On Monday 03 May 2010 01:20:21 pm Till Kamppeter wrote: > Paul L, I see, HAL and its CUPS backend were working around the problem > that your printer does not return a usable device ID. HAL is deprecated > now and therefore the hal CUPS backend is no part of Ubuntu any more. If > your Panasonic is your only USB printer you can use the device URI > > parallel:/dev/usb/lp0 > > as alternative in Karmic or Lucid. > > One question: The Panasonic KX-P4410 is a rather old printer (PCL 4). Is > this a native USB printer or are you using a USB/parallel adapter cable? > Thank you. I'll try using that URI as soon as I reboot back into Karmic.
Yes, it's an old printer - very old (over ten years now), but it works like a champ. Yes, it is a parallel printer, connected to one of my laptops USB ports by a USB/Parallel cable. -- Paul ------------ Powered by Linux: Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04 -- Cups on Ubuntu Karmic does not recognize USB printer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
