Re: brother hl-1440 on usb with CUPS
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 09:24:24AM -0400, Pisupati, Ajay wrote:
> Hi Matt,
> did you make sure that the printer is attached to the correct
> /dev/usb/lpx file?
well, I don't actually know how to check whether the printer is
actually "attached" to /dev/usb/lp0, which is the device assigned to
it by cups. /dev/usb/lp0 exists, but cat /dev/usb/lp0 gives no
output.
The message I see about the printer in dmesg is:
usb.c: registered new driver usblp
printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04F9 pid 0x000D
printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device Class driver
I don't see any indication of which device the printer is assigned to.
cat /proc/bus/usb/devices gives (among other things):
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp
E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
should this tell me the device number somehow?
> correct permissions?
these are the permissions:
matts-mac:~# ll /dev/usb/lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/usb/lp0
looks right, doesn't it?
>Do your printer need a PPD file as
> described in www.cups.org/cups-help.html?
I don't think I need to find another ppd file -- linuxprinting.org
says the HL-1440 works "perfectly" with linux, and I'm using the ppd
recommended by foomatic.
so, what do you think?
matt
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> > From: Matt Price [mailto:matt.price@utoronto.ca]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:11 AM
> > To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: brother hl-1440 on usb with CUPS
> >
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > can't seem to get my printer to work on a b&w g3, running a mixed
> > woody/sid system, using the woody cups packages. I followed the
> > instructions for printer installation in the Debian Reference Guide
> > (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/reference.en.html),
> > installed the printer through the CUPS web interface, and verified
> > that the printer is attached to the usb bus using usbview. CUPS
> > thinks it's sending jobs to the printer, but the printer shows no
> > signs of receiving data. How would I start to figure this out?
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > matt
> >
> >
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