reinstalling HP LaserJet 4050

[Wade Smart]

NoOp wrote:
> 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

20080904 1500 GMT-6

I moved the cable again to the back, unplugged my keyboard and plugged 
in my printer, moved my keyboard to another usb port, cleared cups and 
now it works!!!

Thanks

Wade