Re: [tlug] Printer Not Responding

[Dave M G <martin@example.com>]

Josh, Stephen,

Thank you for the instructions. I disconnected and re-connected the 
printer following Josh's advice. Here is the output of "tail -f 
/var/log/messages":

Apr 16 17:47:48 localhost kernel: [4405240.152000] usb 2-1: USB 
disconnect, address 5
Apr 16 17:47:48 localhost kernel: [4405240.152000] 
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: removed
Apr 16 17:55:43 localhost kernel: [4405714.950000] usb 2-1: new full 
speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
Apr 16 17:55:43 localhost kernel: [4405715.136000] 
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 6 if 0 
alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04A9 pid 0x1094

Josh said:
> You expressed a worry that the printer problem might be related to the
> Palm Pilot one, seeing as how they are both USB devices. This is
> possible. Do you have any working USB devices on the system? Could you
> borrow a USB mouse from a friend to try out, just to make sure your
> USB subsystem is working?
>   
I'm pretty sure the USB system in my computer is working on a hardware 
level. I have a couple other devices, such as a Wacom tablet and Kenwood 
USB sound device which are working fine. And I've even tried moving 
units around from USB port to USB port. I have 4 in back of the computer 
and 2 in front. It seems from swapping devices around that the USB ports 
are working fine.

Josh said:
> [1] Dave, please make sure to attribute properly so we know who said
> what when and to whom. ;)
>   
Sorry, was I not doing this correctly?

I think I mentioned this before, but this is the status of my printer as 
shown in the CUPS interface:
Description: Canon Pixus iP3100
Location: Desktop
Make and Model: Canon PIXUS iP3100 Ver.2.50x
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, published.
Device URI: file:///dev/usblp0

Is that device URI matching my actual /dev file correctly? I'm not sure 
if all those backslashes are a healthy thing or not.

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Dave M G