usb-modeswitch needs to get extended for printers

Registered by Till Kamppeter

For USB-based mobile broadband modems it got common that the Windows driver is stored on the modem itself and as long as the driver is not installed the modem shows itself to the computer as a USB mass storage device. Therefore usb-modeswitch got introduced to switch these modems into modem modeunder Linux as there the driver is already available as a kernel module shipped with the OS. A similar problem occured now for USB printers, they also show themselves as mass storage devices by default to provide their Windows driver without need of a CD.

So usb-modeswitch needs to be extended to printers Tests should be done whether the switching mechanisms are the same as for modems and only the printer's IDs need to be added or whether more work is needed.

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Martin Pitt
Priority:
Medium
Drafter:
Till Kamppeter
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Till Kamppeter
Definition:
Obsolete
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Started
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Till Kamppeter
Completed by
Martin Pitt

Whiteboard

tkamppeter, 2011-11-08: Contacted HP asking to include usb-modeswitch data in HPLIP package

pitti, 2011-11-11: Is the linked bug enough to implement this, or does it need more work items? Please assign the bug tasks to someone (Mathieu or you, depending on who is going to work on it). Thanks!

tkamppeter, 2011-11-11: All what has to be done is to add modeswitch data for the appropriate printers and make sure that usb-modeswitch will use it. All this is covered in the linked bug.

pitti, 2012-03-28: No progress in precise. Dropping spec, we don't need a whole blueprint to wrap around one bug/work item. Let's just use the bug.

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