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The printer(s) are USB. &nbsp;One is an Epson R1800 and the other is a Brother All in one. I did consider sharing the printers on one or the other, but I was hoping there was a way for Mac and PC to share. this is the first time I've used Parallels. &nbsp;I thought perhaps the was a setting to allow this. Neither printer is network ready, so I would have to purchase more equipment to make that setup work. &nbsp;
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The printer(s) are USB.  One is an Epson R1800 and the other is a Brother All in one. I did consider sharing the printers on one or the other, but I was hoping there was a way for Mac and PC to share. this is the first time I've used Parallels.  I thought perhaps the was a setting to allow this. Neither printer is network ready, so I would have to purchase more equipment to make that setup work.  

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These are all good work arounds. &nbsp;Am I to assume that parallels isn't set up to share printers simultaneously with Mac and Windows?
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These are all good work arounds.  Am I to assume that parallels isn't set up to share printers simultaneously with Mac and Windows?

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I am running XP Pro on a Mac using Parallels. &nbsp;It seems that I cannot print from both the Mac and XP at the same time. &nbsp;I have to disable the printer in Parallels to print from the Mac and visa versa. &nbsp;Is this the way it has to be or am I doing something wrong?
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I am running XP Pro on a Mac using Parallels.  It seems that I cannot print from both the Mac and XP at the same time.  I have to disable the printer in Parallels to print from the Mac and visa versa.  Is this the way it has to be or am I doing something wrong?

Printers using XP with parallels on a mac

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