(In reply to Dr. Werner Fink from comment #12) > For me this looks like the printer with the wrong permissions and owner ship > is not part of something like a data base (e.g. /usr/share/usb.ids) and/or > is missing hint in its vendor description that it *is* a printer. Is there any software component which depends still on the repetition of a device type in the product name? How many device attributes should be usually checked for ordinary system operation? Do you know any similar configuration challenges from other device domains?