Why not just replace the whole shoot and cabang with what worked in version 8?

> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 20:39:07 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 910272] Re: USB->Parallel adapter produces crappy device URI and	CUPS "usb" backend cannot cope with it
> 
> As the proposed fix never got verified and as it also turned out that
> more needed to get fixed to make USB->Parallel adapters working, I will
> not re-upload the proposed fix. Closing Oneiric task ...
> 
> ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu Oneiric)
>        Status: Fix Committed => Won't Fix
> 
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910272
> 
> Title:
>   USB->Parallel adapter produces crappy device URI and CUPS "usb"
>   backend cannot cope with it
> 
> Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “cups” source package in Oneiric:
>   Won't Fix
> 
> 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:/dev/usb/lp0".  Understand that usblp has been
>   deprecated; replace with ???  Cups reports printer not connected.
>   CUPS version is (from UbuntuSoftwareCenter) - "cups 1.5.0-8ubuntu6".
> 
>   #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
>   ------------------------------------
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ uname -a
>   Linux w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p 3.0.0-15-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 12 15:25:25 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
>   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 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-ABA-a6528p:~$ lsmod | grep lp
>   lp                     17455  0 
>   parport                40930  4 parport_pc,ppdev,uss720,lp
> 
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ lsmod | grep ppdev
>   ppdev                  12849  0 
>   parport                40930  4 parport_pc,ppdev,uss720,lp
> 
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ lsmod | grep parport_pc
>   parport_pc             32114  0 
>   parport                40930  4 parport_pc,ppdev,uss720,lp
> 
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ ls -l /dev/usb/lp* /dev/bus/usb/*/*
>   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/usb/001/001
>   crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189,   1 2011-12-30 15:04 /dev/bus/usb/001/002
>   crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189,   3 2011-12-30 15:04 /dev/bus/usb/001/004
>   crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 2011-12-30 15:04 /dev/bus/usb/002/001
>   crw-rw-r-- 1 root lp   189, 129 2011-12-30 15:25 /dev/bus/usb/002/002
> 
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ dmesg | grep par
>   [    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(1325286282.534:2): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/sbin/dhclient" pid=705 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   28.893736] type=1400 audit(1325286282.534:3): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/sbin/dhclient" pid=755 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   28.894175] type=1400 audit(1325286282.534:4): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=755 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   28.894324] type=1400 audit(1325286282.534:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=705 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   28.894438] type=1400 audit(1325286282.534:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=755 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   28.894592] type=1400 audit(1325286282.534:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=705 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   30.347397] type=1400 audit(1325286283.986:8): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" pid=969 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   30.347408] type=1400 audit(1325286283.986:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-guest-session-wrapper" pid=970 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   30.353749] type=1400 audit(1325286283.994:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/sbin/dhclient" pid=973 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   30.359290] type=1400 audit(1325286283.998:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=973 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   34.659441] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
>   [   34.672608] type=1400 audit(1325286288.314:24): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" pid=1540 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   [   34.673270] type=1400 audit(1325286288.314:25): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=1540 comm="apparmor_parser"
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ ls -l /dev/lp* /dev/parport*
>   ls: cannot access /dev/lp*: No such file or directory
>   ls: cannot access /dev/parport*: No such file or directory
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ ls -l /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport*/autoprobe*
>   ls: cannot access /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport*/autoprobe*: No such file or directory
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ sudo cat /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport*/autoprobe*
>   [sudo] password for w8: 
>   cat: /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport*/autoprobe*: No such file or directory
> 
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ lpinfo -v
>   network ipp
>   network http
>   network socket
>   direct hp
>   direct scsi
>   network lpd
>   network smb
>   network beh
>   direct hpfax
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
>   w8@w8-FJ463AAR-ABA-a6528p:~$ 
>   --------------------------------
>   #From CUPS@localhost:631/Printers/
>   ▼ 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."
>   ------------------------------end
> 
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>   Package: cups 1.5.0-8ubuntu6
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.24-generic 3.0.13
>   Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
>   NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>   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/Stylus%20COLOR%20880?serial=EPIDH0012072218460
>   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-KX-P2135: Epson LQ-850 Foomatic/lq850 (recommended)
>    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=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic root=UUID=18eae402-8bbf-4406-b146-8c34f8c73607 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   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:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr5.20:bd10/24/2008:svnHP-Pavilion:pnFK792AAR-ABAa6600f:pvr:rvnFOXCONN:rnNapa:rvrHPP/N:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
>   dmi.product.name: FK792AAR-ABA a6600f
>   dmi.sys.vendor: HP-Pavilion
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