USB to Parallel printer cable F12 x64
Did you restart the computer with the printer turned on?
It shouldn't need that, but sometimes it just does.
Cheers,
Paul
Mick M. wrote:
> Hello list;
> I have an older HP laserjet IIIP printer.
> It has serial and Parallel connectors only.
> Of course my MB only has USB.
> I have a couple of USB to Parallel smart cables.
>
> I have been using an
> "Belkin USB F5U002 "
> lsusb: "Bus 006 Device 003: ID 05ab:0002 In-System Design Parallel Port"
> , with success.
>
> The other is:
> "Epson USB Adapter" (model # ISD-103) smart cable
> lsusb: "Bus 005 Device 004: ID 04b8:0002 Seiko Epson Corp. ISD Smart Cable for Mac"
>
> I just put the printer on my F12 box and cannot get it to work.
> I had a USB printer working here just fine, so printing works.
>
> lsusb:
> Bus 006 Device 003: ID 05ab:0002 In-System Design Parallel Port
>
> This worked fine under Fedora 9/10/11 but not 12.
> I am running F12 x64 fully updated.
> When I run system-config-printer it is not detected.
> It will not let me add a printer.
>
> I tried power-cycling the printer, reseating the USB plug etc.
>
> It seems that the printer setup is invisible to the user now.
> What happened to the pull-down list of printers?
>
> KDE Info center -> USB Devices shows:
>
> Class 0((Defined at Interface level))
> Subclass 0
> Protocol 0
> USB Version 1.00
>
> Vendor ID 0x5ab (In-System Design)
> Product ID 0x2 (Parallel Port)
> Revision 1.04
>
> Speed 12 Mbit/s
> Channels 0
> Max. Packet Size 0
>
> The printer is connected and powered up.
>
> Plugging/unplugging the Epson cable /var/log/messages:
>
> [root@localhost ~]# tail /var/log/messages
> Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=9, Product=12, SerialNumber=23
> Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: Product: USB-Parallel Adapter
> Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: Manufacturer: EPSON
> Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: SerialNumber: 06625020vnao2id3
> Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost kernel: usblp1: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0002
> Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost udev-configure-printer: invalid or missing IEEE 1284 Device ID
> Feb 17 12:39:05 localhost udev-configure-printer: invalid or missing IEEE 1284 Device ID ��#001���
> Feb 17 12:39:47 localhost kernel: usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 5
> Feb 17 12:39:47 localhost kernel: usblp1: removed
>
> (yes those funny chars are on the screen)
>
>
> So how do you connect a parallel printer to a USB port and make it work now?
>
> Thanks
> Mick M.
>
>
>
> Standard guarantee applies - 30 feet or 30 seconds, whichever comes first.
>
> # find / -name "*your base*" -exec chown us:us {} ;
>
>
>
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