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Re: Samsung C410 KVM USB pass-through [not quite resolved]

On 09/07/14 03:44 PM, Floris wrote:
Op Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:06:24 +0200 schreef Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net>:
I'm running a Windows XP/Pro VM (KVM) on a Debian/Wheezy server and am trying to get a USB printer (Samsung C410) attached to the server to work. The manufacturer suggested trying the USB pass-through but the port just shows "unknown device" in the Windows device manager.
It doesn't seem to like being a Samba or CUPS printer either. In both cases I get a message about "the current printer port is not supported for the printer status" and I get something printing that looks more like a printer status page than the Windows test print page.
Any ideas on how to get around this? Anything I can tweak on the USB pass-through settings to make this work? 




Samsung offers Linux drivers on their site. [0] [1]
I think it is possible to set up a cups/ samba share

(or is it an other printer?)

success,

floris

[0] http://www.samsung.com/nl/support/model/SL-C410W/SEE-downloads
Dutch site. Click on "Stuurprogramma" and Linux

[1] http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/SL-C410W/SEE
scroll down for the Linux driver
The problem isn't with Linux drivers. It works perfectly under Linux. It's an issue with running in a virtual machine and/or the Windows driver.
I just did a little more testing and found the problem has now reversed itself. Assigning the USB port to the VM seems to take it away from the host. This means I can print from Windows but not Linux. If I remove the port from the VM, Linux printing capability is restored. 

Is there a way to share a USB port between a VM and the host?
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