Comment 3 for bug 497244

I think I experience the same problem. Will attach the required information.

max@max-desktop:~$ lsmod | grep usb
snd_usb_audio 102976 2
snd_pcm 93160 6 snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_usb_lib 19648 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi 27296 2 snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_hwdep 9352 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd 77096 23 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
usbhid 43968 0
max@max-desktop:~$ lsmod | grep lp
lp 11908 0
parport 40528 2 ppdev,lp
max@max-desktop:~$ lsmod | grep ppdev
ppdev 8232 0
parport 40528 2 ppdev,lp
max@max-desktop:~$ lsmod | grep par
parport 40528 2 ppdev,lp
max@max-desktop:~$ lpinfo -v
network smb
network lpd
network beh
network http
direct scsi
network ipp
network socket
direct hp
direct hpfax

dmesg output:
Jan 11 20:12:18 max-laptop kernel: [ 1923.290444] usb 2-1: selecting invalid altsetting 0
Jan 11 20:12:18 max-laptop kernel: [ 1936.460133] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
Jan 11 20:12:18 max-laptop kernel: [ 1936.621165] usb 2-1: config 1 has an invalid descriptor of length 26, skipping remainder of the config
Jan 11 20:12:18 max-laptop kernel: [ 1936.621176] usb 2-1: config 1 interface 0 has no altsetting 0
Jan 11 20:12:18 max-laptop kernel: [ 1936.644300] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jan 11 20:12:18 max-laptop kernel: [ 1936.667289] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 2 proto 2 vid 0x04B4 pid 0x4100
Jan 11 20:12:42 max-laptop kernel: [ 1960.829600] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 50624 nsec
Jan 11 20:21:05 max-laptop kernel: [ 2463.290148] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 5
Jan 11 20:21:05 max-laptop kernel: [ 2463.290413] usblp0: removed