Jenny,
On 18 Oct 2007, at 9:31 am, Jenny Hopkins wrote:
dmesg: no. It reports usb 1-2: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd hpiod rqt 161 rq 1 len 1 ret -110 every so often so it knows something is there though. I also haven't checked the cable - I'll have to wait till I'm physically there again now. I tried both usb ports. I'll also try the reboot with live cd when there if still not solved, and try the printer back on the old computer it was on to see what messages I can get.
I was just going to suggest checking the cable... ;)