Use lan-connected printer within VMware

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Hi, i have a HP printer connnect via LAN to the host-PC (windows 7) and i want to use it from a virutal windows XP intallation within vmware but XP does not seem to find the printer, any ideas? BTW, i do have a network connection to the router where the printer is connected.

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