USB Printer "Unable to open device" Error

nuro305 · 05-23-2007, 11:08 AM

Hi,

I'm running SLED 10 with all updates.

I'm trying to use a local USB Cannon ip4000 printer and after the "Wizard" completed I now got this error when trying to print:

Paused: Unable to open device "hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4a9_1093_23CAA4_if0_printer_noserial": Permission denied

I have chmoded /dev/null to 666 and even tried 777 for kicks....... to no avail. Any ideas on this error ?

skog · 05-25-2007, 10:01 PM

/dev/null is not your printer.

can you setup/use the printer as root?

sounds like you need to find the /dev/node for your printer and chmod it...

nuro305 · 05-28-2007, 08:55 PM

Thanks, I'll find it and give it a go. I mentioned /dev/null because that's the other errir I got trying to use a networked printer at work.

nuro305 · 06-05-2007, 02:59 PM

Nope, logged in as ROOT and same error...... any help/fix would be great.

I can't believe that simple printing is such a pain in the ass. Novell ? how bout some better printer support !

Paul