And, just in case it's not immediately obvious, the printer has to be turned-on and ready before plugging-in the USB adapter, or the printer will not be able to report a Device ID and udev-configure-printer will throw the "invalid or missing IEEE 1284 Device ID" error message.
Should udev-configure-printer perform polling, to allow the printer to be turned-on _after_ the USB adapter is plugged? Reversing the plugging order, adapter first, printer second, fails to provide a working printer, using lpstat -p. The need for "ritual", turning the printer on before plugging the USB adapter or before turning-on the computer, is going to cause user problems and initial confusion. It is not "user friendly", nor "idiot-proof". Some kind of USB adapter polling seems to be needed. James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org