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cups package

  1. Bug #468701
  2. Comment #40

Comment 40 for bug 468701

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Paul Loughman (snowhog) wrote : Re: [Bug 468701] Re: Cups on Ubuntu Karmic does not recognize USB printer

On Monday 03 May 2010 01:20:21 pm Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Paul L, I see, HAL and its CUPS backend were working around the problem
> that your printer does not return a usable device ID. HAL is deprecated
> now and therefore the hal CUPS backend is no part of Ubuntu any more. If
> your Panasonic is your only USB printer you can use the device URI
>
> parallel:/dev/usb/lp0
>
> as alternative in Karmic or Lucid.
>
> One question: The Panasonic KX-P4410 is a rather old printer (PCL 4). Is
> this a native USB printer or are you using a USB/parallel adapter cable?
>
 Thank you. I'll try using that URI as soon as I reboot back into Karmic.

Yes, it's an old printer - very old (over ten years now), but it works like a
champ. Yes, it is a parallel printer, connected to one of my laptops USB ports
by a USB/Parallel cable.

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Paul
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