I did a quick search and found this, hopefully it helps: USB Device Redirection in VMware Horizon View 5.1 and 5.2 | VMware End-User Computing Blog - VMware Blogs
Bob VaalApril 1, 2013 at 5:45 pm
Figured it out. The HP LJ P1102w does NOT use HP’s DOT4 USB Printing drivers. The HP LJ P1102w has it’s drivers built in. When you hook it up USB it creates a USB CDROM Drive with the drivers so you can install them. When you first attach it via USB Redirection to a Veiw desktop, it succesfully creates the USB CDROM Drive but fails finding a USB port when installing the drivers.
The printer also allows wireless connectivity to it. I configured the printer for wireless. Connected to it via it’s web based interface. In the configuration there is a setting to turn off “Show HP Smart Install download option” and “Enable USB HP Smart Install” options. This allowed the USB redirection to use the P1102w drivers that I preinstalled in my parent image.