USB Printer Setup

[John Wendel]

Stanley T. Davis wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 00:48 -0400, Craig wrote:
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>>| I have a HP Deskjet 895C that I have connected with the usb connection
>>| instead of the parallel connection.  I cannot find what device is
>>| pointing to the printer.  I know usb is working as I have a usb CF
>>| reader attached and it auto mounts when a card is inserted.  I know the
>>| usb connection works because my Windows partition sees the printer.
>>|
>>udev will not automate a prompt for printers, you need to go to the menu and
>>select Applications/System Settings/Printing. then you will have to enter the
>>root password at the prompt and click on the "New" button to start the new
>>printer wizard which will/should recognize your printer. you may want to check
>>out "linuxprinting.org" to make sure that your printer works, what driver to
>>use, how to configure for best results, etc.
>>
>>Craig
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> I tried the wizard and looked at linuxprinting.org.  The wizard did not
> see the usb printer only /dev/lp0 and ptal.  I tried the instructions on
> linuxprinting.org and went through the CUPS wizard but I do not know
> what usb device the printer is attached to.  How can I find out what
> device it is?
> 


I just had good results configuring a HP 3550 color laser printer by 
downloading the HPLIPS drivers from Sourceforge. They work perfectly 
while the HP stuff shipped with Fedora failed to work at all. Includes 
a tool that will scan your USB and Network and report any printers 
that it discovers.

No RPMS, but the source builds and installs perfectly under FC3.

John