[cups.general] USB printer blues

[Michael R Sweet]

danny wrote:
> hello all,
> 
> I've tried adding my hpdeskjet990cxi USB printer, but I have no success with either versions 1.3.9 or 1.4.b1
> 
> 1. with version 1.3.9, /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb gives me:
> "
> direct usb://HP/DESKJET%20990C?serial=HU24G1S0SKLG "HP DESKJET 990C" "HP DESKJET 990C USB #1" "MFG:HEWLETT-PACKARD;MDL:DESKJET 990C;CMD:MLC,PCL,PML;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 990C;SN:HU24G1S0SKLG;S:00808080800010002C110005FC208005D;P:0800,FL,B0;J:                    ;W
> "
> 
> but with version 1.4.b1 this command only gives
> "
> DEBUG: list_devices
> DEBUG: usb_find_busses=4
> DEBUG: usb_find_devices=7
> "

Unload the USB printer module (rmmod printer.o), or build CUPS with
the --disable-libusb option.

> lsusb gives among others:
> "
> Bus 004 Device 003: ID 03f0:3304 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 990c
> "
> 
> 2. In neither versions, I can add the printer as a USB printer, the drop down combo list just doesn't give an USB entry
> 
> I have tried adding it as a IPP printer, which at first seems to succeed, but trying a test print gives the error message:
> 
> "
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed
> "
> 
> 3. my main questions are:
> 3a. where should I be looking for the cause of the USB printer not being recognized by CUPS?
> 3b. if everything else fails, is there a command line alternative? I mean, the USB printer seems to be recognized by the system, just not by cups. Can I give some lp command, referring to a PPD file perhaps, in order to print something different from an ASCII file?
> 
> greetings, Danny.
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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer