Parallels

[cameronv]

Does anyone know how I can trouble shoot problems with Parallels? I have my Brother MFCN printer set up wireless thru my Apple Extreme Router, and when on Mac side, I can print easily. But when on Windows side, I cant print stuff out...tried to install the cd for the printer, and still no luck...and the pc wont see the driver when I search to "add printer"

thoughts??

[houltmac]

I would suggest you download the newest and most appropriate driver from Brother's website as a starting place. Here is a good place to start. From there you can download the driver for Windows and install it.

[baseballboy828]

If I remember correctly you can just share the printer from the mac to the windows guest os in parallels. That has worked for me on the local side, so I see no reason why it shouldn't work for wireless.

[cameronv]

Originally Posted by baseballboy828

If I remember correctly you can just share the printer from the mac to the windows guest os in parallels. That has worked for me on the local side, so I see no reason why it shouldn't work for wireless.

Forgive me, but how do I do the above?

[baseballboy828]

At the bottom of the virtual machine there is a row of icons. Click the printer icon and change it to your printer. Parallels itself will then handle printing rather than Windows. That should work fine.

[cameronv]

thanks.....fixed it...works great...thanks

[baseballboy828]

No problem. That's what I love about Parallels. It takes care of all the drivers and device management so you don't need drivers for a printer twice.