Re: usb printer does not work with cups
Am Donnerstag, 13. Februar 2003 15.10 schrieb Thomas H. George:
> 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.
This gives me the following result (I was reading the same in a german linux
guide - but it doesn't work)
MAKEDEV /dev/usblp0
/sbin/MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "/dev/usblp0"
>
> 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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