When you upgrade VMware Fusion, to confirm that the latest version of VMware Virtual Printer is installed on a guest operating system, you can uninstall and reinstall VMware Virtual Printer.

Use the appropriate uninstallation method based on the operating system of the guest.

Windows Guest

Use the Windows uninstall feature to uninstall the VMware Virtual Printer application. For example, for Windows 10, perform the following steps.

a

Select Start > Windows System > Control Panel.

b

Click Uninstall a program.

c

Select VMware Virtual Printer.

d

Click Uninstall.

Debian-Based Linux Guest, such as Debian and Ubuntu

In a terminal window, run either of the following commands.

sudo apt-get purge thinprint

sudo dpkg -P thinprint

RPM-Based Linux Guest, such as Red Hat, SUSE, and Fedora

In a terminal window, run the following command.

rpm -e thinprint

The VMware Virtual Printer is no longer installed on the guest.

Install VMware Virtual Printer again. See Install VMware Virtual Printer