USB printer?

[Daniel Nielsen]

On Sunday 10 August 2003 18:32, Derrick Ryalls wrote:
> > Hi (again)
> >
> > I recently bought a brother 5050 laser (postscript level 3).
> > Connected it via
> > usb, configured cups to use it. And it worked like a charm.
> > However, now I
> > discover that It doesnt work unless the printer is powered on (not in
> > standby) when the computer boots. If I power it on
> > afterwards, the printer is
> > detected:
> >
> > zits root # dmesg | grep ulpt
> > ulpt0: Brother HL-5050, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3, iclass 7/1
> > ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
> > zits root #
> >
> > And when I turn off the printer also:
> > zits root # dmesg | grep ulpt
> > <snip>
> > ulpt0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 3) disconnected
> > ulpt0: detached
> > zits root #
> >
> > But when I try to print, the job shows up on the cups webpage
> > as processing.
> > And nothing happens!
> > I get a process:
> > zits root # ps aux | grep usb
> > <snip>
> > root   1033  0.0  0.2  2616 1168  ??  S     3:22PM   0:00.00
> > usb:/dev/ulpt0 24
> > Test Page 1 (usb)
> > zits root #
> >
> > But it never finishes. What could I do to make it work
> > proberly? If the printer enters standby after boot, then it
> > also doesn't print, with the
> > same symptoms.
>
> Have you tried restarting cups after the printer is detected?
>

Yes I have, to no avail. It seems to be a USB hotplugging issue of some kind. 
On a side note; It works perfectly in winXP...

/Daniel

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