Re: [tlug] Printer Not Responding

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

Scott,

Thanks for patiently explaining things to me. I apologize for throwing 
things off course by reinstalling CUPS. I thought no harm could come 
since nothing was working anyway. I was not really considering the 
implications on any progress in discussions here.
> What site? 
Sorry, I accidentally edited out the actual URL. The site is not the 
CUPS site, which I find byzantine. It's this site:
http://www.techbuilder.org/recipes/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=167600449&printableArticle=true
... Which is just a howto for installing Canon printers in Linux. It's 
my touchstone for starting the process because it worked flawlessly in 
Ubuntu 5.10

> Hrrm, is the USB device showing in /dev?
As far as I understand it, yes. The device takes device URI 
"canon_usb:/dev/usblp0: in the CUPS web interface, and indeed in the 
/dev directory there is a usblp0 file when the printer is turned on.

> I'm not sure where to point you next.  If you have a parallel cable, you
> might try that. and see if the results are different. 
>   
Unfortunately the printer only has a USB connection.
> > # Restrict access to the server...
> > <Location />
> >  Order allow,deny
> >  Allow localhost
> > </Location>
> Again, you might try Allow All for a start to see if that makes any
> difference. 
>   
I gave it a shot, but no difference.

I'm stepping out on a limb here, but might this be a more general USB 
problem and not a printer problem? I wonder because the symptoms of the 
problem seem so similar to my palm pilot. Simply no action between the 
device and any application, despite the desired device files being 
present in /dev.

Or is that just crazy?

--
Dave M G