On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 16:13, Pierre Fortin wrote: > Just a heads up... > > I have not fully analyzed this; but my HP 5550 (USB2.0) printers will not > work if connected to a USB/PCMCIA port. My camera, external HDs, etc, all > work off the SIIG USB PCMCIA 4-port hub; but the printers will only work > if connected to the laptop's builtin USB1.1 port. > > CUPS reports "Unable to open USB device "usb://hp/deskjet%205550": No such > device", even after redoing the printer setup via http://localhost:631 > > Just moving the cable from the PCMCIA to the builtin port allows queued > jobs to print.
Pierre, Is it possible.. (and this is a real stab in the dark.) that the printer doesn't recognize the hub as a real USB port? So it doesn't "activate". I've got an Epson that does that no matter what OS is on the other end. When I boot the box with the printer connected to the USB hub... I don't get all of the chugging and churning I normally get when it's directly connected. We got rid of the hub plugged it in directly and ... poof it works. Go figure. James
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