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I'm trying to install an HP Deskjet 990c. When using cups, it does not offer the usb option. Should I just go ahead with one of the other options or am I missing something? This is a full install with no problems.

I've been searching for a couple of days but everything I've found indicates that the printer should be picked up automatically and it is not.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Does your /etc/mtab show a usb file system?

And another route to go in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules:

# USB printer support:
#/sbin/modprobe usblp

And check (as root) the output of "lsusb -v|grep -i Deskjet". If you get a line beginning with "iProduct" your printer is recognized.

mtab shows the following
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0

Went into rc.modules and un-commented the line suggested. At boot got a message of no printers connected (the printer was turned on and connected).

output of lsusb is as follows -
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c526 Logitech, Inc. MX Revolution Cordless Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

output of "lsusb -v|grep -i Deskjet" returns nothing.

Printer does work in Zenwalk currently and has installed fine before in Slack.

So how did you install the printer ?

I recommend using:
http://localhost:631/

If printer does work in Zenwalk I would use lsmod|sort under Zenwalk and Slackware to check which module(s) could be missing or not loaded in Slackware. You could issue lsusb and lsusb|grep -i Deskjet under Zenwalk as well.

Just to make sure: which kernel do you use? Did you customize anything? and do you really have a "Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera" plugged in?

'I, Robot" was right - there is a ghost in the machine. After moving usb ports a few times and stopping/starting the printer a few more times IT WORKS. The proper configuration magically appeared in CUPS and things now are fine. I wish that it was a stroke of genius but it was more likely a stroke. Anyway - thanks for all of the tips. At least I learned a lot more about CUPS.