by David Phillip Oster <oster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Mar 31, 2008 at 12:49 AM
In article <m2bju3lljvrtq2remvacmsi8fj1pqbsnav@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Thanks <help@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Long time PC user who is seriously thinking of moving to a MAC and
> running either Parallel or Fusion for apps available only for PC's.
> Asking some questions as they come up.
>
> Found out that some of my printers- including a Canon MP390 are not
> sup****ted by MACS. No driver available whatsoever.
>
> If I convert my PC desktop (WinXP Pro) to a virtual machine and run
> it, lets say in Fusion, would I be able to print and scan (via USB)
> with the MP390 from the VM- even if the printer is otherwise
> unsup****ted in the physical MAC machine?
1.) I'd be stunned if you couldn't set up the Windows virtual machine to
allow network printing at one TCP/IP address, and send it to from Mac OS
running on the same box at a different TCP/IP address.
2.) The Canon MP390 is sup****ted for scanning on OS X, using Vuescan
from http://www.hamrick.com/