Usb printer not usable at startup

[Jonathan Ryshpan]

My usb printer does not work properly at system startup.  If the usb
cable is unplugged and then plugged in again, it works fine.  Details:
        $ uname -srvmpio
        Linux 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 23 23:08:10 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
        $ lsusb
        ...
        Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04f9:000d Brother Industries, Ltd HL-1440 Laser Printer
        ...

The printer is *seen* at startup; lsusb shows it correctly.  The driver is Gutenprint Simplified Driver,
which is the only driver for this printer which prints correctly.

Any ideas?

Thanks - jon