[cups] disappearing /reappearing printer

[Gene Heskett]

Greetings;

My /var/log/messages file is being flooded with disconnect/reconnect 
messages from a Brother HL-2140 B&W laser printer.

I restarted cupsd thinking that might help, but nope it just did it 
again, corresponding to my sending it a 7 page job in landscape mode.

This clip shows the last 2 such print jobs. It disappears when the 
job starts, and re-appears about 2 seconds before the last page is 
spit out.

Sometimes its re-identified by udev, sometimes not.

Oct 21 14:07:14 coyote kernel: [1832137.759835] usblp2: removed
Oct 21 14:07:29 coyote kernel: [1832152.548079] usb 1-4.3: new full-speed USB device number 32 using ehci-pci
Oct 21 14:07:29 coyote kernel: [1832152.660352] usb 1-4.3: New USB device found, idVendor=04f9, idProduct=0033
Oct 21 14:07:29 coyote kernel: [1832152.660358] usb 1-4.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Oct 21 14:07:29 coyote kernel: [1832152.660361] usb 1-4.3: Product: HL-2140 series
Oct 21 14:07:29 coyote kernel: [1832152.660363] usb 1-4.3: Manufacturer: Brother
Oct 21 14:07:29 coyote kernel: [1832152.660365] usb 1-4.3: SerialNumber: L7J156867
Oct 21 14:07:29 coyote kernel: [1832152.661076] usblp 1-4.3:1.0: usblp2: USB Bidirectional printer dev 32 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04F9 pid 0x0033
Oct 21 14:07:29 coyote mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 32: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-4/1-4.3"
Oct 21 14:07:29 coyote mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 32 was not an MTP device

Oct 22 00:21:08 coyote kernel: [1868948.216051] usblp2: removed
Oct 22 00:21:51 coyote kernel: [1868991.202900] usblp 1-4.3:1.0: usblp2: USB Bidirectional printer dev 32 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04F9 pid 0x0033

Using brothers drivers, on a 100% up to date debian wheezy install.

Does anyone have a clue?  My clue box seems to be empty.

Thanks.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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