windows xp virtual machine not seeing printer

I am running parallels through a macbook pro and printing to a wireless airport express...the mac prints fine but when i paralell to the vm machine the windows side does not see the printer. i downloaded the printer drivers and software as well to the virtual machine...any ideas?

 

also, the virtual machine prints fine when I plug the usb directly into the computer. I thought about just plugging it directly into the computer and not using airport express but then when I try and go back to print on the mac side, the mac doesn't see the printer!@@##@@#$%.

 

Windows and Linux forum here. Try the Mac one.

 

forget i said mac. I'm running it on a windows xp/pro computer and it won't print to an airpot wireless network...

 

i'll try the mac side too. thanks for pointing me there.

 

You might want to see if there's any firewall enable in Windows/Linux. Those kill shared printers/folders by default.