[cups.general] Annoying CUPS messages

Timothy Murphy gayleard at eircom.net
Mon Jan 4 04:01:56 PST 2010


Michael Sweet wrote:

> This is HPLIP, not CUPS...

>> How can I stop CUPS sending the message
>> ------------------------------------------
>> Jan  3 23:33:01 helen Photosmart_C4200_series?serial=MY797KM03904VP:
>>  INFO: ready to print; will retry in 30 seconds...
>> Jan  3 23:33:31 helen hpiod: error submitting URB:
>>  No such device io/hpiod/usbext.c 48
>> Jan  3 23:33:31 helen hpiod: unable to write data
>>  hp:/usb/Photosmart_C4200_series?serial=MY797KM03904VP:
>>  No such device  io/hpiod/channel.cpp 63
>> ------------------------------------------
>> every minute to /var/log/messages ?

But what exactly is the relation between hplip and CUPS?
As far as I could see, hplip (or maybe hpijs)
provided a PPD file for my HP printer.

Can I turn off hplip without affecting CUPS use of the printer?

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