Ubuntu 9.10 does not 'see' parallel printer via a parallel-2-usb converter cable
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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cups (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: cups
Went through wizards to setup HP LaserJet 4L. There is no 'usb' printer found. Yet, using manual entries (uri is hp:/usb/
Having read the litany of 'stuff' regarding printing in 9.10, and having tried a great many of the suggestions, nothing has caused the system to find the printer behind the USB port. One of the commands yielded a 'broken pipe' right after having identifed that USB 003:002 was, indeed, a bi-directional parallel printer.
Reluctant to try to match this issue with an existing bug, I opted to create this new one hoping that someone with far more experience with all this could re-categorize it into the proper spot.
Ubuntu 9.10
release 9.10
cups: 1.4.1-Subuntu2.1
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Dec 15 19:45:17 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Lpstat:
device for HP-LaserJet-
device for HP_LaserJet_4l: hp:/usb/
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: cups 1.4.1-5ubuntu2.1
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
HP_LaserJet_4l: HP LaserJet 4L Foomatic/ljet4 (recommended)
HP-LaserJet-
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: cups
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-
(gnome-
(polkit-
(nautilus:2077): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences
dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0308
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: M2N68-VM
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
Wife 3.0 is putting pressure on having the ability to print. She has not-so-subtly suggested rebuilding the box with Windows ... please help, I can't hold out much longer!