Re: Printing under VPC 7 and OS 10.2.8

In article <vilain-F11174.16452011122006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Michael Vilain <vilain@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <mjensen-A5400C.09323011122006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John <mjensen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <vilain-67041D.14225310122006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Michael Vilain <vilain@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <mjensen-B0269A.11444810122006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John <mjensen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <vilain-818C5A.17081409122006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Michael Vilain <vilain@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <mjensen-E9F506.11002909122006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John <mjensen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1165636430.429581.296270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Paul Power" <paulkpower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Use the VM Additions print driver instead of your HP driver.

Paul,
I already tried that, the VM additions driver requires OS 10.3 or
later.
As I indicated, I'm running OS 10.2.8. Any other suggestions?

John

Upgrade to 10.3.9. I'm surprised VPC 7.0 installed on your system at
all.

Michael,
The read-me file that accompanies VPC 7 says it is compatible with OS
10.2.8 and later. I had no problem installing it. And according to the
VPC 7 help file, a USB printer CAN be configured. My problem is that I
followed the steps but it doesn't work.

Upgrading to OS 10.3 or later isn't really an option I want to use
since
I still have a need for OS 9.x classic to run an older Mac application
(i.e. Canvas 3.x).

John

Hmmm. I'm running VPC on 10.4.8 _AND_ I can run Classic. So, I don't
see what the hold up is for you and 10.3.9. I'll leave that for you to
research.

I don't know what to tell you about VM Additions printer driver. It's
part of VPC and installs on the instance of XP you're running, not on
MacOS X. Since it's a Windows install package, the MacOS X version
seems irrelevant here. Setup XP to use the VM Additions printer and you
will be able to print to your default MacOS X printer. I don't know if
you'll be able to print to an attached USB printer through XP.

If that doesn't work, try getting a networked printer and setting that
up. I have both a laserprinter and a deskjet and VPC can print to them
natively just fine.

Otherwise, you'll probably have to live with what you got.

Michael,
I thought 10.2 was the last Mac OS that included classic. Do I
understand that incorrectly?

I don't know about VM Additions printer but when I selected it in
Windows and tried to print, I got the message that said I needed Mac OS
10.3 or later. I didn't understand that either, but that's what it said.
I guess I'll keep playing around with it but fortunately, I very rarely
have a need to print from a Windows application so its not that big of a
deal. Nonetheless, it should work.

John

Not quite. It may be that the last version that _included_ MacOS 9
disks to install Classic, but the Classic environment runs just fine on
10.3 and 10.4 on PPC systems. I bought a used machine. It came with
MacOS X 10.1 and MacOS 9 disks.

If you buy a commercial copy of 10.4, your existing Classic environment
will be preserved unless you've done a new install on the disk. On a
new 10.4 system, all you do is install Classic from the MacOS 9 disks
(which you got from eBay or a prior version).

The VM Additions are a package you install from within VPC onto the XP
instance to allow you to do drag and drop and printing to the VPC
Printer. Since that requires 10.3 to work, you're sort of stuck without
a usable printer in your current environment. Bummer.

So, what was your reason for staying on 10.2 again?

Michael,
Thanks for the info about being able to use classic on current versions
of the OS. Unfortunately, I gave away my OS 9 CD when I donated my blue
and white G3 along with various software CDs to charity a couple of
years ago. Now the only version I have is what is on my original eMac
install disks. I guess that's why I'm "stuck" on OS 10.2.x.

Although its a bummer that I can't print from Windows, as I said, its
not a big deal and I can usually find a work-around (e.g. drag and drop
my Windows Excel file to Mac and open/print from Excel on my Mac).

Thanks again for your reply and explanation.

John
.

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