[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#560003: cups: Unable to install a printer connected with an USB to parallel adapter

[Guillaume Brocker]

Package: cups
Version: 1.4.2-4
Severity: important

After upgrading my system, cups did not print anymore on my Lexmark 3200 
which is linked to my computer by an USB to parallel adapter
"Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2305 Parallel Port".

I removed the printer configuration from CUPS and wanted to install it
again, but CUPS was not able to detect it.

Using "lpinfo -v" did not show my USB linked printer.

I also checked bug #545288 without success.

Thank you.
Guillaume

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser                3.111             add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                     1.06.95-2         The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  cups-client            1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-common            1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.28            Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript            8.70~dfsg-2       The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-client3       0.6.25-2          Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3       0.6.25-2          Avahi common library
ii  libc6                  2.10.2-2          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2               1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupscgi1            1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsdriver1         1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2          1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsmime1           1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsppdc1           1.4.2-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.16-2          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.2-3         GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26            2.8.5-2           the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libijs-0.35            0.35-7            IJS raster image transport protoco
ii  libkrb5-3              1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2          2.4.17-2.1        OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g               1.1.0-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1              1.1.23+nmu1       library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler5            0.12.2-2          PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1                1.2.1-7.6         OpenSLP libraries
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.2-3           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libusb-0.1-4           2:0.1.12-13       userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-23            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules           5.10.1-8          Core Perl modules
ii  poppler-utils          0.12.2-2          PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps                 1:3.2.8-2         /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert               1.0.25            simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  ttf-freefont           20090104-4        Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  cups-driver-gutenprint    5.2.4-1        printer drivers for CUPS
ii  foomatic-filters          4.0-20090509-1 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  ghostscript-cups          8.70~dfsg-2    The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF

Versions of packages cups suggests:
pn  cups-bsd                  <none>         (no description available)
pn  cups-pdf                  <none>         (no description available)
pn  cups-ppdc                 <none>         (no description available)
ii  foomatic-db               20090616-1     OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine        4.0-20090509-1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
pn  hplip                     <none>         (no description available)
pn  smbclient                 <none>         (no description available)
ii  udev                      146-5          /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-japane <none>         (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  cupsys/raw-print: true
  cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, scsi, serial, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd