
134 Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide
Ejecting CD/DVD
In any guest OS press the Eject key on the keyboard (the triangle with the line underneath).
In Windows guest OSes you may use also the following method:
Click Start -> My Computer, then right-click (or Control-click) the desired CD/DVD-
ROM drive, and choose Eject from the context (shortcut) menu.
Using USB Devices in a Virtual
Machine
The current version of Parallels Desktop emulates the 8-port USB 2.0 and 2-port USB 1.1
controller. This means that up to eight 2.0 USB peripherals can be connected to a virtual
machine simultaneously. This number does not include an USB keyboard, USB mouse, and
USB microphone that will be connected in any case even if the virtual machine doesn't have a
USB controller.
Parallels Desktop lets you connect USB devices to virtual machines automatically when they
are plugged in. See the USB Options (page 188) section to learn how to turn this option on. And
see the Connecting USB Devices (page 132) section to learn how to connect a USB device to a
virtual machine at runtime both automatically and manually.
Warning. Do not connect standard Macintosh USB input devices,such as the USB mouse or
the USB keyboard, to the virtual machine. If you do this, shut down or restart the guest
operating system to disconnect the devices. These devices are handled differently by Parallels
Desktop.
Setting up a Printer in Virtual
Machine
There are four basic ways of setting up printing in a virtual machine:
Use any of the printers connected to your Macintosh computer via a parallels port of your
virtual machine.
Set up a USB printer.
Set up a printer via Apple's Bonjour Printer wizard. This way is available in Windows guest
OSes only.
Use a network printer.
How to configure a virtual machine for printing is described in the topics below.
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