USB->Parallel adapter produces crappy device URI and CUPS "usb" backend cannot cope with it
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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cups (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Oneiric |
Won't Fix
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Parallel port dot matrix printer Panasonic KX-P2124 connected via usb-parallel cable to HP6600 PC; running Ubuntu 11.10 system located on external hard drive attached by usb. Worked on Ubuntu version 8 using URI "parallel:
#Researched existing bugs - lots of info - no results. No "Help" menu found by selecting upper right located "Gear"/"Printers; could not find any "Wizard."
Thank you for your assistance,
nvsoar
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w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
Linux w8-FJ463AAR-
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 067b:3507 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL3507 ATAPI6 Bridge
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 058f:6377 Alcor Micro Corp. Multimedia Card Reader
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 050d:0002 Belkin Components
#Device immediately above is usb to parallel cable
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 4 parport_
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
ppdev 12849 0
parport 40930 4 parport_
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
parport_pc 32114 0
parport 40930 4 parport_
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
ls: cannot access /dev/usb/lp*: No such file or directory
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 2011-12-30 15:04 /dev/bus/
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 1 2011-12-30 15:04 /dev/bus/
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 3 2011-12-30 15:04 /dev/bus/
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 2011-12-30 15:04 /dev/bus/
crw-rw-r-- 1 root lp 189, 129 2011-12-30 15:25 /dev/bus/
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
[ 0.000000] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
[ 0.000000] vt handoff: transparent VT on vt#7
[ 0.210399] hpet0: 3 comparators, 32-bit 25.000000 MHz counter
[ 28.754567] uss720: protocols (eg. bitbang) over USS720 usb to parallel cables
[ 28.893725] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 28.893736] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 28.894175] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 28.894324] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 28.894438] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 28.894592] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 30.347397] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 30.347408] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 30.353749] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 30.359290] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 34.659441] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 34.672608] type=1400 audit(132528628
[ 34.673270] type=1400 audit(132528628
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
ls: cannot access /dev/lp*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /dev/parport*: No such file or directory
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
ls: cannot access /proc/sys/
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
[sudo] password for w8:
cat: /proc/sys/
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
network ipp
network http
network socket
direct hp
direct scsi
network lpd
network smb
network beh
direct hpfax
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
w8@w8-FJ463AAR-
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#From CUPS@localhost:
▼ Queue Name ▼ Description Location Make and Model Status
Panasonic-KX-P2135 Panasonic KX-P2135 Epson LQ-850 Foomatic/lq850 (recommended) Processing - "Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds."
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: cups 1.5.0-8ubuntu6
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 30 16:33:40 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
Lpstat:
device for Panasonic-KX-P2135: parallel:/dev/lp0
device for Stylus-COLOR-880: usb://EPSON/
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 067b:3507 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL3507 ATAPI6 Bridge
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 058f:6377 Alcor Micro Corp. Multimedia Card Reader
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 050d:0002 Belkin Components
MachineType: HP-Pavilion FK792AAR-ABA a6600f
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
Panasonic-
Stylus-COLOR-880: Epson Stylus Color 880 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.7 Simplified
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: cups
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (76 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/24/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 5.20
dmi.board.name: Napa
dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
dmi.board.version: HP P/N
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixT
dmi.product.name: FK792AAR-ABA a6600f
dmi.sys.vendor: HP-Pavilion
Note that behind a USB->Parallel adapter your computer sees your printer as a USB printer. So checking parallel port support on your computer is not required.
Can you follow all the instructions in the section "USB printer" on https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/DebuggingPr intingProblems with the printer connected and turned on? Post the output here. Thanks.
After having done so run the following commands, also with the printer connected and turned on:
sudo modprobe usblp
sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp1
sudo rmmod usblp
and post the output here.