Re: usb + brother printer woes
On 2004-02-03, Graham Seaman penned:
> Hi,
>
> I have a little old Pentium 2 machine I decided to set up as a print
> server. No usb, so I bought a Belkin pci usb card. Running on stable,
> but upgraded to 2.4.24 with usbcore, OHCI, and usb printer modules.
> Now I'm trying to use it with a Brother HL-5040 laser printer, but it
> just won't see it. /dev/usb/lp0 is there, but /proc/bus/usb/devices
> is empty (should it be?); I've installed the Brother driver and my
> printcap shows:
>
> lp|HL5040:\ :mx=0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HL5040:\ :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/usb/lp0:\ :if=/usr/local/Brother/lpd/filterHL5040:
>
> but when I try to print all I get is
>
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
>
> I guess this means it's a usb problem but don't know how to go about
> diagnosing it. ( I know the printer will also work with parallel, but
> my parallel port is physically broken...)
>
> Any suggestions for the next step?
>
I don't think this is part of your problem, but I believe that you also
need EHCI in your kernel if you want USB 2.0 speeds. Assuming your card
is 2.0, of course.
--
monique
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