Adding a Parallel Port

A variety of devices use parallel ports, including printers, scanners, dongles, and disk drives.

You can attach up to four parallel ports to a virtual machine. The virtual parallel port can connect to a parallel port or to a file on the host operating system.

To add a physical parallel port to the virtual machine's configuration

1. Make sure the virtual machine is powered off.
2. Click Add Hardware.
3. Click Parallel Port and click Next.
4. In the Device list, select Use a physical parallel port, and click Next.
5. Enter the location of the device in the Location field.

   For example, the host's parallel port could be /dev/parport0.

6. To connect this virtual machine to the parallel port when the virtual machine is powered on, select Connect at power on, and click Next.
7. Click Finish.

To add an output file parallel port to the virtual machine's configuration

1. Make sure the virtual machine is powered off.
2. Click Add Hardware.

   The Add Hardware Wizard appears.

3. Click Parallel Port, and click Next.
4. In the Device list, select Output File, and click Next.
5. Enter the path and filename in the Output File field, or browse to the location of the file.
6. To connect this virtual machine to the parallel port when the virtual machine is powered on, select Connect at power on, and click Next.
7. Click Finish to add the parallel port.