Re: virtualbox-usb printer not recognized
On 8/24/2015 6:27 PM, Whit Hansell wrote:
Well, I've got the new virtualbox set up and all is good except my usb
hP 5600 series printer is not recognized so I can print and scan with
it. My webcam works. My usb keyboard works. My wifi usb mouse
works. But my printer isn't recognized. I have all the info in the
usb filter setup but it keeps showing no usb items attached.......
Anyone else have a similar problem? Anyone got any ideas?
Have reinstalled the extension pack 3 timesd and besides all the other
primare usb iltems work.
Thanks in advance. Any help greatlly appreciated......
Whit
I have not played around with Virtualbox with Linux as the host os.
With Windows as the host OS Virtualbox takes care of disconnecting the
printer from the host OS so it
can be used in the Virtual machine.
Since I am usually setting things up for non techie people and want to
reduce the things they have
to try and wrap their head around, I typically set the printer up as a
network printer in the guest OS.
A quick look on Google, looks like that is the recommended course of
action when using Linux
as the host OS.
http://www.ehow.com/how_8743472_do-print-out-virtualbox.html
With Windows as the host the printer just needs to work in the host OS,
it doesn't need to be shared
in the host OS.
Since the instructions don't say anything special about the host set up
I'm guessing it is the same
with Linux as the host, but those were the first instructions I saw and
never looked to much after.
I expect if there is extra set up required someone will chime in.
Later, Seeker
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