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Mick writes: |
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> On Saturday 15 May 2010 22:56:22 Alex Schuster wrote: |
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> > I want to setup an USB printer. So I http://localhost:631/, and |
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> > notice that the interface has changed. And when I try to add a |
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> > printer, the only options for a local printer are SCSI-printer and |
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> > HAL printing backend. And on the next screen, I have to enter the |
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> > device URI by hand. How should I know what to enter there? And |
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> > wasn't there an autodetect feature? Is the new CUPS (1.4.3) |
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> > generally behaving like this lately, or is something wrong with my |
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> > setup? |
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> > The usb use flag is set. lsusb shows the printer as "Bus 001 Device |
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> > 003: ID 04a9:10a5 Canon, Inc. iP5200". |
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> > What is a HAL printing backend? Do I have to add some crazy fdi stuff |
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> > for the printer? CUPS does not even have a hal use flag. Dale, help! |
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> Did you ever get this printer working with this particular gentoo |
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> installation? |
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I never used an USB printer at all. But I installed a lot of network |
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printers, and one local parallel printer. I could select the device in the |
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web frontend then, it had stuff like 'LPT #1' or 'USB Printer #1' in the |
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device menu. |
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The Gentoo Printing Howto has this: |
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USB Printer #1 Select this when the printer is locally attached to a |
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USB port. The printer name should automatically be |
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appended to the device name. |
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But I see no USB printer here. |
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> If not have you seen this page: |
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> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Canon_Pixma_Series |
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> They make suggestions for drivers that may work. CUPs requires that |
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> you have installed the correct drivers for your device first. Sorry I |
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> can't help more. Last time I tried to get a canon working was more |
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> than 5 years ago and I couldn't find a driver or ppd info at the time. |
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Thanks, this made me install gutenprint which claims to support the |
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printer directly. I thought I had to use the iP4200 driver and hope it |
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would work. |
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But my main problem is another one: How do I tell CUPS which device my |
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printer is? I tried usb:/dev/usb/lp0 (found this notation when googling |
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'usb printer device uri'), but nothing happens when I try to print. |
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And now it gets really crazy: In the printer overview I see not only the |
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'iP5200' I just created, but also a 'iP52002' that has the device URI |
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'usb://Canon/iP5200'. What did create this?! |
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But printing to that does not work either. |
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Wonko |