Public bug reported: The printer was handled without problem in many previous Ubuntu releases. I don't really believe the fault is in CUPS, but it shows up as CUPS not being able to find the printer. I did various tests recommended in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems:
#2: $ lsmod | grep usb usb_storage 44173 0 #3/4: Here's what gets added to /var/log/syslog when the printer is either turned on or plugged back in after being unplugged: Oct 17 19:22:45 gateway kernel: [ 4544.968057] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd Oct 17 19:22:45 gateway mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 5: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-4" Oct 17 19:22:45 gateway kernel: [ 4545.101917] scsi9 : usb-storage 1-4:1.0 Oct 17 19:22:45 gateway mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 5 was not an MTP device Oct 17 19:22:45 gateway udev-configure-printer: add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.1 Oct 17 19:22:45 gateway udev-configure-printer: device devpath is /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-4 Oct 17 19:22:45 gateway udev-configure-printer: Device vendor/product is 04B8:0803 Oct 17 19:22:45 gateway udev-configure-printer: failed to claim interface 0 Oct 17 19:22:46 gateway kernel: [ 4546.824413] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access EPSON Stylus Storage 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Oct 17 19:22:46 gateway kernel: [ 4546.829110] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Oct 17 19:22:46 gateway kernel: [ 4546.843632] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk Sounds to me like it gave up interpreting it as a printer and decided to call it a storage device. #6 $ lsusb | grep Epson Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04b8:0803 Seiko Epson Corp. Printer (Composite Device) #7 $ ls -l /dev/usb/lp* ls: cannot access /dev/usb/lp*: No such file or directory $ ls -l /dev/bus/usb/*/* crw-rw-r-- 1 root lp 189, 4 2011-10-17 19:22 /dev/bus/usb/001/005 (only included the relevant line) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: cups 1.5.0-8ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CupsErrorLog: E [17/Oct/2011:18:26:12 -0400] Filter "hpgltops" not found. E [17/Oct/2011:18:26:12 -0400] Filter "pstoraster" not found. E [17/Oct/2011:18:26:12 -0400] Filter "pstoraster" not found. Date: Mon Oct 17 20:17:53 2011 Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added. MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name Papersize: a4 ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=e6bf4075-e01b-482a-b4fb-7832b25eef55 ro quiet splash SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (2 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/27/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0215 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5W64 WS Pro 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.:bvr0215:bd09/27/2006:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5W64WSPro:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer ** Affects: cups (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876992 Title: Epson Stylus Photo R300 not detected in 11.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/876992/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs