[cups.general] multiple usb printers of same type

[Mike Sweet]

Ok, how about the output of 'lpinfo -v'?

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On Feb 4, 2012, at 3:38 AM, Jon Cooper <jon at pekoetea.co.uk> wrote:

>> On Feb 3, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Jon Cooper wrote:
>>> I have a mac mini running lion and cups 1.5
>>> 
>>> I have 2 primera label printers connected to by usb.  The computer sees both of them but both queues point to the same printer.
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to set up separate print queues and distinguish between the printers.
>> 
>> 
>> They should point to different interfaces if the printers don't provide serial numbers, to allow for printing to either.
>> 
>> What does "lpstat -v" report?
>> 
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
>> 
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> lpstat -v reports the following
> 
> device for PTI_Color_Label_400: usb://PTI/Color_Label_400?serial=00000001
> device for PTI_Color_Label_400_2: usb://PTI/Color_Label_400?serial=00000001
> 
> 
> I've also run system_profiler SPUSBDataType which gives the following
> 
> The only difference is the location id
> 
> 
> 
> Color Label 400:
> 
>              Product ID: 0x0018
>              Vendor ID: 0x0f25
>              Version: 1.00
>              Serial Number: 1
>              Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
>              Manufacturer: Primera
>              Location ID: 0xfa130000 / 4
>              Current Available (mA): 500
>              Current Required (mA): 10
>              1284 Device ID: MFG:PTI;CMD:none;MDL:Color_Label_400;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Color Label 400;
> 
> 
> Color Label 400:
> 
>              Product ID: 0x0018
>              Vendor ID: 0x0f25
>              Version: 1.00
>              Serial Number: 1
>              Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
>              Manufacturer: Primera
>              Location ID: 0xfd130000 / 5
>              Current Available (mA): 500
>              Current Required (mA): 10
>              1284 Device ID: MFG:PTI;CMD:none;MDL:Color_Label_400;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Color Label 400;
> 
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