Can no longer connect USB printer

[kAlvaro]

I'm using VirtualBox/4.2.4 in a Windows Vista host. I have a virtual machine with Windows XP. Both OS are 32 bits. I need XP to run a very old HP printer utility for my HP Deskjet 5150 that won't run on Vista.

I hadn't used the utility for a while and now I've discovered that I can no longer attach the printer, which is a USB device. It's listed as the (only) device filter in the VM settings but they I try to connect it from the "Devices" menu I get an error dialogue:

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USB device 'hp deskjet 5100' with UUID {3ab1ba34-3799-430a-b8da-a744a4df7e2} is busy with a previous request. Please try again later.

Código Resultado: E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057)
Componente: HostUSBDevice
Interfaz: IHostUSBDevice {173b4b44-d268-4334-a00d-b6521c9a740a}
Receptor:IConsole {db7ab4ca-2a3f-4183-9243-c1208da92392}

I've restarted the host computer and nothing changed. It's worth noting that the printer is connected and works fine from the host.

What broke and how can I fix it?

[mpack]

Google for ""busy with a previous request" site:forums.virtualbox.org".

[kAlvaro]

Google for ""busy with a previous request" site:forums.virtualbox.org".

I see... So it's a known issue and nobody really knows the cause. I guess I'm out of luck