CUPS and USB

[James Knott]

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...

Why not find some way to secure the cable?
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