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Comment 93 for bug 35638

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george whitmore (george-p-whitmore) wrote : Re: [Bug 35638] Re: Printer is not detected properly over USB
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Hi Till,
here is the results:
gpw@gpw-a:~$ sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
[sudo] password for gpw:
Error: Input/output error: GET_DEVICE_ID on '/dev/usb/lp0'
gpw@gpw-a:~$

You are correct as I have always used a Parallel Cable with my LaserJet4. If
I used a Bluetooth adapter to the Parallel port on the LaserJet, do you
think that would work? This T61 is the first computer I have owned that did
NOT have a parallel Port connection.

I apologize for your trouble, I didn't mean to get you side tracked like
that. Thanks for helping me.

On my R51 connected to the Laserjet4 running WindowsXP, I had to tell
Windows to use the USB port to find the Printer, it does that and works.
That could be a way to fix it with Linux CUPS.

Good luck on the Hardy release, really working great, had a little problem
with the network manager "step stairs" Icon desipearing from the top panel.
The network itself was fine just the Icon in the top panel. It's all fine
now. I did have some early crashes with Tomboy but those are all fine now.
Just loaded SongBird yesterday, slick program, a true Windows Killer and I
might say OSX also...

Thanks again...
George

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:55 AM, Till Kamppeter <email address hidden>
wrote:

> George, can you do
>
> sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
>
> and post the output here?
>
> Please note also that your problem is not the problem originally
> reported here. Your problem is that CUJPS cannot cope with a USB printer
> which does not supply its device ID. Every native USB printer supplies
> its ID< but your adapter cable is a bad implementation, it does not pass
> on the device ID which the printer supplies to its parallel port. Please
> report a separate bug on this, perhaps even better directly upstream at
> http://www.cups.org/ (problem will occur the same way if you are using
> another Linux distribution than Ubuntu or Mac OS X).
>
> --
> Printer is not detected properly over USB
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35638
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