On Sunday 02 October 2005 01:13, Mike Dobbs wrote: > I have a C42UX printer. It works great when it's plugged in and turned > on when the system boots. However, if it is turned off cups just > pauses the printer and says the printer cannot be found.
You can use a hotplug script to automatically enable/disable the printer. Put something like the following two files in /etc/hotplug/usb The values for the .usermap file can be found with "lsusb". Paul ---------- printer.usermap ----------- # usb module match_flags idVendor idProduct bcdDevice_lo bcdDevice_hi bDeviceClass bDeviceSubClass bDeviceProtocol bInterfaceClass bInterfaceSubClass bInterfaceProtocol driver_info ml1210 0x0003 0x04e8 0x300c 0x0000 0x0000 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00000000 ---------- printer ----------- #!/bin/sh case "$ACTION" in add) /usr/bin/enable C42UX if [ ! -z "$REMOVER" ]; then cat > "$REMOVER" << EOF #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/disable C42UX EOF chmod +x "$REMOVER" fi ;; esac exit 0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]