Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)
On 21:28 Sun 13 Nov , Mario Frasca wrote:
> 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
Check /dev for lp0. You may have to link your lp0 -> /dev/usb/lp0
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