reinstalling HP LaserJet 4050

[NoOp]

On 09/04/2008 11:07 AM, Wade Smart wrote:
> Eberhard Roloff wrote:
[snip]
>>>>
>>>> Wade
>>> I installed Device Manger and under
>>> USB UHCI Controller
>>>   USB Device
>>>      Insufficient power to operate USB device.
>>>      Model: unknown model (id=0x5584)
>>>      Vendor: unknown vender (id=0x4348)
>>>      Connected at: 12.00 Mbit/s
>>>      Remote Wakeup: No
>>>
>>>    Printer Interface
>>>     ?  HP LaserJet 4050
>>> 	
>>> Before when I would print, if it was in standby it would wake and print.
>>>
>> you can reinit the printer in localhost:631 under Printers ;-), at least
>> this is what I believe.
>> 
>> Insufficient Power:
>> Does this mean, you are using a passive hub or the like for the 
>> printer connection?
>> How long is your usb to parrallel cable?
>> Over here in Germany, "generic LPT Interfaces"-PCI cards are pretty 
>> chaep. Maybe this is preferable to your usb to lpt adaptor?

> 
> 20080904 1249 GMT-6
> Im not sure about the power thing. The printer gets zero power from the 
> computer as far as I know. It might just be saying that but, I noted it 
> anyway.
> My cable is 3ft.
> Yea, I could purchase a card (if you can find one :)  ) but this worked 
> on usb and should work so, I want it to.
> 
> On the cups admin panel I click Modify Printer.
> Go past the name and description
> Under device it says "AppSocket/HP JetDirect".
> That isnt correct so I change it to:
> HP LaserJet 4050 Series.
> Then I find the make and model of the printer and Im done.

What does it say for the device URI?

> 
> Now when I click print the little printer icon comes on correctly at the 
> top right of the screen but I get this message: Device busy: will retry 
> in 30 seconds."
> 
> This is what is shown on the cups screen:
> 
> Description: LaserJet4050
> Location: WadesDesk
> Printer Driver: HP LaserJet 4050 Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.2.10 - HPLIP 
> 2.8.2
> Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, published.
> Device URI: 
> hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4348_5584_noserial_if0_printer_noserial
> 
>

It's probably Device busy because the USB/Parallel cable/device isn't
getting sufficient power from the USB port.
You might try connecting the cable to a back USB port - if I recall,
there was an issue previously on the list where the USB hub wasn't
getting sufficient power from front ports and just kept resetting itself
due to low power and noise. Also check your bios settings to see if
legacy usb is on or off; if it's on, turn it off & vs/vs.

Also try clearing your cupsys:

sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart