On Sep 15,  6:22pm, rustyc wrote:

> So, first attempt was to run vmware and print using
> the windows printer driver under windows, exported
> via samba to linux.  (VMware allows the windows client
> OS to have access to devices you specify, and I tried
> to let it have the parallel port).

Did you happen to reboot after your attempt at using VMware and then
doing things the "right way"?  I've noticed in the past that VMware
leaves some of the devices in sort of a strange state.