Debian SID kernel 2.4.26
When attempting to configure this printer through the CUPS web interface it is properly recognized under the 'Device'menu as USB Printer #1 (hp deskjet 5550).
Model/Driver:
Raw
APPLE
CANNON
DYMO
EPSON
HP
LEXMARK
OKIDATA
Postscript
Where did 'Hewlett Packard' go??
As I recall there used to be 2 choices for HP printers, HP & Hewlett Packard. I continue and select 'HP' but under the Model/Driver for HP selection menu model 5550 it is not offered as a choice!! There are in fact very few choices. Any idea what I've got wrong here?
# dmesg|grep usb
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 18:51:09 May 1 2004
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x2020, IRQ 9
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x3f0/0x6004) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: registered new driver usblp
printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004
lsmod
lp 7168 0 (autoclean)
parport 26664 0 (autoclean) [lp]
af_packet 13608 1 (autoclean)
printer 8256 0
e100 50056 1
usb-uhci 23568 0 (unused)
usbcore 63756 1 [printer usb-uhci]
agpgart 46692 0 (unused)
esssolo1 25992 2
soundcore 3940 4 [esssolo1]
gameport 1676 0 [esssolo1]
ide-cd 32448 0
cdrom 29184 0 [ide-cd]
rtc 7112 0 (autoclean)
ext2 51176 4 (autoclean)
ext3 82536 0 (autoclean)
jbd 42980 0 (autoclean) [ext3]
ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused)
piix 8904 1 (autoclean)
ide-disk 16928 5 (autoclean)
ide-core 111228 5 (autoclean)
# hpijs -h
Hewlett-Packard Co. Inkjet Server 1.6
Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Hewlett-Packard Co.
# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 03f0:6004 Hewlett-Packard
TIA