ieee 1284 controller usb printing support

I started VirtualBox 4.3.6 r91406 and clicked on its “Settings,” or else “Machine, Settings” and then on “USB” on the left-hand side of the ensuing window. Gratefully I have found answers to my questions 1, 2, and indications that the answer to my question 3 will likely be yes. Question 3: Assuming that I could find a Linux driver or compile and link the source code for one (that I think I may have found) in a kernel module or else with the appropriate Linux kernel, would all of this conceivably be workable, as far as VirtualBox and openSUSE would be concerned? 2014User Posts: 7 Joined: 12. What I hope is that I can get the IEEE-1284 adapter or controller working in first VirtualBox and then in openSUSE 13.1 and then hope that I can get openSUSE 13.1 within VirtualBox to configure the Compaq IJ300 printer connected to that IEEE adapter (The hardware part of this matter has been solved by purchasing the IEEE-1284 adapter to act as an adapter between the parallel connector of the printer cable and the USB port of my computer.). Looking ahead I may not be able to immediately, software-wise set up my printer in the “host,” 64-bit, Windows-8.1 operating system because I don't think a driver for my Compaq IJ300 printer exists for Windows 8.1. Question 2: And with success in 1, how would I get that controller or adapter configured in VirtualBox in such a way that the “guest,” openSUSE-13.1 Linux operating system could locate that configuration? Question 1: How may I get VirtualBox to “recognize” the IEEE-1284 Controller or adapter that Windows-8.1 apparently found? My questions at this stage of my ultimate goal in this regard of getting a Compaq IJ300 printer working in openSUSE follow. I suspect that may be because it is not “recognized” and configured in VirtualBox. So far the “guest,” openSUSE operating system in VirtualBox has not configured the IEEE-1284 adapter. In Device Manager it is apparently associated with “Universal Serial Bus Controllers, USB Printing Support” and “Other Devices, Lexmarkinkjet 4100” printer, although I myself do not have such a printer. In Windows 8.1 “IEEE 1284 Controller” appears in “Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Devices and Printers” when the parallel-to-USB adapter is connected to a USB port of my Dell Inspinotebook computer. The “guest” operating system in VirtualBox is a 64-bit, openSUSE-13.1, Linux operating system. My “host” operating system for VirtualBox is 64-bit Windows 8.1. I need help getting a parallel-to-Universal Serial Bus (USB), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers- (IEEE-) 1284 adapter to be “recognized” and later to be configured in Oracle Virtual Machine (VM) VirtualBox 4.3.6 r91406.

Ieee 1284 controller usb printing support