[ale] Printer troubles

Jim ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com
Wed Jan 25 07:58:33 EST 2006


Tim Watts wrote:

>Hi,
>
>
>"Unable to send print file to printer: No such device" 
>Device URI: usb:/dev/usb/lp0
>
>Does "stopped" mean disabled or just idle? /dev/usb/lp0 definitely exists:
>
>crw-rw----  1 root lp 180, 0 2004-10-01 23:17 /dev/usb/lp0
>  
>
Except that doesn't actually prove there is a driver attached to that 
device.  It just says there is an entry for it in the file system.

If all else fails, try to reinstall the printer.

Jim.



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