Backend not detects USB printer

[shermin]

Hi,
I read that there is a usb backend using libusb is using in version 1.4.I am using 1.3.7.Is that you mentioned?

Shermin
> shermin wrote:
> > Hi.
> > I didnt understand what do you meant by this statement.
>  > ...
>  >> Does the printer report itself as a printer?
>
> What I mean is, does your printer report itself as a USB Printer Class
> device?  If not, the standard Linux USB printer driver *will not*
> support it and you'll need to develop a custom backend (probably using
> libusb) that talks to it.
>
>  > Anyway this printer is working fine in Windows.
>
> That says nothing - if you have a vendor-supplied Windows driver, it
> can (and often does) provide its own USB driver.
>
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> Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer
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