system-config-printer-udev disables HP printers, again

[Alex_xxx]

Binary package hint: system-config-printer-udev

Some time ago I filed a bug about HP printers and hal-cups-utils. I've been asked to use system-config-printer-udev instead of hal-cups-utils: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal-cups-utils/+bug/439652. Now I'm using system-config-printer-udev on my Debian Lenny box taken from Karmic (1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu8) and recompiled in Lenny environment. HPLIP is from Sid, version 3.9.10-4. The problem is the same - I've connected OfficeJet 3600, it has been recognized and added by system-config-printer-udev but in "stopped" state:

$ lshal | grep printer.
  info.product = 'Standard LPT printer port' (string)
  pnp.description = 'Standard LPT printer port' (string)
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_3f0_3112_CN97L4P08W053D_if1_printer_CN97L4P08W053D'
  info.capabilities = {'printer'} (string list)
  info.category = 'printer' (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_3f0_3112_CN97L4P08W053D_if1_printer_CN97L4P08W053D' (string)
  printer.commandset = {'LDL', 'MLC', 'PML', 'DYN'} (string list)
  printer.device = '/dev/usb/lp0' (string)
  printer.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_3f0_3112_CN97L4P08W053D_if1' (string)
  printer.product = 'Officejet J3600 series' (string)
  printer.serial = 'CN97L4P08W053D' (string)
  printer.vendor = 'HP' (string)

$ cups-printers
...
Found printer "Officejet-J3600-series", "(null)"
        Option "auth-info-required"="none"
        Option "copies"="1"
        Option "device-uri"="hp:/usb/Officejet_J3600_series?serial=CN97L4P08W053D"
        Option "finishings"="3"
        Option "job-hold-until"="no-hold"
        Option "job-priority"="50"
        Option "job-sheets"="none,none"
        Option "marker-change-time"="0"
        Option "media"="A4"
        Option "number-up"="1"
        Option "printer-info"="HP Officejet J3600 series"
        Option "printer-is-accepting-jobs"="true"
        Option "printer-is-shared"="true"
        Option "printer-location"="dbs"
        Option "printer-make-and-model"="HP Officejet j3600 series Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.6b"
        Option "printer-state"="3"
        Option "printer-state-change-time"="1261229036"
        Option "printer-state-reasons"="none"
        Option "printer-type"="4108"
        Option "printer-uri-supported"="ipp://localhost:631/printers/Officejet-J3600-series"

I've enabled it manually with cupsenable, but when I removed it from USB port, system-config-printer-udev didn't remove it from CUPS database, /etc/cups/printers.conf still contains a record for this printer (and it is marked as "online"):

$ cat /etc/cups/printers.conf
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.3.8
# Written by cupsd on 2009-12-19 08:23
...
<Printer Officejet-J3600-series>
Info HP Officejet J3600 series
Location dbs
DeviceURI hp:/usb/Officejet_J3600_series?serial=CN97L4P08W053D
State Idle
StateTime 1261229036
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>

$ cups-printers
...
Found printer "Officejet-J3600-series", "(null)"
        Option "auth-info-required"="none"
        Option "copies"="1"
        Option "device-uri"="hp:/usb/Officejet_J3600_series?serial=CN97L4P08W053D"
        Option "finishings"="3"
        Option "job-hold-until"="no-hold"
        Option "job-priority"="50"
        Option "job-sheets"="none,none"
        Option "marker-change-time"="0"
        Option "media"="A4"
        Option "number-up"="1"
        Option "printer-info"="HP Officejet J3600 series"
        Option "printer-is-accepting-jobs"="true"
        Option "printer-is-shared"="true"
        Option "printer-location"="dbs"
        Option "printer-make-and-model"="HP Officejet j3600 series Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.6b"
        Option "printer-state"="3"
        Option "printer-state-change-time"="1261229036"
        Option "printer-state-reasons"="none"
        Option "printer-type"="4108"
        Option "printer-uri-supported"="ipp://localhost:631/printers/Officejet-J3600-series"

As you can see, printer-state is "3", which means that it is online. But it is physically disconnected:

$ lshal | grep printer.
  info.product = 'Standard LPT printer port' (string)
  pnp.description = 'Standard LPT printer port' (string)

$ lpstat -p
printer CUPS-PDF is idle. enabled since Wed 02 Sep 2009 05:59:48 AM EDT
printer DellW5300 is idle. enabled since Wed 04 Nov 2009 03:53:25 PM EST
printer Officejet-J3600-series is idle. enabled since Sat 19 Dec 2009 08:23:56 AM EST

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Alex,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with system-config-printer. You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu has been updated since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the bug report?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
If you are, could you let us know, and in the current version, run the following (only once):
apport-collect BUGNUMBER
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.
G
[Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager]

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