USB printing

[Grumpy_Penguin]

On Saturday 02 December 2006 09:04, john d. herron wrote:
> While I'm not technically savvy, I can report that I've been using an
> USB-connected HP DeskJet 5940 for a few months now on a Kubuntu 6.06
> (Dapper) box without any problems.
> It would seem, then, that at least Kubuntu does support some USB printers.
> Could your difficulty stem from a possible printer driver inconsistency?
> john
>
> Grumpy wrote:
> > I am still not able to get my Samsung ML 2010 to print under Kubuntu or
> > Ubuntu it seems that cups does not detect usb printers nor does anything
> > else any suggestions?
possible probable even although I have never had trouble with other distros 
[except fedora...ducks and runs]