Re: hpoj problem with hp K80 on suse 9.2

On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 20:02 +0100, Thomas Rother wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a strange problem with a HP OfficeJet K80 on SuSE 9.2 (Kernel 
> 2.6x, hpoj 0.91) and therefore need some debugging help. Please 
> apologize if this is not the correct list, but someone recommended to 
> ask here.
> 
> 1) According to http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/suplist.shtml, the HP K80 
> officejet is "fully supported". The printer is detectable on the USB 
> port and by the USB subsystem of the kernel during boot:
> 
> a) /proc/bus/usb/devices
> 
> T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  3 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
> D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=03f0 ProdID=0711 Rev= 1.00
> S:  Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packar
> S:  Product=OfficeJet  K80
> S:  SerialNumber=MY239D630108
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=  2mA
> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=03 Driver=usblp
> E:  Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS=  64 Ivl=0ms
> E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=10ms
> 
> b) Boot Messages
> 
> [....]
> Nov 19 19:56:24 linux kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using 
> address 2
> Nov 19 19:56:24 linux kernel: usb 1-1: Product: OfficeJet  K80
> Nov 19 19:56:24 linux kernel: usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packar
> Nov 19 19:56:24 linux kernel: usb 1-1: SerialNumber: MY239D630108
> Nov 19 19:56:32 linux kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB 
> Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 3 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x0711
> Nov 19 19:56:32 linux kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usblp
> Nov 19 19:56:32 linux kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB 
> Printer Device Class driver
> Nov 19 19:56:51 linux kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) 
> [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
> Nov 19 19:56:51 linux kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
> Nov 19 19:56:51 linux kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) 
> [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
> Nov 19 19:56:51 linux kernel: parport0: irq 7 detected
> Nov 19 19:56:54 linux ptal-mlcd: SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp:653, dev=, 
> pid=5554, e=2, t=1100890614         ptal-mlcd successfully initialized.
> Nov 19 19:56:54 linux kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
> Nov 19 19:56:54 linux ptal-mlcd: resmgr: server response code 500
> Nov 19 19:56:54 linux ptal-printd: ptal-printd(mlc:par:OfficeJet_K80) 
> successfully initialized using /var/run/ptal-printd/mlc_par_OfficeJet_K80*.

the ptal printer ID would give the idea that it is a parallel port
printer... mlc:par:OfficeJet_K80

whereas a USB should be...mlc:usb:OfficeJet_K80

what did you say when you used ptal-init to set it up?

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> -----------------------
> 
> First ptal initailizes successfully, then it can not find the device. 
> Strange. Can someone give me hints what I can do now?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Thommie
> [email protected]

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