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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=HU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I have a HP LaserJet 1020 with the same symptoms. Blacklisting usblp does solve the problem for me too, the firmware is downloaded successfully.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I did what you asked, changed cups loglevel to debug, restarted cups and reproduced the problem. No new entries got added to cups error log at all. Tried debug2, nothing again. Here is my syslog though.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:43 wicklow kernel: [ 8197.044146] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:43 wicklow kernel: [ 8197.196116] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=03f0, idProduct=2b17<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:43 wicklow kernel: [ 8197.196134] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:43 wicklow kernel: [ 8197.196147] usb 1-1: Product: HP LaserJet 1020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:43 wicklow kernel: [ 8197.196157] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:43 wicklow kernel: [ 8197.196167] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: JL2RH3S<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:43 wicklow kernel: [ 8197.199465] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x2B17<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:46 wicklow /usr/sbin/hplj1020: foo2zjs: loading HP LaserJet 1020 firmware /lib/firmware/hp/sihp1020.dl to /dev/usb/lp0 ...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:46 wicklow kernel: [ 8200.425035] usblp0: nonzero write bulk status received: -108<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:46 wicklow kernel: [ 8200.425142] usblp0: nonzero read bulk status received: -108<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:46 wicklow kernel: [ 8200.426465] usblp0: removed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:09:46 wicklow /usr/sbin/hplj1020: foo2zjs: ... download failed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><as you can see, there is a wait here, I didn’t do anything and it just continued><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:10:02 wicklow kernel: [ 8216.428508] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x2B17<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:10:10 wicklow kernel: [ 8224.629097] usblp0: removed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:10:11 wicklow kernel: [ 8225.852539] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x2B17<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:10:11 wicklow /usr/sbin/hplj1020: foo2zjs: loading HP LaserJet 1020 firmware /lib/firmware/hp/sihp1020.dl to CUPS USB device ...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:10:12 wicklow kernel: [ 8225.873710] usblp0: removed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:10:15 wicklow kernel: [ 8229.065380] usb 1-1: usbfs: process 7056 (usb) did not claim interface 0 before use<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:10:15 wicklow /usr/sbin/hplj1020: foo2zjs: usb://HP/LaserJet%201020?serial=JL2RH3S... download failed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:10:15 wicklow kernel: [ 8229.076632] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x2B17<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:10:15 wicklow /usr/sbin/hplj1020: foo2zjs: loading HP LaserJet 1020 firmware /lib/firmware/hp/sihp1020.dl to CUPS USB device ...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>May 15 21:10:15 wicklow kernel: [ 8229.093555] usblp0: removed<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>