On 05/05/10 09:13, Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers wrote:
> cups-1.4.x will not work with usb-connected printers, if the kernel module 
> blfslp is loaded. There are many of such problems beeing reported, see e.g.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/420015
>
> To fix the bug, the usblp kernel module needs to be unloaded, the 
> recommendation is to blacklist usblp. I solved the problem _disabling_ "usb 
> printer support" in the kernel configuration and building the kernel again ( 
> 2.6.33.3 ). This seems to me to be more logical. cups will find the printer 
> by itself, but cannot do so, if usblp is loaded.
>

For what it's worth, Printing works fine for me with CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y and
usblp built into the kernel.

Andy
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