multiple usb printers of same type

Jon Cooper jon at pekoetea.co.uk
Sat Feb 4 07:40:08 PST 2012


I get this:

serial fax
serial fax://dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem
network http
network ipp
network lpd
network ipps
network https
network smb
network socket
direct epsonfirewire
direct usb://PTI/Color_Label_400?serial=00000001
network dnssd://Brother%20HL-2150N%20series._pdl-datastream._tcp.local./




> Ok, how about the output of 'lpinfo -v'?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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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