cups generating wrong config files in /etc/cups for usb printer

[Anonymous]

> firms at tiscali.ch wrote:
> > I have an HP Deskjet 5560 usb. After an upgrade (to Debian Etch) cups generates a faulty configuration for my printer. When the old (correct) config files are copied into /etc/cups then the printer works.
> >
> > Generating the config files with the webinterface on 127.0.0.1:631
>  > ...
>
> Sounds like the device ID is not getting detected properly?  The
> old /dev/usb/lp0 filenames are deprecated and won't work with 1.2,
> so more than likely this is just an issue with the USB backend in
> 1.1.23 on Debian - have you reported the problem to the Debian
> folks yet?
>

No, but I will do so now.

Thank you.