Re: usb printer does not work with cups
I have an Epson Stylus Color 860 on a USB port. I could not make it
work with /dev/usb/lp0 but found I could MAKEDEV usblp0 and then it
worked on /dev/usblp0. I have no idea whether this is generally true, I
just know it worked for me.
Tom George
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:16:32PM +0100, Klaus Thielking-Riechert wrote:
>
> Hi Marco,
>
> with this printer you should the hpoj package as suggested
> at www.linuxprinting.org. You can find installation instructions
> at the hpoj homepage (http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/).
>
> I have recently configured cups to work with hpoj and a
> HP PSC 2210 -- it works definitely correct with the version
> 0.9 of hpoj (Woody comes with 0.8).
>
> Regards,
>
> Klaus
>
>
> > I activate usb in the kernel:
> > Feb 10 21:49:10 debian kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hid
> > Feb 10 21:49:10 debian kernel: hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal,
> > Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
> > Feb 10 21:49:10 debian kernel: hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
> >
> > with modprobe printer
> > I can see in lsmod the printer
> >
> > In Cups I can configure the printer. Status is going to idle till I want to
> > test the printer... I get the message:
> > Unable to open USB port device file "/dev/usb/lp0": No such device
> >
> > The device I can show with "l /dev/usb/"
> > Do you have an idea what i am doing wrong
> >
> > Thanks
> > Marco
>
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