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In VMware once you connect to your virtual machine, you can access the printers from your host machine. This is a very nice feature, you don't have to setup the printer for your virtual machine. I was wondering can I do the same thing in hyper-v? I have a hyper-v virtual machine setup, but it doesn't show the host printers on the virtual machine.
nate
Posted 2013-07-11T14:06:56.157
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If you have a virtual machine setup you can modify the base image to include the printers and printer drivers, on deploy they will all be setup.
Another option would be to manage the machines with puppet, this would avoid having to modify the image every single time the configuration changes. It's then possible to update the machines dynamically.
Finally it's also possible to control printers with Group Policies, as shown here: How to use Group Policy settings to control printers in Active Directory
Daniël W. Crompton
Posted 2013-07-11T14:06:56.157
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@DaniëlW.Crompton, Nicer GUI... That's all? – Pacerier – 2015-02-04T21:32:10.100
Basically! http://puppetlabs.com/puppet/enterprise-and-open-source
– Daniël W. Crompton – 2015-02-05T11:59:38.8301What is puppet, can you be a little more descriptive? – nate – 2013-07-18T15:18:41.210
My apologies, I've added the link to the answer. Puppet helps system administrators automate every phase of their IT infrastructure’s lifecycle. Which means that you can control your infrastructure from a central platform. – Daniël W. Crompton – 2013-07-19T00:08:23.587
Puppet looks really good, however I am looking for a free way to solve my issue. – nate – 2013-07-22T14:40:21.633
1The community edition is free, the enterprise edition can be used with up to 5 machines. The difference is a fancy user interface. – Daniël W. Crompton – 2013-07-24T13:27:01.287
Its possible if they are visible to the network and/or you share the printers to the network. – Ramhound – 2013-07-11T14:35:37.580
@Ramhound they are visible to the network. I just don't want to have to install each local printer driver for each and every user. – nate – 2013-07-11T15:03:49.687