w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ sudo rmmod usblp [sudo] password for w8: ERROR: Module usblp does not exist in /proc/modules w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ 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 003: ID 04b4:6830 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C68300A EZ-USB AT2 USB 2.0 to ATA/ATAPI Bus 001 Device 004: ID 067b:3507 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL3507 ATAPI6 Bridge Bus 001 Device 005: ID 058f:6377 Alcor Micro Corp. Multimedia Card Reader Bus 002 Device 002: ID 050d:0002 Belkin Components Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0951:1603 Kingston Technology DataTraveler 1GB/2GB Pen Drive w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ ls -l /dev/bus/usb/*/* crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 2012-01-18 19:19 /dev/bus/usb/001/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 2 2012-01-18 19:19 /dev/bus/usb/001/003 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 3 2012-01-18 19:19 /dev/bus/usb/001/004 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 4 2012-01-18 19:19 /dev/bus/usb/001/005 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 5 2012-01-18 11:20 /dev/bus/usb/001/006 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 2012-01-18 19:19 /dev/bus/usb/002/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root lp 189, 129 2012-01-18 19:19 /dev/bus/usb/002/002 w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ ls -l /dev/usb/lp* ls: cannot access /dev/usb/lp*: No such file or directory w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb DEBUG: list_devices DEBUG: libusb_get_device_list=7 direct usb://Unknown/Model "/Model" "/Model" "" "" w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ ldd /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb | grep usb libusb-1.0.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libusb-1.0.so.0 (0x00b48000) w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ lpinfo -v network socket network ipp network http network lpd direct parallel:/dev/lp0 direct scsi network smb network beh direct usb://Unknown/Model direct hp direct hpfax direct parallel:/dev/lp1 w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ sudo modprobe usblp w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ lsmod | grep usb usblp 17833 0 usb_storage 44173 12 ums_cypress w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0 Error: No such file or directory: can't open '/dev/usb/lp0' w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ sudo rmmod usblp w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$