usbserial/printer

[Leonardo Ruoso <leonardo.ruoso@gmail.com>]

I have a computer without the old rs232, it's like a netbook, but it's running lenny. I need to plug a termal serial printer to it. usb to serial adapter (prolific chip) should be okay, but didn't work. When back at home, just plugged the printer to the serial and it worked. Plugged through usbserial adapter and nothing happened again. Does anyone have any idea?

dmesg output when disconnecting and connecting back the usb2serial cable

[ 1689.296172] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 2

[ 1689.296404] pl2303 ttyUSB0: pl2303 converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0

[ 1689.296423] pl2303 2-2:1.0: device disconnected

[ 1693.224040] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3

[ 1693.387033] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303

[ 1693.387039] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0

[ 1693.387044] usb 2-2: Product: USB 2.0 To COM Device

[ 1693.387048] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.

[ 1693.390133] pl2303 2-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected

[ 1693.402159] usb 2-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0

PS: The printer is a thermal serial diebold/mecaf.

TIA,

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