What are the permissions/ownerships of your parallel port devices? Do
sudo ls -l /dev/lp* sudo ls -l /dev/printers/* sudo ls -l /dev/parallel/* and post the output. -- Incorrectly Detects HP Fax device https://launchpad.net/bugs/62506 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs