On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 10:01:35PM +1200, Peter McGregor wrote: > Hi > I am trying to get my Panasonic usb printer to print under redhat core > 4. > > The printer shows up under /proc/bus/usb/devices > > T: Bus=02 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=03 Cnt=01 Dev#= 5 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 > D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 > P: Vendor=04da ProdID=0f40 Rev= 1.00 > S: Manufacturer=Panasonic > S: Product=KX-P7100 > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 48mA > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none) > E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms > > Note that the Driver says (none) > > I can't find any mention of Panasonic under sysfs and I am stuck. > > All I want to do is set up the printer as a RAW device so that Windows > users can print to it. > > What I think I am trying to do is assign the usblp kernel driver/module > to the Panasonic. Then hopefully udev will recognise it and create > something like a /dev/usb/lp0 port > > Searching on the web, I have found out a lot about udev but not much > about what I am trying to do. > > I found a short reference to MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE which apparently the > the Kernel uses link to the device... > > Fedora Code 4 seems to do things differently when it comes to modules, > which makes it even harder to find info.. > > Any help on more docs on this topic or direct answers would be > appreciated > > Thank you > > Peter McGregor > > > This may not help, but it seems to me that usb protocol is one of the options in the CUPS web interface for setting up a printer. -- ======================================================================= Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
