I have Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I installed the latest VirtualBox and setup Ubuntu 9.10 as a guest. I set up a USB filter for my printer but Ubuntu does not find a printer. Have done a lot of searching around, but everone seems to assume you have Ubuntu as the host.
How do you get USB printing to work from an Ubuntu guest?
[SOLVED] USB Printing
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mooreted
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[SOLVED] USB Printing
Last edited by mooreted on 24. Dec 2009, 18:12, edited 1 time in total.
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stefan.becker
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Re: USB Printing
Share the printer via Network.
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mooreted
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Re: USB Printing
The printer is shared. Ubutnu doesn't see it. It says check my firewall settings, but the firewall is not turned on.stefan.becker wrote:Share the printer via Network.
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stefan.becker
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Re: USB Printing
Details please instead of "doesnt work".
Exact networtk settings, exact approach.
Exact networtk settings, exact approach.
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mooreted
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Re: USB Printing
Ubuntu:stefan.becker wrote:Details please instead of "doesnt work".
Exact networtk settings, exact approach.
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:25:1f:29
inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00
fe25:1f29/64 Scope:LinkUP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:21140 errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15753 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:25205379 (25.2 MB) TX bytes:2207648 (2.2 MB)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xd020
Windows:
Printer and file sharing turned on.
Printer shared.
Share name: HP Deskjet D1400 series
Workgroup: Workgroup
IP Address: 192.168.0.2
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
Virtualbox:
Version 3.12
Set a usb filter for the HP Deskjet D1420
Loaded Ubuntu
Clicked: System/Administration/Printing
Clicked: New - No printer found
Clicked: Find Network Printer
Tried IP address and Windows host name - No printer found
Clicked: Windows Printer via SAMBA - Error:
"There were no print shares found. Please check that the Samba service is marked as trusted in your firewall configuration.
To do this, select System->Administration->Firewall from the main menu."
Checked firewall: Firewall is turned off in Ubuntu.
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Re: [SOLVED] USB Printing
Rebooted the computer, attached printer, Ubuntu found the printer and printed a test page. This was done without adding a filter and with no networking involved.