[plug] usb printer

[William Kenworthy]

do you have usblp loaded?

BillK


On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 17:14 +0800, rpowersau at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying all day to get a usb printer working. I found a
> driver for the canon mpc190 at:
> 
>  http://www.turboprint.de/english.html
> 
> The install script works a treat and seems everything is ok. The kde
> print manager and the cups web page both see the printer that is
> created. Problem is, printing to it doesn't work. I've tried all three
> methods of sending a test page, Turboprint script, kde print manager,
> and cups printer manager.
> 
> I know that usb is installed and works on my pc. I have a usb mouse
> and keyboard and I've downloaded photos from a camera through a usb
> link.
> 
> The problem seems to be that the printer driver doesn't load for the
> device? When I do a 'cat /proc/bus/usb/devices' I can see the canon
> printer and it says driver=(none):
> 
> < T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 10 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
> < D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
> < P:  Vendor=04a9 ProdID=2635 Rev= 1.04
> < S:  Manufacturer=Canon Inc.
> < S:  Product=MPC190
> < S:  SerialNumber=302TDF
> < C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=  2mA
> < I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=ff Driver=(none)
> < E:  Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
> < E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
> < E:  Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=  64 Ivl=100ms
> 
> >From hours of googling I believe it should say driver=usblp. I've done
> insmod printer as most of the howtos say but it makes no difference.
> 
> It's a libranet (debian) system, kernel 2.4.26 using cups.
> 
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
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