I see your problem, remember it is the printer talking to the computer, Hall has nothing to do with that. It's an old printer trying to connect to on a new(er) computer. There must a reason for the cups people to put time into that setup. If it happens great if not you will need to try another means, ie a network print server for any computer on that network. I HAD A R51 and have replaced it with a T61 just recently. Nobody uses printer ports now all are USB. The going backwards is the problem you need to solve. The R51 has a parallel printer port. good luck
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:56 PM, dracon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George, > Nope. Sorry for the confusion, but I quoted a previous post (who had said > they had a R51..may have been you) and said I had the same problem, which I > do. I id'ed the problem with my user assembled desktop with a INTELS865PERL > motherboard. It has a Parallel port that I have reserved. The laptop is my > daughter's and it does not have a para/port. Don't have the Make/model handy > at the moment but when she comes over (frequently) she attaches the printer > for output....hense the usb adapter cable. It's not uinreasonable to want > this hardware to work and the HP4 is a horse of a printer with a great > engine. Not getting rid of that beauty anytime soon. > Anyway, this combination ought to work in LINUX. Muffing around the > problem by rearranging hardware doesn't really address the issue of the > adapter cable support deficiency. > Thanks for the responses. > > I'm trying to find a way to get to the hal folks to see if they can help > with the issue. There are several threads out there with various > descriptions of this issue and most have no clue where the genesis of > the problem is. If it's not hal it below that level. I really do not > think it is cups but that it is were the low level hardware detection is > occurring....Since the cable itself is being correctly identified as a > printer, it seems probable that a timing change in the logic would be > all that is required to fix this. > > Wish I knew more about linux internals (only in a brief weak moment, then > I get a beer and think about the beach) > If I find an answer I'll post it back here..Hope you don't have to buy > another printer to get this fixed. That is not exactly what I would call a > "it just works" solution. > Later, > Bill > > -- > Printer is not detected properly over USB > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35638 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > ** Attachment added: "unnamed" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13369093/unnamed -- Printer is not detected properly over USB https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35638 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs