HP LJ1100 (parallel port printer) not found in Jaunty

[FrancisT]

Binary package hint: cups

I just upgraded a dell inspiron 2650 laptop to Jaunty (9.04). Under the previous version (7.10) it was able to detect and print on a HP laserjet 1100 connected to its parallel port. Under jaunty for some reason the printer isn't being found

dmesg | grep parallel
[ 27.280376] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver

lsmod | grep ppdev
ppdev 15620 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp

lsmod | grep lp
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp

I manually copies the /etc/cups directory across thinking that might be the problem. It isn't. CUPS knows the printer should be there but doesn't seem to see parallel port. HPLIP also fails to find it

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Lpstat:
 device for LaserJet_1100: parallel:/dev/lp0
 device for PDF: cups-pdf:/
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04b4:6830 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C68300A EZ-USB AT2 USB 2.0 to ATA/ATAPI
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Inspiron 2650
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: cups 1.3.9-17ubuntu3
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
 PDF: Generic PDF file generator
 LaserJet_1100: HP LaserJet 1100 Foomatic/ljet4 (recommended)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=bbe9c20e-4abf-472f-be19-d52555a5f180 ro acpi=off noapic nolapic quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.42-generic
SourcePackage: cups