Re: using usblp with ppdev?

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 06:02:12PM +0100, wixor wrote:
> >
> > But if you want to play around and verify this, try modifying the USB
> > device table in the drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c file (look for the
> > structure called "uss720_table" and add a new entry with the vendor and
> > product id of your device there.)
> >
> Well, it seems the device doesn't like the driver or vice-verse. When
> added entry to the uss720_table, /proc/bus/usb/devices reports that
> the device is being handled by this driver, but when I plug the device
> in, dmesg gets full of error reports, and the device file doesn't
> appear in /dev .

Ok, then your device is not of this type and will not work, sorry.  I
suggest you go purchase a uss720 based device if you wish to do this
kind of thing.

> Now, my question is: is the cable named "usb to
> parallel cable" an interface that converts classic printer to usb
> printer? Shouldn't it be rather a real usb to parallel cable?

As the manufacturer about this, we have no idea :)

thanks,

greg k-h