I just realized that for some reason only the "After" showed up above. Here is the full before and after output from the commands: BEFORE INSTALLATION: ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ Segmentation fault Segmentation: command not found ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ ls -l /dev/bus/usb/*/* crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 2012-01-14 18:59 /dev/bus/usb/001/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 5 2012-01-14 18:59 /dev/bus/usb/001/006 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 13 2012-01-14 20:27 /dev/bus/usb/001/014 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 2012-01-14 18:59 /dev/bus/usb/002/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 129 2012-01-14 18:59 /dev/bus/usb/002/002 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 130 2012-01-14 18:59 /dev/bus/usb/002/003 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 256 2012-01-14 18:59 /dev/bus/usb/003/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 257 2012-01-14 18:59 /dev/bus/usb/003/002 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 384 2012-01-14 18:59 /dev/bus/usb/004/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 512 2012-01-14 18:59 /dev/bus/usb/005/001 ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ ls -l /dev/usb/lp* ls: cannot access /dev/usb/lp*: No such file or directory ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb DEBUG: list_devices DEBUG: usb_find_busses=5 DEBUG: usb_find_devices=10 ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ ldd /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb | grep usb libusb-0.1.so.4 => /lib/libusb-0.1.so.4 (0x004cf000) ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ lpinfo -v network lpd network socket serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 direct parallel:/dev/lp0 network ipp network http network smb network beh AFTER INSTALLATION: ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ 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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 040a:4043 Kodak Co. Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0830:0101 Palm, Inc. Pre Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c315 Logitech, Inc. Classic New Touch Keyboard Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:0095 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 (IntelliPoint) Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:089d Logitech, Inc. QuickCam E2500 series ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ ls -l /dev/bus/usb/*/* crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 2012-01-15 10:04 /dev/bus/usb/001/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root lp 189, 4 2012-01-15 10:08 /dev/bus/usb/001/005 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 5 2012-01-15 10:04 /dev/bus/usb/001/006 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 2012-01-15 10:04 /dev/bus/usb/002/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 129 2012-01-15 10:04 /dev/bus/usb/002/002 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 130 2012-01-15 10:04 /dev/bus/usb/002/003 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 256 2012-01-15 10:04 /dev/bus/usb/003/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 257 2012-01-15 10:04 /dev/bus/usb/003/002 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 384 2012-01-15 10:04 /dev/bus/usb/004/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 512 2012-01-15 10:04 /dev/bus/usb/005/001 ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ ls -l /dev/usb/lp* ls: cannot access /dev/usb/lp*: No such file or directory ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb [sudo] password for ken: DEBUG: list_devices DEBUG: libusb_get_device_list=10 ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ ldd /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb | grep usb libusb-1.0.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libusb-1.0.so.0 (0x00f6f000) ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ lpinfo -v network smb network ipp network lpd network beh network socket network http serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 direct parallel:/dev/lp0 ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ sudo modprobe usblp ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ lsmod | grep usb usblp 17833 0 snd_usb_audio 108433 1 snd_pcm 88504 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_usb_audio,snd_ac97_codec snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_usb_audio snd_usbmidi_lib 24185 1 snd_usb_audio usbnet 25214 3 rndis_wlan,rndis_host,cdc_ether snd_rawmidi 25113 1 snd_usbmidi_lib snd 62152 17 snd_intel8x0,snd_usb_audio,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device usb_storage 44173 0 usbhid 41905 0 hid 77367 1 usbhid ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0 Error: No such file or directory: can't open '/dev/usb/lp0' ken@ken-OptiPlex-GX620:~$ sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp1 Error: No such file or directory: can't open '/dev/usb/lp1'