Does the device need to have drivers?

Submitted by phamine on #1

- Canon MF4450 printer connected via USB to Asustor Nimbustor NAS

- Asustor NAS connected to wired network with VirtualHere USB Server installed

- Windows 10 PC connected to wired network VirtualHere client installed

- Printer address visible on NAS

$ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation:2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation:3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04a9:2737 Canon, Inc.:MF4410

- Port 7575 forwarded

I am not seeing the VirtualHere client showing my printer.
Is there a step I'm missing to have my printer visible?

I have the latest Win10 drivers installed.
Not sure If I need Linux drivers for VirtualHere to work?

Submitted by Michael on Fri, 2021/05/07 - 08:39

#3

Auto-find is not working because you arent on the same network or port UDP 5353 is being blocked.

So in the virtualhere client right click USB Hubs->Specify Hubs and put in the ip address of your asus nas.

You dont need any drivers server side. The printer drivers are required on the client (win10) side however.

Submitted by phamine on Fri, 2021/05/07 - 22:53

#4

-Enabled Port 5353 UDP

- Entered the IP of the NAS in Specify Hubs worked.

- However, I'm getting error messages in the img attached when i click use this device or any of the Auto-Use options.

https://imgur.com/a/NkTOmAX

Submitted by Michael on Fri, 2021/05/07 - 23:28

#5

Ok try this, right click on the printer in the virtualhere client and select Custom Event Handler... and paste in exactly this line then press OK

onReset.$VENDOR_ID$.$PRODUCT_ID$=

Now try to use the printer again via virtualhere.

Does it work ok now?

Submitted by phamine on Sat, 2021/05/08 - 22:51

#6

It's able to detect the printer now.

But I'm seeing an error in device manager where it doesn't recognize the USB Device

https://imgur.com/a/IWB2OXh

I've updated to the latest USB driver as well as the printer driver.

Device USB\VID_0000&PID_0002\2&22e30ef8&0&1 was configured.

Driver Name: usb.inf
Class Guid: {36fc9e60-c465-11cf-8056-444553540000}
Driver Date: 06/21/2006
Driver Version: 10.0.19041.488
Driver Provider: Microsoft
Driver Section: BADDEVICE.Dev.NT
Driver Rank: 0xFF0000
Matching Device Id: USB\DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_FAILURE
Outranked Drivers: usb.inf:USB\DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_FAILURE:00FF2000
Device Updated: false
Parent Device: USB\ROOT_HUB30\1&2b53a856&1&0

Submitted by Michael on Sun, 2021/05/09 - 11:31

#7

OK you are out of luck, that printer requires a special command which virtualhere cant support on the ASUSTOR