Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 10:12:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Thomas Gellekum <Thomas.Gellekum@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [8-STABLE] USB printer disconnecting when trying to print Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005211006350.70579@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <86vdahhd4f.fsf@siegel.tg.intern> References: <86vdahhd4f.fsf@siegel.tg.intern>
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On Fri, 21 May 2010, Thomas Gellekum wrote: > my new machine doesn't have a physical connector for a parallel printer > anymore, so I'm now connecting my Brother HL-1250 through the USB port. > The printer is recognized when it powers up: > > ugen0.4: <vendor 0x04f9> at usbus0 > ulpt0: <vendor 0x04f9 product 0x0007, class 0/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 4> on usbus0 > ulpt0: using bi-directional mode > > and it starts warming up when I try to print, but no page is coming out. > After setting hw.usb.debug.ulpt=1, hw.usb.debug.ugen=1, I do a > > echo "hallo" > /dev/ulpt0 > > and get lots of lines starting with the same usbd_transfer_submit shown > below (are these actually related to the printer? I'm guessing they are > mouse events): openprinting.org says that printer does support plain text, so the first thing to try would be using the unlpt0 device. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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