I know users with multidevices have a serious problems with recent 1.4.0 update because they can only use either the scanner or the printer. I've just found this patch from Till Kapeter, the main OpenPrinting(foomatic) developer and Debian cups package maintainer. http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3357 I assume this could solve all outstanding issues. But sure this is not the current upstream way. And I cannot test it in any way because I don't have such a device. This is to show affected users a possible way to recompile our cups packages with this patch. If it really solves the trouble we might think if it should be done manually (we could put the patch into svn though). That would receive my vote. Or if we could trust Debian here and provide stuff that is not the upstream way but - if proved - solves all the trouble. I couldn't provide any help but doing building the packages. Please test the patch and post your opinions. http://www.cups.org/strfiles/3357/usb-backend-both-usblp-and-libusb.dpatch -Andy