Found a solution on German forum: https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/h...oblem-unter/4/
Apparently ippusbxd causes problems and can simply be removed to make the printer work again. I used: sudo apt purge ippusbxd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1876704 Title: 20.04 usb printing problem HP Envy 5640 Status in cups package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: USB printing worked fine with 18.04. After upgrade to 20.04 printer appears multiple times. Some data in this thread: NOT solved for USB: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2442142 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems#USB_printer Just noticed this in syslog while following debugging thread: May 4 12:23:46 gja-desktop root: loading HP Device 002 012 May 4 12:23:47 gja-desktop python3: io/hpmud/musb.c 2189: [7538] hpmud_make_usb_uri() bus=002 dev=012 May 4 12:23:47 gja-desktop python3: io/hpmud/musb.c 2287: hpmud_make_usb_uri() uri=hp:/usb/ENVY_5640_series?serial=TH66P9W21D05ZC bytes_read=46 May 4 12:23:47 gja-desktop systemd[1]: Starting Daemon to make IPP-over-USB printers available as network printers (002:012)... May 4 12:23:47 gja-desktop systemd[1]: Started Daemon to make IPP-over-USB printers available as network printers (002:012). May 4 12:23:53 gja-desktop colord-sane: io/hpmud/musb.c 2101: Invalid usb_open: Permission denied There seems to be a permission error. Thanks for looking into this. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: cups 2.3.1-9ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-28.32-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-28-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CupsErrorLog: W [04/May/2020:12:15:32 +0200] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id \'ENVY-5640-Gray..\' already exists W [04/May/2020:12:15:32 +0200] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id \'ENVY-5640-RGB..\' already exists E [04/May/2020:12:18:00 +0200] [Job 51] Job held by \"gja\". E [04/May/2020:12:18:01 +0200] [Job 52] Job held by \"gja\". E [04/May/2020:12:23:07 +0200] [Job 51] Stopping unresponsive job. CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon May 4 12:26:02 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-22 (72 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200203.1) Lpstat: device for ENVY-5640: hp:/usb/ENVY_5640_series?serial=TH66P9W21D05ZC MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. Papersize: a4 PpdFiles: Error: command ['fgrep', '-H', '*NickName', '/etc/cups/ppd/ENVY-5640.ppd'] failed with exit code 2: grep: /etc/cups/ppd/ENVY-5640.ppd: Permission denied ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-28-generic root=UUID=7d1dd584-c6b2-4d9c-b32c-8e58889d3049 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-25 (8 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/19/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.00 dmi.board.name: FM2A85X Extreme4-M dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.00:bd10/19/2012:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnFM2A85XExtreme4-M:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.sku: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1876704/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
