Please follow the instructions of the section "USB printer does not print or prints garbage" on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems. Thanks.
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245059 Title: cups usb to parallel prints only once Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: tested with several printers (fujitsu dl1100, epson stylus color, hp deskjet 500) tried standard drivers, plain text, and raw printer drivers command "lp -d text -oraw test.txt" woks only once after every usb cable reattach. after each print job cups enters a waiting state until the usb cable is reattached, then it prints the next job during the waiting state the cups queue gives different kinds of funny messages like "waiting for printer to be available", "printing data to the printer", or "printer not available" Tried all kinds of actions, read forums, system reinstalls, usblp, etc etc, no way, help very very welcome if anybody sees this and has found a solution I will be very grateful and happy to hear from it ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-52.78-generic-pae 3.2.48 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-52-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 26 22:50:57 2013 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130214) Lpstat: device for PDF: cups-pdf:/ device for texto: usb://Unknown/Printer MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name MarkForUpload: True Papersize: a4 PpdFiles: texto: Generic text-only printer PDF: Generic CUPS-PDF Printer ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=es_ES TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-52-generic-pae root=UUID=1595b55e-fade-496f-8d0d-6d05f1cd9231 ro quiet splash SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/18/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0108 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: T-P5G31A dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0108:bd04/18/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnT-P5G31A:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: 2013-10-26T22:03:38.732143 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1245059/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp