HP ScanJet 4670 on Mac OS 10.7 with VirtualBox
HP ScanJet 4670
Mac OS 10.7
VirtualBox 4.2.6, Host MacOs 10.7, Guest Windows 8
The HP Scanner use a PowerPC Plug-in and therefore does not work on Mac OS > 10.7.
The only solution I found is to use a virtual machine.
I choose the free VirtualBox 4.2.6.
VirtualBox
-Install the VirtualBox on Mac OS 10.7.
-The guest system is Windows 8. (Windows XP will also work, probably)
Driver HP ScanJet 4670
-Install the general driver for Windows Vista 64 bit, setup_basic_4600.exe
Look on
www.hp.com driver site.
USB Error
Then I plug-in the USB cable from the scanner I got the error:
"...USB Device Status is busy..."
The Mac cannot read the device, so the virtual machine does not recognize the scanner.
The solution I found on the site
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=737
wstein 6.12.2008, thanks to wstein
"...
1. First and most important, if you are already running your virtual
machine(s), USB capture is not going to work for most devices. So,
shutdown ALL virtual machines for the moment (properly from within each
machine).
2. Open the Device Manager. The easiest way to find it is in the control panel.
3. Locate the device you want to capture. If there is no driver
installed then it might appear in the 'Other devices' section as
'Unknown device'. If so skip the next 2 steps.
4. click the menu View->Devices by Connection
5. click on all '+' to expand the tree until you find the device you
want, keep an eye out for ones with USB in it. The exact hierarchy is
dependant on your hardware.
6. If the name of the device is not clear, make sure its the right
one by unplugging it. The one you unplug will disappear in the device
manager window within 2 seconds. Plug it back in to make it reappear.
7. right click on the device you want to capture and select 'Properties' from the pop-up menu
8. a properties dialog will appear, click on the 'Details' tab
9. click on the 'Property' dropdown and select 'Hardware Ids'
10. there should be a line of text similar to
'USB\Vid_06CD&PID_011C&REV_0001' Write this down if you can't
see it while the VirtualBox control window is up. These are the values
needed. Note that they will change when a virtual machine captures them.
11. go to (or start) the VirtualBox control window.
12. select the Virtual machine you wish to associate with this USB device
13. click on the 'USB' in the 'Details' pane or click 'Settings' then 'USB' from the settings dialog
14. click on the empty filter (blue circle), this will add a new
[blank] entry (I could not make this work by using the one with the '+'
sign on it, don't know why)
15. double click on the new entry to bring up a 'USB Filter Details' dialog
16. enter the 3 four digit hexadecimal numbers from the hardware ID string from Device Manager as follows
four characters following 'Vid_' -> Vender ID:
four characters following 'PID' -> Product ID:
four characters following 'REV_' -> Revision:
..."
in case
of ScanJet 4670
Vender ID: 03F0
Product ID: 3005
Revision: 0100
"...
17. You can optionally change the name but do not enter any other values. Click 'OK' to exit the 'USB Filter Details' dialog.
18. Click 'OK' to exit the Settings dialog
19. repeat steps above for other devices or virtual machines
20. If this is the second time trying these instructions, unplug and plug back in the USB device at this point.
21. Start your virtual machine(s).
22. Capture the USB device by selecting it from the USB icon menu in
the lower right corner of the virtual machine window. This should cause
the device listed in the (Host) Device Manager to change to 'Virtual
Box USB'
..."
Now I can scan with the application 'paint' and send the file through a shared folder to the Mac.
