Hello list;
I have an older HP laserjet IIIP printer.
It has serial and Parallel connectors only.
Of course my MB only has USB.
I have a couple of USB to Parallel smart cables.
I have been using an
"Belkin USB F5U002 "
lsusb: "Bus 006 Device 003: ID 05ab:0002 In-System Design Parallel Port"
, with success.
The other is:
"Epson USB Adapter" (model # ISD-103) smart cable
lsusb: "Bus 005 Device 004: ID 04b8:0002 Seiko Epson Corp. ISD Smart Cable for Mac"
I just put the printer on my F12 box and cannot get it to work.
I had a USB printer working here just fine, so printing works.
lsusb:
Bus 006 Device 003: ID 05ab:0002 In-System Design Parallel Port
This worked fine under Fedora 9/10/11 but not 12.
I am running F12 x64 fully updated.
When I run system-config-printer it is not detected.
It will not let me add a printer.
I tried power-cycling the printer, reseating the USB plug etc.
It seems that the printer setup is invisible to the user now.
What happened to the pull-down list of printers?
KDE Info center -> USB Devices shows:
Class 0((Defined at Interface level))
Subclass 0
Protocol 0
USB Version 1.00
Vendor ID 0x5ab (In-System Design)
Product ID 0x2 (Parallel Port)
Revision 1.04
Speed 12 Mbit/s
Channels 0
Max. Packet Size 0
The printer is connected and powered up.
Plugging/unplugging the Epson cable /var/log/messages:
[root@localhost ~]# tail /var/log/messages
Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=9, Product=12, SerialNumber=23
Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: Product: USB-Parallel Adapter
Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: Manufacturer: EPSON
Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: SerialNumber: 06625020vnao2id3
Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usblp1: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0002
Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost udev-configure-printer: invalid or missing IEEE 1284 Device ID
Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost udev-configure-printer: invalid or missing IEEE 1284 Device ID ��#001���
Feb 17 12:39:47 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 5
Feb 17 12:39:47 localhost kernel: usblp1: removed
(yes those funny chars are on the screen)
So how do you connect a parallel printer to a USB port and make it work now?
Thanks
Mick M.
Standard guarantee applies - 30 feet or 30 seconds, whichever comes first.
# find / -name "*your base*" -exec chown us:us {} \;
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