On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Mark Hull-Richter <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote: > I've mentioned this before, here, but with a laser printer connected via > the lp0 port. > > I have a new laser printer, a Brother HL2140, that normally works just > fine when installed using the CUPS interface per OpenPrinting's > instructions (with one minor modification I had to add because the base > driver without the CUPS installation did not work. > > Every so often, which actually appears to be every time the printer goes > into power-saver mode, when I try to print something, I get this > response in lpstat -t: > > [mhr at mhrichter ~]$ lpstat -t > scheduler is running > no system default destination > device for HL2140: usb://Brother/HL-2140 series > device for HPOJ4315: hp:/usb/Officejet_4300_series?serial=CN7AJH318W04GQ > HL2140 accepting requests since Sun 23 Nov 2008 02:38:56 PM PST > HPOJ4315 accepting requests since Sun 07 Sep 2008 12:52:14 AM PDT > printer HL2140 now printing HL2140-2188. enabled since Sun 23 Nov 2008 > 02:38:56 PM PST > Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds... > printer HPOJ4315 is idle. enabled since Sun 07 Sep 2008 12:52:14 AM PDT > HL2140-2188 root 18432 Sun 23 Nov 2008 > 02:38:56 PM PST > > At one point, through some strange combination of: > > System->Administration->Printers > Disable the printer > cancel the print job (sometimes) > disconnect the printer (USB cable out) > power down the printer > power the printer back on and wait for it to come ready > reconnect the printer > re-enable the printer > > liberally sprinkled with 30 second waits, I used to be able to get the > printer to come back on line and print. > > Now I can't seem to get the <censored> thing to come back at all. > > Any suggestions on what to do to make this work? I suppose I could > reboot, but that _really_ defeats the purpose of using a USB printer in > the first place. > > FTR, I also have an HP OfficeJet 4315 on a USB connection to the same > system, and I _never_ have this problem with it. > > I'm running CentOS 5.2 x86_64 with all the latest updates, using the > printer drivers from the OpenPrinting online database: > > brhl2140lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.rpm > cupswrapperHL2140-2.0.2-1.i386.rpm > > Stumped. > > mhr > Mea culpa - I forgot: I occasionally run Windows under VMWare, and whenever that is running, I completely lose control of most USB devices, including the printer. mhr