Hi all, Busy - "Waiting for the printer to become available." I cannot get HP printer 2100 Series to run. For beginning analysis I tried the obvious: $ lsusb Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0424:5534 Standard Microsystems Corp. Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04f2:b3ca Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 005: ID 03f0:581d Hewlett-Packard lt4112 Gobi 4G Module Network Device Bus 001 Device 009: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. M105 Optical Mouse Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2134 Standard Microsystems Corp. Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub $ $ sudo cat /etc/cups/printers.conf | egrep -i 'model|device' [sudo] password for root: MakeModel HP LaserJet 2100 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.14 DeviceURI usb://HP/LaserJet%202100%20Series MakeModel HP LaserJet P3005 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.14 DeviceURI hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P3005?serial=CNF1T65817 MakeModel HP LaserJet 2100 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.14 DeviceURI usb://HP/LaserJet%202100%20Series $ $ lpstat -t -v -r -H scheduler is running system default destination: HP-LaserJet-2100-Series device for HP-LaserJet-2100-Series: usb://HP/LaserJet%202100%20Series device for HP-LaserJet-P3005: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P3005?serial=CNF1T65817 device for hplaserjet2100series: usb://HP/LaserJet%202100%20Series HP-LaserJet-2100-Series accepting requests since Thu 10 Jun 2021 12:50:25 CEST HP-LaserJet-P3005 accepting requests since Thu 10 Dec 2020 16:12:28 CET hplaserjet2100series accepting requests since Fri 04 Jun 2021 17:30:42 CEST printer HP-LaserJet-2100-Series now printing HP-LaserJet-2100-Series-155. enabled since Thu 10 Jun 2021 12:50:25 CEST Waiting for the printer to become available. printer HP-LaserJet-P3005 disabled since Thu 10 Dec 2020 16:12:28 CET - Unplugged or turned off printer hplaserjet2100series disabled since Fri 04 Jun 2021 17:30:42 CEST - Unplugged or turned off HP-LaserJet-2100-Series-155 mick 29696 Thu 10 Jun 2021 12:50:25 CEST device for HP-LaserJet-2100-Series: usb://HP/LaserJet%202100%20Series device for HP-LaserJet-P3005: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P3005?serial=CNF1T65817 device for hplaserjet2100series: usb://HP/LaserJet%202100%20Series scheduler is running /run/cups/cups.sock $ $ lpq HP-LaserJet-2100-Series is ready and printing Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size active mick 155 Anschreiben_A.docx 29696 bytes $ What I found interesting is: scheduler is running I didn't start a scheduler and had no idea to kill the scheduler. I see here, the document ''Anschreiben_A.docx'' is in queue. Hope someone can help... Kind regards Michael Be Free, Be Linux