Setting Up a Printer via Bonjour

You can use Apple Bonjour for Windows to share any printer connected to your Mac (or to any Mac available on the local network) with your Windows virtual machines.

Note : To see the list of all Windows operating systems supported by Bonjour, please refer to http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999 .

Before sharing a Mac printer with a Windows virtual machine via Apple Bonjour, keep in mind that:

• This printer must be itself shared on your Mac. To share a printer, go to Mac OS X System Preferences > Print & Fax , select this printer, and enable the Share this printer option.
• The virtual machine must be configured to work in the Bridged networking mode .

To set up a printer via Bonjour, follow these steps:

1. Launch Parallels Desktop and start the Windows virtual machine in which you want to set up the printer.
2. When the guest operating system boots up, download the Bonjour for Windows installation package.

   Note: You can download Apple Bonjour for Windows at http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999 .

3. In your Windows guest operating system, start the Bonjour installation by launching the BonjourPSSetup.exe file from the folder to which it was downloaded.
4. In the Welcome to the Bonjour Print Services Installer window, click Next .
5. In the License Agreement window, carefully read the license agreement. If you agree with its terms, select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next .
6. In the next window, read the important information about Bonjour and click Next .
7. In the Installation Options window, choose where Bonjour will be installed, specify additional settings, and click Install .
8. When the installation is complete, click Finish .
9. Start the Bonjour Printer wizard either by double-clicking its icon on the desktop or by selecting Start -> All Programs -> Bonjour Print Services -> Bonjour Printer Wizard .
10. In the Browse for Bonjour Printers window, you will see all printers that you can set up in your virtual machine. Select the printer that you want to configure in the virtual machine and click Next .
11. If the next window you see is Completing the Bonjour Printer Wizard , it means that the driver required by this printer is available in the Windows driver library and the printer has been successfully configured. Click Finish and you can start using the newly added printer to print documents from your virtual machine.

    However, if the next window you see is Install Bonjour Printer , you have to specify the printer manufacturer and model in the corresponding lists.

    

    If the required printer model is not listed, you can do one of the following:

    • Install the printer drivers in the guest operating system. Then click Have Disk button in the Install Bonjour Printer window and specify the path to the .inf file located in the folder where you installed the printer drivers.
    • In the Install Bonjour Printer window, select Generic in the Manufacturer list and Generic/Postscript in the Model list.

    Click Next .

12. In the Completing the Bonjour Printer Wizard window, click Finish . You can start using the newly added printer to print documents from your virtual machine.