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I have a printer 'Epson Stylus Sx115' plugged into my USB port.

It is detected because it is listed in lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ac:1006 Apple, Inc. Hub in Aluminum Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:8507 Apple, Inc. Built-in iSight
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 004 Device 006: ID 04b8:084d Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus SX115
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05ac:0221 Apple, Inc. Aluminum Keyboard (ISO)
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 05ac:0304 Apple, Inc. Optical USB Mouse [Mitsumi]
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05ac:8242 Apple, Inc. IR Receiver [built-in]
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05ac:0237 Apple, Inc. Internal Keyboard/Trackpad (ISO)
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 05ac:8213 Apple, Inc.

I have CUPS installed as well as Gutenprint and the Epson driver from Avasys.

However, when adding a new printer CUPS does not detect it so I can't install it.

CUPS seems to be working because it is detecting my network printer (Brother DCP).

How can I install my Epson printer?

PS: I tried disabling the usblp module but without result.

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Do you see it when executing /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb, too? (That's what CUPS sees.) – sr_ Mar 19 '12 at 16:11
@sr_ /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb DEBUG: list_devices DEBUG: usb_find_busses=4 DEBUG: usb_find_devices=14 – Ben D Mar 19 '12 at 19:28
What does dmesg say when you plug it in? – Kevin Mar 21 '12 at 17:48
@kevin [61661.720628] usb 4-2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ohci_hcd [61661.946785] WARNING! power/level is deprecated; use power/control instead [61662.068668] usblp1: USB Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x084D [61662.068698] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp – Ben D Mar 26 '12 at 9:12

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I've fixed this problem by following this wiki page instructions ArchLinux Wiki CUPS

Basically you need to install cups ghostscript gsfont from pacman and this epson driver from AUR and then follow the USB printers under CUPS 1.4.x section instructions.

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