Wayne Scace wrote:
> Wayne K9DI and Leader Dog Patriot here. I've been wrestling with
> my HP Officjet K80 (allegedly do everthing) USB printer and have been
> butting my head into the proverbial brickwall trying to get it working. I've gone
> into the cups admin page, successfully added the printer (or so it claims) and
> when I go to print a test page I get..:
> Description: USB Printer
> Location: /dev/usblp0
> Printer State: processing, accepting jobs.
> "Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds..."
> Device URI: usb:/dev/usblp0
> and I know darn well the blasted printer is hooked up... pse help
> point me in the right direction...tnx
It looks to me like CUPS is fine, and you have a kernel-level driver
problem. Here are some things to try.
1. "lsusb" shows you the devices that are attached. Make sure
it shows your printer. Mine prints this.
jogger-egg ~> lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04a9:1067 Canon, Inc.
That last line is my printer. The other four lines are empty USB
jacks.
2. Does /dev/usblp0 exist? Depending on distribution and kernel
version, usb devices can have many names. On my box (gentoo), it's
called /dev/usb/lp0, and here's what it looks like.
jogger-egg ~> ls -l /dev/usb/lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 180, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/usb/lp0
3. (If lsusb doesn't show your printer) do you have the right
kernel modules installed? You might need uhci, ohci, usbcore,
or printer.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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