Unable to print on Canon BJ200ex via usb-parallel cable

[Andreas Hirner]

Hello,

I am trying to print with an (old) Canon Bj200ex printer using a USB-Parallel cable on a Ubuntu 12.04 machine (fully updated), but there is no action after a document is sent to printer. It remains in the queue indefinitely and nothing is happening.

I configured the printer with the standard application and choose
Canon BJ-200 Foomatic/bj200 (recommended) as model
and both parallel:/dev/usb/lp0 and usb://Unknown/Printer as URI.

After printing dmesg looks like this
user@linuxbox:~$ dmesg
[ 1361.554411] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1366.637641] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x067B pid 0x2305
[ 1366.637699] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
[ 1440.665945] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 1440.666267] usblp0: removed
[ 1500.386214] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 1505.449686] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x067B pid 0x2305
[ 1783.193476] usblp0: removed
[ 1793.209963] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x067B pid 0x2305
[ 1905.782888] usblp0: removed

After cancelling the print job /var/log/cups/error_log looks like this
E [15/Mar/2013:13:01:24 +0100] Unknown directive SystemGroup on line 16 of /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
er@linuxbox:~$ dmesg
[ 1361.554411] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1366.637641] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x067B pid 0x2305
[ 1366.637699] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
[ 1440.665945] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 1440.666267] usblp0: removed
[ 1500.386214] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 1505.449686] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x067B pid 0x2305
[ 1783.193476] usblp0: removed
[ 1793.209963] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x067B pid 0x2305
[ 1905.782888] usblp0: removed [15/Mar/2013:13:39:17 +0100] [Job 40] Stopping unresponsive job!

I can't find any advice how to solve this problem. Below is the output of the commands as requested by this URL: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems

Kind regards
Andreas

user@linuxbox:~$ lsmod | grep usb
usblp 18307 0
btusb 18332 2
bluetooth 180153 23 rfcomm,bnep,btusb

user@linuxbox:~$ tail -f /var/log/syslog
Mar 15 13:23:57 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: Device vendor/product is 067B:2305
Mar 15 13:24:02 linuxbox kernel: [ 1366.637641] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x067B pid 0x2305
Mar 15 13:24:02 linuxbox kernel: [ 1366.637699] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
Mar 15 13:24:02 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/usb/lp0
Mar 15 13:24:02 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: failed to claim interface
Mar 15 13:24:02 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: failed to claim interface
Mar 15 13:24:02 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: device devpath is /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/usb3/3-2
Mar 15 13:25:16 linuxbox kernel: [ 1440.665945] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
Mar 15 13:25:16 linuxbox kernel: [ 1440.666267] usblp0: removed
Mar 15 13:25:16 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/usb3/3-2

reconnect:

Mar 15 13:26:15 linuxbox kernel: [ 1500.386214] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
Mar 15 13:26:15 linuxbox mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/usb3/3-2"
Mar 15 13:26:20 linuxbox kernel: [ 1505.449686] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x067B pid 0x2305
Mar 15 13:26:20 linuxbox mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 3 was not an MTP device
Mar 15 13:26:20 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0
Mar 15 13:26:20 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: device devpath is /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/usb3/3-2
Mar 15 13:26:20 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: Device vendor/product is 067B:2305
Mar 15 13:26:20 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/usb/lp0
Mar 15 13:26:21 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: failed to claim interface
Mar 15 13:26:21 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: failed to claim interface
Mar 15 13:26:21 linuxbox udev-configure-printer: device devpath is /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/usb3/3-2

user@linuxbox:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 147e:1001 Upek
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 5986:0308 Acer, Inc
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 067b:2305 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2305 Parallel Port

user@linuxbox:~$ ls -l /dev/usb/lp* /dev/bus/*/*
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 Mär 15 13:26 /dev/usb/lp0

/dev/bus/usb/001:
insgesamt 0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 Mär 15 13:01 001
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 1 Mär 15 13:01 002

/dev/bus/usb/002:
insgesamt 0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 Mär 15 13:01 001
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 129 Mär 15 13:01 002
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 130 Mär 15 13:01 003
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 131 Mär 15 13:01 004
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 132 Mär 15 13:01 005

/dev/bus/usb/003:
insgesamt 0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 256 Mär 15 13:01 001
crw-rw-r-- 1 root lp 189, 258 Mär 15 13:26 003

/dev/bus/usb/004:
insgesamt 0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 384 Mär 15 13:01 001

user@linuxbox:~$ sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
Error: Input/output error: GET_DEVICE_ID on '/dev/usb/lp0'
user@linuxbox:~$ sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp1
Error: No such file or directory: can't open '/dev/usb/lp1'

user@linuxbox:~$ lpinfo -v
network beh
network https
network lpd
network ipp
network http
network ipps
network socket
network ipp14
network smb
direct hp
direct hpfax
direct usb://Unknown/Printer

trying again:
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Can you boot from a Ubuntu 13.10 live CD or USB stick and tell whether you can print with your USB->Parallel adapter from that system?

[Andreas Hirner (hirner-andreas)]

I tried to run through the procedure from a 13.10 stick and was still not able to print anything. Are you still interested in any logs or messages?