F9: Canon LBP2900 no go: "usblp1: error -32 reading printer status"

Kevin Martin kevintm at ameritech.net
Tue Jun 10 17:41:27 UTC 2008



Colin Brace wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to get a Canon LBP2900 laser printer working under F9.
>
> Alas, the driver is (apparently) closed and not included in the Caps 
> package, which might be a reason to avoid this printer, but be that as 
> it may, one can download a Linux driver easily enough from Canon:
>
> http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010177.asp
>
> These are the latest RPMs:
>
> 2007-12-03 08:49 cndrvcups-capt-1.60-1.i386.rpm
> 2007-12-03 08:49 cndrvcups-common-1.60-1.i386.rpm
>
> Once installed, CAPS automatically recognizes the printer and selects 
> what appears to be the correct driver:
>
> Canon LBP2900 CAPT ver.1.5
>
> Likewise, the printer shows up properly in dmesg:
>
> usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 26
> usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> usblp1: USB Bidirectional printer dev 26 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04A9 
> pid 0x2676
> usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=2676
> usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> usb 1-4: Product: Canon CAPT USB Device
> usb 1-4: Manufacturer: Canon
> usb 1-4: SerialNumber: 0000A380HGkZ
>
> but if I try a test page, nothing happens. The only indication that 
> something is wrong is this error message repeatedly displayed in dmesg:
>
> usblp1: error -32 reading printer status
>
> Any ideas what is going on here?
>
> Thanks.
>


What does lpstat -t show?  Is the printer enabled?

Kevin




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