Public bug reported:
I am trying to connect my parallel port printer (a Brother HL-1450 mono
laser) to my new computer, which has no parallel port. I have bought a
Dynamode Usb To Parallel Printer Cable Box 36pin
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000PIX8XS) and am so far unable to
make my printer work.
I have Ubuntu 11.10 installed, and have also tried running Ubuntu 10.04
on a VM, and sharing the USB device with the VM, and had no success that
way either.
When I click Add Printer in the CUPS web UI I don't see my printer
listed. Under "Local Printers:" I just see "HP Printer (HPLIP)" and "HP
Fax (HPLIP)".
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
$ apt-cache policy cups
cups:
Installed: 1.5.0-8ubuntu7
Candidate: 1.5.0-8ubuntu7
Version table:
*** 1.5.0-8ubuntu7 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.5.0-8ubuntu6 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64
Packages
1.5.0-8 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
I enabled the -proposed repository yesterday (2012-01-29) and updated,
having seen comments by Till Kamppeter about various fixes to related-
looking bugs. Before that I tried enabling Till's ppa. Neither of
these seemed to fix the problem I was seeing. In both cases I rebooted
to ensure I was running the right kernel etc.
I have also tried modprobe -i usblp and then adding parallel:/dev/usblp0
in the CUPS web UI, and this didn't work either.
When I plug in the USB cable connected to the printer (which is switched
on) I get messages like this in dmesg:
[72762.014344] usb 2-1.2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd udev-
configure- rqt 161 rq 0 len 1024 ret -110
Please let me know if I can supply any other helpful information or if I
missed something. Thanks for your help.
ubuntu-bug cups won't work for me - I guess because I am using a package
from -proposed? It says: "The problem cannot be reported: This is not a
genuine Ubuntu package".
Here are the details asked for on
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems. I have followed the
USB printer instructions - please let me know if I should follow the
parallel port version because this is a parallel printer plugged in via
USB.
$ lsmod | grep usb
usbhid 47198 1 hid_logitech
hid 95463 2 hid_logitech,usbhid
$ tail -f /var/log/syslog
# Disconnect printer:
Jan 30 17:26:51 ubuntu-i3 kernel: [72324.098990] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect,
device number 6
# Reconnect printer:
Jan 30 17:27:08 ubuntu-i3 kernel: [72340.422909] usb 2-1.2: new full speed USB
device number 11 using ehci_hcd
Jan 30 17:27:08 ubuntu-i3 mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 11:
"/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2"
Jan 30 17:27:08 ubuntu-i3 mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 11 was not an MTP device
Jan 30 17:27:08 ubuntu-i3 udev-configure-printer: add
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0
Jan 30 17:27:08 ubuntu-i3 udev-configure-printer: device devpath is
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2
Jan 30 17:27:08 ubuntu-i3 udev-configure-printer: Device vendor/product is
067B:2305
Jan 30 17:27:13 ubuntu-i3 udev-configure-printer: Failed to fetch Device ID
Jan 30 17:27:13 ubuntu-i3 kernel: [72345.597761] usb 2-1.2: usbfs:
USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd udev-configure- rqt 161 rq 0 len 1024 ret -110
Jan 30 17:27:18 ubuntu-i3 udev-configure-printer: Failed to fetch Device ID
Jan 30 17:27:18 ubuntu-i3 kernel: [72350.596748] usb 2-1.2: usbfs:
USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd udev-configure- rqt 161 rq 0 len 1024 ret -110
$ lsusb | grep Parallel
Bus 002 Device 011: ID 067b:2305 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2305 Parallel Port
$ ls -l /dev/usb/lp* /dev/bus/usb/*/*
ls: cannot access /dev/usb/lp*: No such file or directory
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 2012-01-29 21:21 /dev/bus/usb/001/001
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 1 2012-01-29 21:21 /dev/bus/usb/001/002
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 2012-01-29 21:21 /dev/bus/usb/002/001
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 129 2012-01-29 21:21 /dev/bus/usb/002/002
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 132 2012-01-29 21:21 /dev/bus/usb/002/005
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 137 2012-01-30 15:37 /dev/bus/usb/002/010
crw-rw-r-- 1 root lp 189, 139 2012-01-30 17:34 /dev/bus/usb/002/012
$ sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
Error: No such file or directory: can't open '/dev/usb/lp0'
$ lpinfo -v
network beh
network lpd
network http
network socket
network ipp
network smb
direct hp
direct hpfax
direct usb://Unknown/Printer
** Affects: cups (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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