anguilla1980 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 So I've been handed this VM machine. It's Server 2008 R2. The VM is running on a physical server that has ESXi v5.5. I can ping the printer's IP from the VM and I was able to add a printer queue using the correct drivers from HP. But I can't even get a test page to print. It just keeps failing. I did notice that when creating the queue it did take awhile on some steps. Is there something special I have to do to get a printer working from a server OS running in VMware that's hosted on ESXi? Thanks!! Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depicus Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 No it should be like any other server, I have a print server running 2008 with 20+ printers on and they run just fine on ESXi 5.5. I'd check the networking and see if you can get to the config via a browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguilla1980 Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Hmmm, interesting.... I can get to the printers config from my laptop using Firefox, but can't from the VM using IE even though the machine can ping it. Wonder what the heck could be blocking it... Setting the firewall wide open just to test didn't have any affect. Odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 4, 2015 MVC Share Posted June 4, 2015 just because an IP answers ping doesn't mean its the actual thing your trying to get too. Did you validate the mac of the IP your pinging.. Is this ip your pinging on the same network as your vm machine? Sure there not a firewall between you and the printer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 People should be reminded that ping doesn't use TCP, uses ICMP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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