right then, here goes my report: blacklist usblp - no joy, still no printout (forgot to check the reported printer state)
remove blacklist, update cups using ppa - still broken - reports "waiting for printer to become available" in the gnome print gui, no data lamp activity on printer upon adding print job to cups remove system-config-printer-udev; carry on using ppa - still broken - same report, no data reported by printer when print job added remove printer-driver-foo2zjs; still using ppa - still broken - same report, printer does not report any data flow when print job added the version of cups installed from ppa was: 1.5.2-9ubuntu1.1~ppa3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959676 Title: cups will not print to USB connected Samsung ML-4500 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/959676/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs