[wellylug] USB Devices (Mainly Printers)

Jethro Carr dodocaptain at paradise.net.nz
Sun Jan 11 15:48:04 NZDT 2004


On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 04:24, Jethro Carr wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 00:11, Vincent Cox wrote:
> > >
> > Hi
> > 
> > it should just pick it up.  When you get to the page that says what port 
> > to use the printer should be identified in the list
> > 
> > i.e.  USB printer #1 (HP deskjet840)
> > 
> No, I can get this.
> 
> > the kernel should log the fact that a printer is connected to the usb 
> > and load everything automaticaly.
> >  I take it that your printer is supported by Linux ?
> Yes, but I might need to install some special hp printer drivers, as I have a HP 810c, which used a driver
> called hpijs on redhat, and I think I may need to install these.
> 
> 
> I'm not to sure if it's the usb or the driver...


Ahh... It's the USB - I just installed the driver, and it says that the
printer is not connected. Do I need to mount a usb filesystem or create
a device node?

The kernel supports it, and says that it sees it a usblp0.

It appears that cups is trying to access it at /dev/usblp0, but no such
device exists....

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