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Nareto

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From: Pisa,Italy

Registered: 2009-07-18

Posts: 148

parallel to usb printer not printing

Hello, I'm having trouble getting an old hp deskjet 870cxi printer to print. It has a parallel port and I'm using a parallel to usb cable. some info

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4502 Broadcom Corp. Keyboard (Boot Interface Subclass)
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0a5c:4503 Broadcom Corp. Mouse (Boot Interface Subclass)
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 0a5c:2148 Broadcom Corp. BCM92046DG-CL1ROM Bluetooth 2.1 Adapter
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 9948:5523  

(it's the last device). usblp is blacklisted in MODULES in rc.conf and, for the sake of testing, I've set full permissions on the printer:

$ ls -lh /dev/bus/usb/005/002 
crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 189, 513 Jul 22 19:46 /dev/bus/usb/005/002

After cleaning with a towel the printer headers, CUPS automatically added the printer (first the printer had blinking lights and was presumably not satisfied of its cartridges - the printer has been sitting there for years). however, when i try to print the test page, in the job list the status is "Waiting for printer to become available..."  and it doesn't change. So I set debug on in cups and this is what gets printed to /var/log/cups/error_log when I try to print a test page:

http://pastebin.com/Gf2FtFnC

any help appreciated

lagagnon

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From: an Island in the Pacific...

Registered: 2009-12-10

Posts: 1,087

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Re: parallel to usb printer not printing

Do you have "parport" and "parport_pc" modules in the MODULES line of your /etc/rc.conf file?
As per : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CU … t_printers

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Nareto

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From: Pisa,Italy

Registered: 2009-07-18

Posts: 148

Re: parallel to usb printer not printing

added them and also "lp", rebooted but still same problem...

Nareto

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From: Pisa,Italy

Registered: 2009-07-18

Posts: 148

Re: parallel to usb printer not printing

should theoreticaly the printer work through virtualbox? Because I have a windows xp guest and I'm trying to make the printer work there, but I'm having problems even there.... so it may well be a cartridge/printer problem