CUPS and USB

[Anton Markov]

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Hi Martin,

If I understand you correctly, your problem is that the device URI of
the printer keeps changing (/dev/usb/lp0, /dev/usb/lp1, etc.). If this
is the case, then you should take a look at UDEV and Hotplug. Together
they should let you do something like: any device with the model/make or
UID = whatever will be assigned to device /dev/usb/lp0 (or whatever you
choose).

It may require a newer kernel (2.6 preferably), but works great
otherwise. I use it to manage my Jumpdrive and USB cardreader. Also does
a good job at cleaning up /dev without screwing up existing coldplug
devices.

Martin Duclos wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I've been have this really annoying problem with cups and usb. I have a
| printer connected to the cups server with usb cable. The usb cable is
| not secure on the printer end and whenever the printer moves a little,
| the cable disconnects. When I reconnect the printer, the server
| increments the usb id number by one and cups doesn't know about it since
| the configuration file is set with a static value. The question is, is
| there some utility or some way to tell the usb controller to reset? For
| now the only solution I have is to reset the computer...
|


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