usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)
it seems quite stupid, I'm using to linux since 1993 more or less, but
all these modern graphic or automatic fluffs don't help me much...
well, the problem is that I cannot print any more. cups did work and
the only cause I can think of is a dist-upgrade.
my printer is an epson stylus c46, connected via usb to an "flower
power" iMac of 2001.
yes, I'm running Debian GNU/linux, which distribution, well, that is a
problem. I installed woody from cdroms, then I moved to sarge because
of the audio drivers, but my mistake was to actually move to "testing"
rather than the literal "sarge". now I am on testing which is etch, if
I understood the logic. I was trying to move back to sarge: to do that
I wrote some information into /etc/apt/preferences which probably was
not such a good idea (I got some unstable packages.!), anyways, this is
an other problem, let's go back to the printer...
it stopped working and my recovery procedures stopped working as well.
I removed it, reinstalled, removed and purged, reinstalled, reiterated,
reconfigured, retried, but not recovered. everything looks just perfect
as long as I don't try printing anything!
apt-get --purge remove cupsys cups-pdf cupsys-driver-gimpprint
apt-get install cupsys cups-pdf cupsys-driver-gimpprint
cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data
I start cups and it says everything is all right.
<DefaultPrinter epson>
Info epson stylus C46
Location usb://EPSON/Stylus C46
DeviceURI usb:/dev/usb/lp0
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>
so you say everything is all right, right, then print something!
no.
<DefaultPrinter epson>
Info epson stylus C46
Location usb://EPSON/Stylus C46
DeviceURI usb:/dev/usb/lp0
State Stopped
StateMessage Unable to open USB device "usb:/dev/usb/lp0": No such device
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>
this was what my system kept saying when it worked and when I tried to
print without first switching the printer on
but the printer _is_ on and the system does see it (/proc/bus/usb/devices):
T: Bus=02 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=02 Cnt=03 Dev#= 7 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=04b8 ProdID=0005 Rev= 1.00
S: Manufacturer=EPSON
S: Product=USB Printer
S: SerialNumber=HU5QV0501172333510
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=(none)
E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
what am I missing?
ideas?
thanks in advance,
Mario
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