagories/usb-to-parallel-adapters.htm?gclid=CJT21fy- xJACFQdEFQodLDBAWg
David

Officejet Pro 251dw won't print with applications inside Parallels 9

I've used HP printers with my Mac computers for years and had no problems, even when I was working with Windows XP and Windows-based applications inside Parallels Desktop on the Mac. All I would have to do to have the Windows-based software capture the printer (connected with a USB cord) was to click on a drop-down menu item under "USB." Recently I upgraded our OS to Mavericks and had to upgrade Parallels from Version 6 to Version 9. A week ago we had to replace our old HP Deskjet 6500 printer, and we chose the Officejet Pro 251dw. We connected the new printer wirelessly to our home network, and we were able to print from both our desktop iMac and our MacBook Pro with no difficulties. But when I needed to print something from PrintMaster 12, a Windows-based desktop publishing program running on Windows XP inside Parallels Desktop 9, the job wouldn't print, and I got a message that the printer wasn't connected. After doing my own troubleshooting, I spent several hours on the phone with Parallels tech support, including having them connect to my computer over LogMeIn and change all sorts of settings, but the best I could get was that the printer queue report said that the job was printing, but the touch screen on the printer flashed rapidly back and forth from "printing" to the date and time, with a large red X next to the date-time read-out, and still no job printed. After having two or three first-level techs and then a second-level engineer working on the setup, the Parallels people finally gave up and said that the problem must be in the settings inside the printer and that we'd have to have someone who works with printers.adjust them. Has anyone out there had this sort of problem working with Parallels Desktop 9 and the Mavericks OS? It wasn't just the desktop publishing software; the same thing happened when the engineer went into the Windows XP printer settings and tried to print a test page.

Rocky8,
This is a little outside our area of printing, but I'll try and help you the best I can. My question for you is the printer showing up under the USB menu in Parallels. If it's not showing up then you need to determine why the USB connection isn't showing up in your Parallels USB menu. This could be a couple of issues, but the one that I think might be happening is the version of the USB port your using. Can you verify that you're not connecting the printer via a USB 3.0 port. Try plugging into one of your other USB ports to see if the printer will show up in the parallels USB menu.
BT
Working for HP and here to help!

HP laserjet 1200 using windows7, cabled to the printer with a usb to parallel adapter

HP laserjet 1200 using windows7. My computer has USB ports, but no parallel port, so the computer is cabled to the printer with a usb to parallel adapter. Sometimes works fine, sometimes system states printer as ready, but will not print. Reboot hardware and on restart, I got one page to print. Next attempt to print puts the document in cue, but just sits there -- no error message. Finally, after multiple restarts, I got it to print (have no idea how), but now I had to print 20 pages one page at a time. It will not print more than one page, even if I select to print 20. Next time I start the computer I don't know if the printer will print. Do you need to use the same USB port each time, Or are the USB to parallel adapters undependable?
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Hey renradd!
Unfortunately, parallel to USB adapters can be undependable. Other than a new printer, I'm not sure what would provide you with a fix for this problem. You might try another adapter if you have one, but if that still doesn't work I would look into a printer that your computer could support.
Hope this helps!
If I have solved your issue, please feel free to provide kudos and make sure you mark this thread as solution provided!
Although I work for HP, my posts and replies are my own opinion and not those of HP.

Can't Print from Parallels/Win2K

I have 2 MacBooks, an iBook, and a G4 Desktop. I have a HP Photosmart C3180 USB all-in-one printer connected to the G4. I have Printer Sharing active on the G4, and from any of the laptops, I can print with no problem.
However, on one of the MacBooks, I'm running Parallels and Windows 2000. From this, I CAN'T print. I can "see" the printer if I "add printer" on a TCP/IP port using the IP address of the G4, and I've installed the driver that I downloaded from HP. All seems to be just fine, except that it never prints. I get an error saying there was a printing problem, but it won't tell me what the problem is.
I even tried connecting the printer directly to the MacBook, and doing an "Add Printer" in the W2K using the USB port. Again, it would "see" the printer, but when I try to print, nothing happens. In this case, the print window in W2K SAYS the document printed, but nothing happens at the printer.
I have a couple of programs that are Windows only programs, and the files I need to print out of them can't be saved (if they could, I would just save them, open them in the Mac OS and print that way... but no such luck)
Any idea what I can do to make this work?
Thanks,
Dan

Since Parallels is not an Apple product, you'd be better off posting your question on the Parallels forums, as the would be more focused on the problem than an Apple forum:
http://forums.parallels.com

Can I use a old dot matrix printer with my mac

I want to add a old Panasonic KX-P2023 and use it as my printer. I have a mac osx 10.7.5 is this possible??

If you are successful finding an OS X driver for it, you ought to be able to use this cable to connect it to your iMac:
http://www.iogear.com/product/GUC1284B/
I have successfully used that cable to print with every OS X version through Mountain Lion. It works with all other parallel printers I have tried including HP, Epson, and Apple, but I don't have your model Panasonic. When connected, the printer appears in Print & Scan as "ATEN UC-1284B Printer Cable".
I think the driver may be your biggest challenge. There may be compatible drivers from other manufacturers so don't limit your search to Panasonic. Search for an OS X driver for a similar dot matrix printer - consider C. Itoh, Epson, Okidata, or Ricoh. If you find a generic driver use it. Some printers were simply rebranded models manufactured by others. I don't know about your Panasonic though.

Is anyone experiencing problems with opening mission control from the desktop. Running mountain lion with parallels 7 and windows 7

is anyone experiencing problems with opening mission control from the desktop. Running mountain lion with parallels 7 and windows 7

I had been having a similar problem on Lion with Safari pdf files despite downloading the latest Adobe Reader XI.
I would constantly get the same messages - There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired. And I would get a blank page when I tried to print the pdf if I tried printing from the Safari web page using File - Print from the top toolbar on my laptop.
Then I came across the grey Safari lozenge with action icons.
This allowed me, without downloading the pdf, to print the pdf file direct from the Safari page by using the Print icon on the grey lozenge that appears centrally three quarters down the screen.
Then I discovered that if I save the pdf using the Save icon from this same grey lozenge on the Safari page I can open and print this pdf version from my desktop.
I've tested it with a couple of different pdf files and these methods work using the grey lozenge icons but the same pdfs files don't work using File - Save As on the Tool Bar.

PSC 500 With Parallel Support In Windows 8

I have a neighbor that has to replace an older computer but would like to keep costs down by keeping the working printer/scanner, a PSC 500 with parallel port(no USB). The new PC she bought with Windows 8 has no parallel port, so I borrowed a Parallel to USB adapter from work. The adapter driver loaded successfully, but when I plugged in the printer cable and tried to add the new device Windows was unable to detect it.
According to the manual the adapter I have supports IEEE1284-1994. Would a different adapter possibly work better? HP claims to support this printer in Windows 8 but tech support on the phone wasn't familiar with the term "parallel port" and reminded me that the printer was well past its support lifetime.
If anybody has a working configuration for this or suggestions about how to get there I would love to know about them.

See if the Thunderbolt FAQ and articles on http://www.macwindows.com has more
My thread and links https://discussions.apple.com/message/22908244#22908244
Thunderbolt ports and displays:
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219
Disable the Windows 8 Fast Boot feature to allow Thunderbolt devices to be recognized.

HELP: Trying to print with a dot and matrix printer

Ok, here's the deal:
I own a very very old, 1985, OLIVETTI DM 292 printer and I want to try printing with it on Mac OS X 10.5.7 .
I am trying to use the generic EPSON 9- or 24-pin drivers that are present in OS X.
But so far I've had very little success.
I am using a parallel-to-USB cable that makes OS X recognize the printer as the name of the cable manufacturer.
Let's do an example:
I want to print a .doc, Microsoft Word document.
I PRINT and select the DaM printer.
The status window eventually comes to "GenericClass: waiting for device" and the printer freezes.
Previously, if I turned the printer off and then on immediately after it would print (even with the most possible chaos).. but this trick seems to be uneffective now.
Can you help me ?
Thanks to anyone who'll answer.

Try the alternate USB driver, usbtb. It is supposed to help with USB-parallel adapter cables.
http://buymelunch.org/printing/usbtb/

Printing using parallels desktop

hi. i have a photo printer, fujifilm QS-7. unfortunately it is ONLY compatible with windows xp, even though the driver for it has installed on my mac and shows as active.
i have come to a work around where i have installed xp using parallels and it works great if i print from xp.
however, i would like to know if i could click print on my mac and it would automatically print using xp, saving me time going into xp itself ad clicking print???

Hi Ian,
Apple BootCamp allows you to install Windows on its own partition on your internal harddisk.
It does not allow installation of Windows on external HDs.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
BootCamp lets you run Windows natively (using the real hardware) whereas Parallels virtualizes certain hardware parts (like Ethernet controller, graphics card, etc.).
Therefor BootCamp Windows is always faster than a Parallels Windows and so better suited for Games or 3D-CAD software.
Depending on your Windows usage, you might not even feel the speed difference.
Downside of BootCamp is that you have to reboot your Mac to use Windows whereas with Parallels you can run it alongside OSX.
While the Parallels application has to reside on your internal harddisk, you can point the WIndows VM to reside on your external harddisk.
Stefan

E4200V2 Print adapter - parallel port to usb compatibility.

Currently my setup works fine except that I need another ethernet port.
I have a E4200V2 with a HP laserjet 4000N printer connected via JetDirect ethernet and I am able to print with any of my devices.
However, because I have need of another ethernet port, I am wondering if anybody has tried using a parallel to usb cable? The parallel side of the cable being connect to the printer and the usb side to the router.
Has anybody done this, or even know if it can be done?
Or if I really want that port made available, will I have to get some type of external print server?
I know that HP makes a JetDirect Card with a USB port, however, I don't want to spend the $80 on ebay to get a used one if a $10 new cable will work.

hiptechboy: "When I hear someone say that they want to use a Parallel to USB cable, I can't help but think of an HDMI to VGA cable haha. Anyways, I think that you have zero chance with a cable like that."
Sadly, I think you right. The only reason why Parallel to USB does work is because the computers can emulate a parallel port through USB. Just like the HDMI to VGA. You’re not going to go from your computers VGA port to your TVs HDMI and have things turn out the way you want them to. It only works one way. For lack of a better term I was hoping my new router would be "smart" enough to emulate a parallel port through the USB.
While I have no doubt that it is capable of doing so, the question is if the router is programed to do so without the need for me to build and load a custom ROM. Might not be a bad idea except that I doubt that there is a market to actually make that worthwhile financially. The time and effort required will go way past the $50 I’m willing to spend to make this work.
I think I will just go troll around the University Surplus store and hope to luck out on a HP JetDirect USB Card.

HP Photosmart 6510 cannot print in Parallels for Mac using Windows 7

I currently use the above model of printer with my Macbook (OSX Mountain Lion) and have no problems printing with the MAC.
The problem is when I am in virtual machine mode (Parallels Desktop 8) and trying to print from Windows 7.
Although it seems to be recognising the printer, it is telling me the printer is 'offline: 1 document waiting'.
The Parallels support pages say that printers should work automatically.
Can anyone help?
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Sounds like a bit of a mixed setup here, where you are using a Macintosh with Windows loaded onto the system. My first question is on the profile you are working with have you loaded the appropriate drivers from the website for the Windows machine? Here is a link for that :
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=5058336
I would also run this diagnostic test too :
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c03286146
Let me know, and I will do what I can to help!
Have a great day!

Printing with Parallels

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for