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HP OfficeJet G55 Why can I print with the USB port?

April 26, 2017g55 HP officejet print usb port

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HP OfficeJet G55 Why can I print with the USB port?

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You’re probably trying to print directly to /dev/usb/lp0, which won’t work and tends to get this model into a bad state that can only be recovered from by power-cycling the device. For CUPS, you’ll print through the CUPS ptal backend, not the usb backend.