Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:59:04 -0400 From: Anthony Agelastos <iqgrande@gmail.com> To: albi <albi@scii.nl> Cc: asa@agava.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CUPS, USB printers & "Permission Denied" Message-ID: <F4BEF046-2C6E-40BE-9703-2F27CB84CFDF@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060626013428.bfd51cb9.albi@scii.nl> References: <8a6250b20606251628g5ea35843r5ccb318b15876609@mail.gmail.com> <20060626013428.bfd51cb9.albi@scii.nl>
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Hello and thank you for the very quick reply. On Jun 25, 2006, at 7:34 PM, albi wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:28:35 -0400 > "Anthony Agelastos" <iqgrande@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I updated CUPS and I cannot print to my USB laser printer. The web >> interface shows the following: >> >> hp_LaserJet_1160Le (Default Printer) "Unable to open USB device >> "usb:/dev/ulpt0": Permission denied" >> Description: Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 1160Le >> Location: Den >> Make and Model: HP LaserJet 1160 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended) >> Printer State: stopped, accepting jobs, published. >> Device URI: usb:/dev/ulpt0 > > are the permissions on /dev/ulpt0 correct ? I have no idea what it is supposed to be. %ls -l /dev/ulpt0 crw-r--r-- 1 root operator 0, 68 Jun 25 19:01 /dev/ulpt0 > > if the printer runs fine as root you know it's likely a > permission-problem > What's the best way to run it as root? When I log into the CUPS web interface as root and try to print a test page, it gives me the message I posted above. If, as root, I try to print a Postscript file via lp, it does nothing. Thank you all again for your assistance.
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