Set the Default Printer for a Virtual Machine

When you use Fusion, all printers installed on your Mac are automatically added to your virtual machine.

Your virtual machine uses the default printer on the Mac as its default printer, unless you change it on the Printer panel in Settings.

Procedure

1. Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.
2. Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.
3. Under Removable Devices in the Settings window, click Printer.
4. Select the Share Mac printers with Windows check box.
5. Select the default printer for this virtual machine.

   Option	Description
   Match the default printer on the Mac	Print jobs from this virtual machine go to the printer set as default on your Mac.
   Allow a different default printer	Print jobs from this virtual machine go to the printer you set as default using the virtual machine’s operating system preferences. For example, you set the printer default by selecting Start > Printers and Faxes in a Windows XP virtual machine.