diff -p -up cups-1.3.6/backend/usb-unix.c.org cups-1.3.6/backend/usb-unix.c
--- cups-1.3.6/backend/usb-unix.c.org	2008-03-25 10:39:46.000000000 -0300
+++ cups-1.3.6/backend/usb-unix.c	2008-03-25 10:40:20.000000000 -0300
@@ -417,8 +417,8 @@ open_device(const char *uri,		/* I - Dev
       {
 	_cupsLangPuts(stderr,
 	              _("INFO: Printer busy; will retry in 5 seconds...\n"));
-	sleep(5);
       }
+      sleep(5);
     }
   }
 #elif defined(__sun) && defined(ECPPIOC_GETDEVID)