USB not listing under CUPS

[shermin]

Hi,
In my case lpinfo -v is not displaying my USB printer:(/Why so???
lsusb is detecting my printer but this not.

> How I configured my usb printers:
> On the machine the printer is attached to throw a (as root!)
>
> lpinfo -v
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> which will give you a list of "device-uri"s. Spot the line starting with "usb" and looking similar to
>
> direct usb://Dell/Laser%20Printer%201720dn
>
> now, assuming you want to call your printer 'bisheng', do (as root!)
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> lpadmin -p bisheng -v usb://Dell/Laser%20Printer%201720dn -P $PATHTOPPD
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> replace $PATHTOPPD with the actual path to the printers ppd (usually starting with /usr/share/ppd/ , Im pretty sure you'll find your printers there), works lika charm.
> Best regards,
> Caspar
>