11.10 doesn't see my USB printer

[Nils Kassube]

David Shochat wrote:
> Sorry to reply to myself, but here is what I think is a relevant
> update: When I give the command lsusb, one of the output lines says:
> 
> Bus 001 Device 007: ID 04b8:0803 Seiko Epson Corp. Printer (Composite
> Device) I think that proves that my printer really is connected, so
> my CUPS must be somehow broken.
> 
> Ok, one more thing. When I attempt to use the Add button in the
> Printers dialog, the following line is added to
> /var/log/cups/error_log:
> 
> E [16/Oct/2011:19:14:48 -0400] Returning HTTP Forbidden for
> CUPS-Get-Devices (no URI) from localhost

That looks to me like cups isn't running. Can you connect to 
<http://localhost:631> with your browser? If that doesn't work, start 
cups with the command

sudo service cups start

and try again. Then replug your printer and check if it is now added 
without error.


Nils