USB curosity

[Geoffrey Leach]

I have a LaserJet 1300 printer that connects via a Belkin parallel port-to-USB connector. When I send a document to the printer, half the time it prints without hesitation; other times it stalls until I disconnect and re-connect the USB cable. When I do that, here's what dmesg reports:

[80924.737154] usb 4-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 4
[80924.737587] usblp0: removed
[80926.381095] usb 4-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[80926.472738] usb 4-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=050d, idProduct=0002
[80926.472749] usb 4-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[80926.472755] usb 4-1.1: Product: IEEE-1284 Controller
[80926.472759] usb 4-1.1: Manufacturer: Belk USB Printing Support
[80926.497804] usblp 4-1.1:1.0: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x050D pid 0x0002

CUPS discovers the printer without any problems. However, when I send the test document from CUPS, no amount of fiddling with the USB cable will cause it to print.

Any insights will be greatly appreciated.

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