I have a Wheezy host with a USB printer and a virtualbox XP client. The VM (client) is unable to access the CUPS printer. In XP, I have tried URLs of this form in defining a network printer:
http://URL:631/printers/Phaser_6280DN where URL is any one of the following: 10.97.14.132 (host IP, from ifconfig -a) 10.0.2.2 (default gateway of VM, from ipconfig /all) localhost 127.0.0.1 The VM can ping all four of those addresses. "Phaser_6280DN" is the name of the host's CUPS printer. When I enter any of the above URLs, the VM says: "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server." With iceweasel on the host, either of these URLs http://localhost:631/printers/Phaser_6280DN http://127.0.0.1:631/printers/Phaser_6280DN brings up the CUPS printer definition. I've found no way to do that from the client's Explorer. The CUPS printer works OK from the host. Wheezy and virtualbox are both up-to-date, including the guest additions and extension pack. I have the same host/client pair at home with a CUPS parallel printer. The client printer definition there includes the host IP, and that works. From the client, I can print and also bring up the printer definition in Explorer under host_IP:631. In both setups, I am using the same cupsd.conf and NAT. Any ideas what the problem is? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/loom.20110627t151013-...@post.gmane.org
