USB printer.

[Brian Somers]

I've had similar problems.  I've cc'd Nick 'cos he knows all about 
usb thingies :)

I found that if you shut the machine down, unplug the printer from 
the USB converter, bring the machine up again, take the printer 
offline, plug the USB converter back in then bring the printer back 
online, it tends to work for a bit..... but not for long :(

> Well, not quite a USB printer, more a USB to printer cable (USB plug at
> one end, 36 way Centronics at the other - very neat).
> 
> Anyway, I've got one of these; a Belkin model. It gets detected fine:
> 
> usb0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> on uhci0
> usb0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> ulpt0: Belkin Components (2nd) F5U002 Parallel printer adapter, rev
> 1.00/1.04, addr 2, iclass 7/1
> 
> but doesn't seem to want to print (using /dev/ulpt0, which exists ok) -
> just reports device busy.
> 
> I've tried it under Linux and the generic USB printer driver works
> there, so the thing *does* work and it is looking like a USB printer it
> would seem. Any thoughts of what I might have done wrong? I'd really
> like to leave the parallel port free for the scanner.
> 
> Kernel config has:
> 
> device          uhci            # UHCI PCI->USB interface                       
> device          usb             # USB Bus (required)                            
> device          ugen            # Generic                                       
> device          ulpt            # Printer                                       
> 
> (it's 4.3-STABLE).
> 
> Anyone had any luck with any form of USB printer under FreeBSD?
> 
> J.
> 
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