Virtual Lab: How to create a virtual printer for testing purpose.

Question

_{Thursday, October 13, 2016 5:35 PM}

Hello there, hope your day is going good.

Sorry I am very new with Windows Server in general.

I set up a virtual lab (using virtualbox software) and I created 3 different virtual machines:

Virtual Machine: Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller with AD and DNS.
Virtual Machine: Windows 7 Professional (Client Machine)
Virtual Machine: Winows Server 2008 R2 with Printer and Document Services Role installed.  This is basically my Printer Server.

I need to do some test with the last one (the printer server).  Such as: create a printer, add a printer, update drivers, create a group policy for the user to see the printer, etc..etc..

May question is, since that I do not have any physical (real) printer to test, how can I create a virtual printer? It is possibile?

Thank you so much in advance

Have a nice day

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_{Friday, October 14, 2016 8:35 AM ✅Answered}

May question is, since that I do not have any physical (real) printer to test, how can I create a virtual printer? It is possible?

Hi,

Yes, it’s possible to create virtual printers.

Please open Devices and Printers on the Start Menu, click on Add a printer, select Add a local printer, then select Use an existing port FILE: (Print to File), after that select a printer driver you’d like and finish the wizard.

Here is a link for a short video, it’s similar process on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twDpqZL0kHY

Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Best Regards,

Amy

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