No Virtual USB Host for ALL printers

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by StevenG14, Jun 19, 2023.

  1. StevenG14

    StevenG14 Bit poster

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    I have a lot of printers I connect to. I just switched from an Intel core i9 MacBook to the new M2 Pro. Used the migration tool on the Mac side, but of course with Windows I have to manually reinstall everything. Unfortunately, I keep getting this message and it just locks the machine until I click "OK" and then another one comes up for the next printer, and another, and another. Sooooooo frustrating.

    Here's the message:
    The USB device cannot be connected.
    There are no virtual USB host controller ports available in "Windows 11" for the "Virtual Printer (Peggy & Alan's EPSON ET-4550)" device to be connected.

    Anyone know how I can resolve this? I'm on the current version of Parallels running the ARM version of Windows 11. Thanks.
     
  2. Pavel Merkulov

    Pavel Merkulov Parallels Team

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    Hello,

    The situation you are faced with is related to the fact that in a Virtual Machine there are restrictions on the number of USB devices per USB 2.0 15 devices.

    You can find more information about restrictions in Virtual Machines in the article: https://kb.parallels.com/120658

    As possible solution, please perform the following steps:

    1. Shut down the Virtual Machine.

    2. Open the virtual machine's Configuration (https://kb.parallels.com/117287) > Hardware > Shared Printers > uncheck "Share Mac printers with Windows"

    3. Run the Virtual Machine.
     
  3. ViktorZ

    ViktorZ

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    Hello,

    The situation you are faced with is related to the fact that in a Virtual Machine there are restrictions on the number of USB devices per USB 2.0 15 devices.
     

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