Public bug reported: I am trying to get a DYMO LaberlWriter 450 that works fine under Windows to work under the latest Ubuntu 16.04.2 Server LTS release. I followed these instructions to install the CUPS drivers:
http://www.taklischris.info/other/use-your-dymo-printer-on-ubuntu I found similar instructions elsewhere for other DYMO models. Everything appeared to build and install just fine. However, CUPS still reported the printer as: usb://Unknown/Printer?serial=14050313031275 I tried manually mapping the printer to the CUPS drivers and it appeared to set up and even showed up in a Samba share. However, Windows refused to connect to the device. I also tried rebooting the whole box and changing USB ports. I strongly suspect that this problem is happening because of something a little more low-level than CUPS drivers not working. Given that the LabelWriter series and drivers apparently worked fine in previous Ubuntu releases, something else has changed. So I started following the printer debugging guide as far as I could get through: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems Here's the USB port switching from /var/log/syslog: Apr 4 01:13:31 awesome kernel: [ 1011.207169] usb 1-5.5: USB disconnect, device number 5 Apr 4 01:13:31 awesome kernel: [ 1011.207584] usblp0: removed Apr 4 01:13:31 awesome systemd[1]: printer.target: Unit not needed anymore. Stopping. Apr 4 01:13:31 awesome systemd[1]: Stopped target Printer. Apr 4 01:13:43 awesome kernel: [ 1022.426578] usb 1-5.4: new full-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci Apr 4 01:13:43 awesome kernel: [ 1022.536807] usb 1-5.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0922, idProduct=0020 Apr 4 01:13:43 awesome kernel: [ 1022.536823] usb 1-5.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Apr 4 01:13:43 awesome kernel: [ 1022.536831] usb 1-5.4: Product: DYMO LabelWriter 450 Apr 4 01:13:43 awesome kernel: [ 1022.536839] usb 1-5.4: Manufacturer: DYMO Apr 4 01:13:43 awesome kernel: [ 1022.536847] usb 1-5.4: SerialNumber: 14050313031275 Apr 4 01:13:43 awesome kernel: [ 1022.544815] usblp 1-5.4:1.0: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 6 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x0922 pid 0x0020 Apr 4 01:13:43 awesome systemd[1]: Reached target Printer. # lsmod | grep usb usblp 20480 0 usb_storage 69632 2 uas # ls -l /dev/usb/lp* /dev/bus/usb/*/* crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/001/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 1 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/001/002 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 2 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/001/003 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 3 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/001/004 crw-rw-r-- 1 root lp 189, 5 Apr 4 01:14 /dev/bus/usb/001/006 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/002/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 256 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/003/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 384 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/004/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 512 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/005/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 640 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/006/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 768 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/007/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 896 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/008/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 1024 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/009/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 1025 Apr 4 00:56 /dev/bus/usb/009/002 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 Apr 4 01:14 /dev/usb/lp0 # lsusb | grep LabelWriter Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0922:0020 Dymo-CoStar Corp. LabelWriter 450 # usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0 Error: Input/output error: GET_DEVICE_ID on '/dev/usb/lp0' # lpinfo -v network ipps network beh network https network http network ipp14 network socket network lpd network ipp direct usb://Unknown/Printer?serial=14050313031275 Everything above seems fine until usb_printerid. But usb_printerid seems to be related to foo2zjs, which I downloaded and installed earlier in a similar fashion to connect the box to my older HP LaserJet. The LaserJet works fine via the Samba share on Windows and was even detected by lpinfo without the drivers being installed. (I turned the LaserJet off once I got it set up, which is why it doesn't show up in the above lists.) At any rate, lpinfo knows that there is a printer but, even though the OS knows various pieces of information about that printer, lpinfo can't figure out what that printer is, which likely means some interface changed between Ubuntu/Linux releases. This particular box (not the printer) has been in service since Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. The cups package was installed within the last week under 16.04.2 LTS. I contacted DYMO and they said that one of their L2 techs tried using the DYMO Linux drivers with the same release of Ubuntu I'm using and also couldn't get things working. My guess is that the person who wrote their CUPS drivers no longer works there so the L2 tech likely gave up. The issue could be something not even CUPS related. It's hard to tell as I'm new to the CUPS/printer ecosystem on Linux but I'm also a software developer (C, C++), so I can generally debug things once I get pointed in the right direction. I hit the end of the debugging guide and contacting the manufacturer didn't help much. Given that the device supposedly worked fine with previous Ubuntu releases, it's probably something that got overlooked. I see that there is supposedly an Ubuntu universe package called 'dymo- cups-drivers' for Xenial but it doesn't show up as a valid package when I try 'apt-get install dymo-cups-drivers'. ** Affects: cups (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1679748 Title: DYMO LabelWriter 450 does not work on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1679748/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
