Cliff, It's good you found the general USB problem. For sure you need to get your system configured for recognizing USB devices properly, and then you can focus on the printer. Start with the simpler USB drive, which I know XP Home Edition can do.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cliff Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 12:14 AM > To: Community mailing list of VirtualBox users > Subject: Re: [VBox-users] Printing from Vbox w/XP on OSx > > ** Reply to message from "John A. Wallace" <[email protected]> on > Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:04:46 -0500 > > Hi John, > > Printer is ok itself. Hovering over the USB icon at the bottom of the > VM window shows that the printer is connected, but from within XP it > only sees it as an Unknown Device. I have not checked if it is > available to the host, but I would suspect not since the icon indicates > it is connected. It should just plug & play. > > Actually, I just verified that the problem is not just with printing, > but it will not recognize a USB Stick either. Very strange. Almost as > if there is a basic problem in XP. > > Cliff > > > Also check some of the basics on the printer to make sure it has ink, > > etc., and that none of the service lights indicate a problem. > > > > When you connected the usb 2.0 driver button, did you also create a > > filter to specify this particular device? When doing so, you should > > have seen a green cross on the usb connector and, clicking it, it > > would display all the presently attached USB devices on your host. > > Also, the Help file said that when your guest is properly configured > > with a usb device, this device should no longer be available to the > > host after you have started the guest. Is that what you observed when > > starting the guest? I mean, did the host (I am not a Mac user) > > indicate that it now no longer had control of the device? Perhaps an > audible beep about a lost connection? > > > > I have a USB printer connected to XP Pro on a VM, and it works fine, > > but I did have to fiddle with it a bit initially and I am using a > Windows 7 host. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John A. Wallace [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 9:49 PM > > > To: 'Community mailing list of VirtualBox users' > > > Subject: Re: [VBox-users] Printing from Vbox w/XP on OSx > > > > > > Cliff, hi. > > > > > > When you look at Printers and Faxes in WinXP, do you see the > printer > > > there? > > > Did you try running through the troubleshooting procedure in XP? Is > > > this WinXP Pro or Home? > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Cliff Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:58 PM > > > > To: Community mailing list of VirtualBox users > > > > Subject: [VBox-users] Printing from Vbox w/XP on OSx > > > > > > > > I have VBox on a Mac laptop with OSx 10.7 (Lion) with an XP > guest. > > > > I don't seem to be able to figure out how to print from XP to a > > > > printer connected to the Mac USB port. I have enabled the USB > > > > filter for the printer (Vbox recognized it right away), turned on > > > > USB and the 2.0 driver in the Vbox settings for the XP guest, but > > > > XP for some reason doesn't connect to it. I've even installed the > > > > printer software in XP and set it to connect to USB, but no go. > > > > Surely someone has figured out how to do this. I must be missing > > > > something obvious. Could > > > someone > > > > open my eyes on this? Thanks. > > > > > > > > Cliff > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite > for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community- > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
