Hi duanedesign,
Thanks so much for your detailed responses. I followed your instructions
as well as I am able--'newbie' as I am to all lenux and unix. I copy
results here:(I hope it's not too much trouble). Thanks,John
jow...@jowens-desktop:~$ tail -f /var/log/messages
Jul 14 11:27:32 jowens-desktop udev-configure-printer: Disabled printer
ipp://localhost:631/printers/hp-LaserJet-1320-series as the corresponding
device was unplugged or turned off
Jul 14 11:28:39 jowens-desktop kernel: [ 1794.852019] usb 3-1: new full
speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
Jul 14 11:28:39 jowens-desktop kernel: [ 1795.020866] usb 3-1:
configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jul 14 11:28:39 jowens-desktop kernel: [ 1795.026773] usblp0: USB
Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x1D17
Jul 14 11:28:41 jowens-desktop kernel: [ 1796.371124] usb 3-1: usbfs:
interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
Jul 14 11:28:43 jowens-desktop udev-configure-printer: Re-enabled printer
ipp://localhost:631/printers/hp-LaserJet-1320-series
Jul 14 11:28:43 jowens-desktop udev-configure-printer: Re-enabled printer
ipp://localhost:631/printers/hp-LaserJet-1320-series
Jul 14 11:46:34 jowens-desktop kernel: [ 2870.065471] usb 3-1: USB
disconnect, address 4
Jul 14 11:46:34 jowens-desktop kernel: [ 2870.065702] usblp0: removed
Jul 14 11:46:34 jowens-desktop udev-configure-printer: Disabled printer
ipp://localhost:631/printers/hp-LaserJet-1320-series as the corresponding
device was unplugged or turned off
Jul 14 11:46:34 jowens-desktop udev-configure-printer: Disabled printer
ipp://localhost:631/printers/hp-LaserJet-1320-series as the corresponding
device was unplugged or turned off
Jul 14 11:47:28 jowens-desktop kernel: [ 2923.400021] usb 3-1: new full
speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
Jul 14 11:47:28 jowens-desktop kernel: [ 2923.569824] usb 3-1:
configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jul 14 11:47:28 jowens-desktop kernel: [ 2923.575237] usblp0: USB
Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x1D17
Jul 14 11:47:29 jowens-desktop kernel: [ 2924.923127] usb 3-1: usbfs:
interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
Jul 14 11:47:31 jowens-desktop udev-configure-printer: Re-enabled printer
ipp://localhost:631/printers/hp-LaserJet-1320-series
^C
jow...@jowens-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 03f0:1d17 Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 1320
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
jow...@jowens-desktop:~$ ls -l /dev/usb/lp* /dev/bus/*/*
crw-rw 1 root lp 180, 0 2010-07-14 11:47 /dev/usb/lp0
/dev/bus/usb/001:
total 0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 2010-07-14 10:58 001
/dev/bus/usb/002:
total 0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 2010-07-14 10:58 001
/dev/bus/usb/003:
total 0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 256 2010-07-14 10:58 001
crw-rw-r--+ 1 root lp 189, 260 2010-07-14 11:49 005
/dev/bus/usb/004:
total 0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 384 2010-07-14 10:58 001
/dev/bus/usb/005:
total 0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 512 2010-07-14 10:58 001
/dev/bus/usb/006:
total 0
crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 640 2010-07-14 10:58 001
jow...@jowens-desktop:~$ sudo usb_orubterud /dev/usb/lp0
[sudo] password for jowens:
sudo: usb_orubterud: command not found
jow...@jowens-desktop:~$ sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0
GET_DEVICE_ID string:
MFG:Hewlett-Packard;CMD:PJL,MLC,BIDI-ECP,PCL,POSTSCRIPT,PCLXL;MDL:hp
LaserJet 1320 series;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 1320
series;MEM:9MB;COMMENT:RES=1200x1;
jow...@jowens-desktop:~$ sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lpl
Error: No such file or directory: can't open '/dev/usb/lpl'
jow...@jowens-desktop:~$ sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp1
Error: No such file or directory: can't open '/dev/usb/lp1'
jow...@jowens-desktop:~$ hp-info -i
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.2)
Device Information Utility ver. 5.2
Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
Using device: hp:/usb/hp_LaserJet_1320_series?serial=00CNL1H00101
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.2)
System Tray Status Service ver. 2.0
Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
warning: Qt/PyQt 4 initialization failed.
error: hp-systray requires Qt4 GUI and DBus support. Exiting.
warning: Unable to connect to dbus. Is hp-systray running?
hp:/usb/hp_LaserJet_1320_series?serial=00CNL