On 1/28/2012 11:25 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
> On 1/27/2012 9:38 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
>> On 1/25/2012 10:42 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>> Have you tried printing from another program in XP Mode (such as
>>> Notepad) and see if that works? If so, then it might be your printer
>>> settings causing the problem.
>>>
>>> The XP Mode operates through your Windows 7 host by emulating a Remote
>>> Desktop Protocol (RDP) session. Yes, even though the virtual XP is
>>> sitting right there inside the same computer as your Windows 7, it is
>>> treated like a remote session. That means that all of the features and
>>> limitations of RDP apply to your XP mode that would on a true remote
>>> desktop.
>>>
>>> One of the features of RDP is the ability to use the host's printers
>>> through the remote desktop's interface. You'll have to make sure that
>>> the host and the remote desktops agree on the default printers.
>>>
>>> Yousuf Khan
>>
>> Thanks, you pointed me to the place to fix one of the problems. It
>> turned out that if you launched the Virtual XP from an application, i.e.
>> click on a Micrografx file, xxx.dsf in W7, it open a window in W7 of
>> only that application ... of course using the virtual XP. Its printer
>> settings are different than if you 1st open a virtual XP desktop and
>> then launch the Micrografx application. Once I changed to printer
>> setting in the former, printing works correctly. BTW, there were several
>> printer settings listed for the same printer and apparently some don't
>> work. On says 'printer name' on W7 name. One just says 'printer name'
>> ... that one doesn't work and can't seem to be deleted from the virtual
>> XP desktop. Not a real problem .... just have to always select the right
>> printer. Sometimes it reverts back to the non working printer setting,
>> sometimes not ... haven't figured out when and why.
>
> Yeah, these are problems associated with the RDP session features, not
> really the virtual machine. RDP offers up the same printers that may
> already be offered up through regular Windows network sharing, so you
> get these duplications sometimes.
>
>> The 2nd problem still exists. Well, not really a problem, but another
>> irritation. Whenever I open any virtual XP, it leaved a "print job" on
>> the W7 desktop tool bar on the right hand side. Right now, after doing
>> some of the playing around as described above, there are 11 such "jobs"
>> and I deleted 2 of them earlier. If you right click on any of them, and
>> select Properties, you get a window titled "Remote Desktop Redirected
>> Printer Doc Document Properties" from 2nd printer, an HP deskjet (for
>> color), which is also connected to the W7 machine. The 1st printer is a
>> Samsung Laser. I don't know why these are collecting, however, they are
>> easily deleted.
>
> You might want to see if the printer being presented is through RDP, or
> through Print & File Sharing, and see which ones are more reliable.
>
> Yousuf Khan
Yousuf,
Thanks again for the info. I don't know how to tell if the printer is
through RDP or Print & File Sharing, however, I deleted some of the
"unused" or un-neaded printers in Control Panel, Printer thing on the
virtual XP. The still say "deleting" and I don't know if that will ever
change ... you know how XP is for deleting print jobs, etc. But I guess
XP thinks their gone. Now, when I open up either the XP desktop, or
just open the application in it's own W7 window (of course under VXP),
it still opens a printer job icon in the W7 task bar, however, it now
says "0 Documents to print". Before it said anything but 0 and the
longer it was open, the more jobs it stacked up. The good part is that
now when you exit the VXP desktop or the application, it still says 0
and in a few minutes, the icon goes away by itself. I assume the icon
appears as an indication that the pipeline is ready if you decide to
print.
Art
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