USB printer not detected

Till Kamppeter till.kamppeter at gmail.com
Mon Jan 29 08:59:57 PST 2007


Update your Feisty to have the newest version of all packages:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If this does not help, add the user "cupsys" to the "plugdev" group in 
/etc/group.

    Till

Mikael Nilsson wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm on Ubuntu Feisty, and I have issues with detection of my USB printer, a Canon PIXMA MP600. I'm told the IP4200 drivers should work, but lpinfo -v tells me:
> 
> network socket
> network beh
> network bluetooth
> direct hp:/no_device_found
> network http
> network ipp
> network lpd
> network smb
> 
> while "for f in /usr/lib/cups/backend/*; do $f; done" gives
> 
> network beh "Unknown" "Backend Error Handler"
> network bluetooth "Unknown" "Bluetooth printer"
> direct hp:/no_device_found "Unknown" "hp no_device_found"
> network http "Unknown" "Internet Printing Protocol (http)"
> network ipp "Unknown" "Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)"
> bash: /usr/lib/cups/backend/lpd: Åtkomst nekas
> network smb "Unknown" "Windows Printer via SAMBA"
> network socket "Unknown" "AppSocket/HP JetDirect"
> direct usb://Canon/MP600 "Canon MP600" "Canon MP600 USB #1" "MFG:Canon;CMD:BJL,BJRaster3,BSCCe;SOJ:TXT01;MDL:MP600;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Canon MP600;VER:1.04;STA:10;FSI:03;HRI:OTH;MSI:DAT,E3;"
> 
> Of course, neither the Web interface nor the GNOME printer applet can add the printer.
> 
> How come the USB printer is detected by the backend but not by lpinfo???




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