Printer has to be enabled manually after USB taken out and back in

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beiti

Printer has to be enabled manually after USB taken out and back in

Post by beiti »

Hi everyone,

I am experiencing a strange problem with a printer (Canon MF 240). I use the Generic PCL 6 driver, the output is working sufficiently. This printer is in our office and is shared by lots of people, and - I know, we are old school - we just share the USB cable. So whoever wants to print, plugs it in, prints, goes.

What happens with the Linux Mint laptop is, that regularly the printer "disables" itself (Printer Properties > Policies > Top Checkbox "enabled").
Is there a way to change this behaviour? I can only guess at possible reasons:
1) There is a policy problem - ie some user rules are not set correct?
2) The printer policy is set somewhere in the system and I have no clue where?
3) Our printer might be a cheap copy of an original (I work in Liberia/West Africa)?
4) ... ?

I tried sending the print command before plugging and after plugging the cable in - no change. As soon as I unplug the cable, the printer is "disabled", and it won't enable itself - I have to do that manually. I tried a different cable - no change. My Macbook does not experience this problem, nor do the Windows laptops of my colleagues.

Thanks for help!
Sebastian.
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ClixTrix

Re: Printer has to be enabled manually after USB taken out and back in

Post by ClixTrix »

Try this.

1) Power OFF the printer.... 2) Connect USB to your Mint computer..... 3) Power ON the printer.

Does Mint then show the printer Enabled and Ready (after USB detected and reasonable startup time)?

Edit: "I use the Generic PCL 6 driver" ..... OK, but the Windows/Mac driver is probably UFR II LT Language vs. you using PCL Language. That is possibly why a reload/reset is necessary. You could try the Linux UFR II LT driver.

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/port ... ss-mf247dw
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