Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / November 2005

If you "print" a PDF (or Postscript or text) file to a shared folder you
can set up some Applescript to automatically send it to the printer. See
the tips at
http://idisk.mac.com/mpaineau-Public/apple_script_tips.pdf
(extract below)

I print from VPC6.1/Win98 to a HP T65 Officejet all-in-one using the HP
Deskjet 500C print driver that came with Win98. Of course you dont get
the Officejet manager this way but colour printouts work well.

Michael Paine

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To print from Open Access (DOS program running in Dosbox for Mac) to the
OS X printer

Create a folder called, say, Print and add it to the Open Access
searching order. When printing choose FILE and specify the file location
as the Print folder (eg Save as: PRINT:JUNK ).
Create the following Applescript and call it, say
PrintFolderAdditions.scpt.

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
 delay 20 -- time for job to finish?
 repeat with each_item in added_items
  tell application "Printer Setup Utility" to open each_item
  delay 20 -- time before file is deleted from folder

  tell application "Finder" to delete each_item
  tell application "Printer Setup Utility"
   quit
  end tell

 end repeat
end adding folder items to

Run FolderActionsSetup script (Applscript examples). Select the Print
folder you created previously and assign the PrintFolderAdditions script
to it.

Now whenever Open Access (or any other application) sends a text file to
the Print folder it is printed and deleted. It also works for Postscript
and PDF files since the Mac printer utility recognises them.

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For the most part, the ONLY solution for all-in-one printers is to set
up the emulated printer for VPC. This will allow you to print only.
Scanning, faxing, copying are not supported with this method, but you
'should' be able to print.

Follow the directions in the MS article below.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824366