Comment 61 for bug 872483

I have the same issue on an Epson Stylus Color 670 inkjet printer, on Precise 12.04.1 (32 and 64 bits).
The first print is ok, but the following prints result in random characters (see attached scan)
It's a regression because it was working fine on Lucid 10.04.x

lsusb gives :
Bus 002 Device 011: ID 04b8:0005 Seiko Epson Corp. Printer

I ran the requested tests :
lpadmin -p Stylus-COLOR-670 -o usb-unidir-default=true
+ switch off/on the printer
=> not better

lpadmin -p Stylus-COLOR-670 -R usb-unidir-default
lpadmin -p Stylus-COLOR-670 -o usb-no-reattach-default=true
+ switch off/on the printer
=> works

This setting seems to be kept after a reboot, so it looks like a viable workaround for now