USB Scanner or Printer?
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Loren Rogers
Nov 30, 2016, 7:02:19 PM11/30/16
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What's the recommended way to handle scanners and printers? It sounds like I'll need to go through a USB Qube, but I don't trust the closed-source drivers to run alongside my USB keyboard.
Will I need to assign a USB PCI device to a particular printer-scanner Qube and have the others go through dom0?
raah...@gmail.com
Nov 30, 2016, 10:47:43 PM11/30/16
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most use network printer i believe cause easier to print to. Printer is never considered secure or printing private.
Franz
Dec 1, 2016, 6:25:50 AM12/1/16
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If you do not have a network printer you cann buy a printer server for a few dollars.
best
Fran
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Loren Rogers
Dec 1, 2016, 9:58:23 AM12/1/16
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Good point - I suppose it makes most sense to set up a print/scan
server and just connect to it remotely.
However, assuming I had some other USB device that required closed-source drivers, would my only option be to connect it to the USB Qube or dedicate a PCI USB device to a separate Qube?
However, assuming I had some other USB device that required closed-source drivers, would my only option be to connect it to the USB Qube or dedicate a PCI USB device to a separate Qube?
Franz
Dec 1, 2016, 11:29:26 AM12/1/16
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Both. The second one may be safer because there is some separation at the level of the usb controller. The first one uses the same USB controller for different VMs and the use for USB devices other than block-devices is somehow experimental.
Best
Fran
raah...@gmail.com
Dec 1, 2016, 8:55:22 PM12/1/16
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