[cups] Unable to add a printer

[Brian Potkin]

On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 12:39, Znoteer <znoteer at mailbox.org> wrote:
>
> See below.
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:03:30AM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> >
> > What do you have for
> >
> > /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb (as root)
>
> $ ls -lF /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb
> -r-xr--r-- 2 root root 30152 Dec 14 07:58 /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb*

My fault. It was intended that you execute the command. Type it and
press the ENTER key.

> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 067b:2305 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2305 Parallel Port

This is the parallel port to USB adapter mentioned by Johannes. You
can search with "PL2305 parallel port linux" for advice.
https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/4765 is also worth a look at.

-- 
Brian.