Printing reboots guest OS (xp)

[bluevibe]

Hi!

When I try printing a document in Win XP, the OS reboots.
The printer is a OKI 3200 connected via USB.

I've attached a screenshot of the error briefly flashing on the screen.

Any idea what's going on and how to fix this?

 

[Mr SA]

There is a sticky thread at the top of the forum about printing issues. You cannot (at present) print to USB printers directly.

http://forums.parallels.com/thread2549.html

 

[bluevibe]

Oh, right. So that's why no one was responding to this thread

I actually tried to read that one, but got the impression it didn't concern my issue.
I have a printer that is windows-only, so I'm depending on the printer to be installed in parallels.

Is this usb-printing-issue related to XP alone?

I read in a forum that this guy was printing without any trouble, though that was using windows 2000.

 

[joem]

Oh, right. So that's why no one was responding to this thread

I actually tried to read that one, but got the impression it didn't concern my issue.
I have a printer that is windows-only, so I'm depending on the printer to be installed in parallels.

Is this usb-printing-issue related to XP alone?

I read in a forum that this guy was printing without any trouble, though that was using windows 2000.

If you have a network and another Windows machine, a solution would be to install the printer on that machine and print from your guest over the network. This is not an XP problem, it's a Parallels not supporting USB passthrough problem. Many of us are asking for more complete USB support and they appear to be working on it.

Network printing has been working for me since day one.