To enable a virtual machine to print to any printer available to the host machine, you need to add a virtual printer device to the virtual machine, if one is not already present. When you add a virtual printer to the virtual machine, Workstation Pro configures a virtual serial port with the virtual machine to communicate with the host printers.
Note: You cannot add a printer to a shared or remote virtual machine.
Prerequisites
- On Windows hosts, enable VMware Virtual Printer globally. See Configuring Virtual Printers on Windows Hosts. This prerequisite does not apply to Linux hosts, on which VMware Virtual Printer is always enabled.
- The virtual machine must be powered on or off. You cannot add a printer to a virtual machine in a powered on or suspended state.
Procedure
What to do next
Install the VMware Virtual Printer application in the virtual machine. See Install VMware Virtual Printer