[Solved]VIrtualBox and printers

Hi everyone.
I have a trouble to print on Windows 7 guest from Archlinux Host.
Tried to enable usb 2.0 EHCI but seems to be missing some from Vbox , i have installed next ones packet
community/virtualbox 4.1.4-1 [instalado]
community/virtualbox-additions 4.1.4-1 [instalado]
community/virtualbox-archlinux-additions 4.1.4-1 [instalado]
community/virtualbox-archlinux-modules 4.1.4-1 [instalado]
so, how make it work the printer on Windows 7?
Last edited by fpilee (2011-11-03 00:21:38)

fpilee wrote:community/virtualbox-archlinux-additions 4.1.4-1 [instalado]
community/virtualbox-archlinux-modules 4.1.4-1 [instalado]
Just to point out those are for Archlinux Guest only ( in your case it is windows guest )

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fowler,
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1.
Disable simple file sharing on the Windows XP computer:
How to disable simple file sharing and how to set
permissions on a shared folder in Windows XP
2.
On the Windows 7 computer, go to “Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings” and ensure that the
following items are turned ON:
Network Discovery
File and printer sharing
And this one is OFF:
Password protected sharing
3.
Temporarily disable or remove all the security software (firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc.) on the computers and check if it works.
In addition,
I would like to share the following with you for your reference:
Troubleshoot file and printer
sharing
Hope this helps. Thanks.
Nicholas Li - MSFT

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Hi all,
We have some laptops (windows732bit iprint client 5.92/5.94) that go offsite each night and have found that when opening devices and printers, or word etc that check the printers and can take a long time to respond/show the printers. No doubt this is because of the ipp printers installed from iprint, the less amount of network printers the quicker it opens etc.
Is there a way to shorten/eliminate the timeout for checking of network printers at all?
Thanks.

Originally Posted by clarja
Hi all,
We have some laptops (windows732bit iprint client 5.92/5.94) that go offsite each night and have found that when opening devices and printers, or word etc that check the printers and can take a long time to respond/show the printers. No doubt this is because of the ipp printers installed from iprint, the less amount of network printers the quicker it opens etc.
Is there a way to shorten/eliminate the timeout for checking of network printers at all?
Thanks.
Hi,
try the latest client there is a fix a "slow issue" not sure if it's the same issue that you have but worth a try:
Fixes introduced in the 5.96 iPrint Client
Print Spooler Crash with WinXP/Win7 and 5.94 iPrint Client. (See TID 7014728)
iPrint client 5.94 slow updating windows printer properties page (Bug 865327)
On these computers, what printer model is installed and what driver + version are they using?
Thomas

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G'day,
an annoying effect both on Win 8.1 and Win Server 2012 R2: after installing/connecting a network printer for a user, it takes about 10 minutes (sic!) till printer is shown in devices and printers...
Printer is shown and can be used immediately after connect in word/notepad, but properties of printers can only be managed via devices and printers. Work around for setting standard printer: open notepad, click
print and right-click printer.
But we have to choose a special printer profile, which cannot be done else than devices and printers.
Sometimes even previously installed printers do not show for minutes after logon...
Restarting spooler: no effect
Changing drivers: no effect
Printers are Konica C554 series and 4700P series with Konica PCL drivers.
Print server for network printers in Win Server 2012 R2 (VM on Hyper-V 2012 R2)
No other network issues.
Thanks and regards.
McButtonn

Open the printer folder the spooler team built. It's hidden but available and will list just the printers not the devices.
If the print shows up immediately, the spooler has the information. You will be running the shell command to invoke the old UI.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/8d69181f-3b9f-43c0-ba6d-ba99fe5fc413/printer-visible-in-print-dialog-but-not-visible-in-devices-and-printers-revisited?forum=w7itprohardware
Enumerating into the Devices and printers UI is then the issue.
thanks
Alan Morris formerly with Windows Printing Team

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