[cups.general] Printer is disabled if printing while turned off

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

On Sep 12 11:30 Till Kamppeter wrote (shortened):
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic-filters/beh
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> dominik.stadler at gmx.at wrote:
> > I often start a print-job without checking if the printer is turned on.
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> > E [31/Jul/2005:18:42:40 +0200] [Job 382] Unable to open USB device
> > "usb://EPSON/Stylus%20CX5400": No such device

If you have only one USB printer, it seems the generic DeviceURI
"usb:/dev/usb/lp0" works more robust, see
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1267

If you have more than one USB printer, don't use generic DeviceURIs
like "usb:/dev/usb/lp[0-9]*" because the number at the end
depens on the ordering when the printers are switched on,
see the "If several USB printers are connected..." section
in the partially outdated article
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2000/03/jsmeix_print-device-usb.html


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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