Enabling USB ports for printing...

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I'm running 4.9-STABLE, CUPS 1.1.19 and I'm trying to get an Epson 
Photo Stylus 1270 (usb) working with the system and CUPS. So far, no 
luck. I've walked through the setup for CUPS via http://127.0.0.1:631/ 
in order to add the usb printer. I'm at a loss to figure this out. What 
am I missing? Here's what I have/get:

% ls /dev/ulpt*

crw-------  1 root  wheel  113,   0 Mar 23 08:16 /dev/ulpt0
crw-------  1 root  wheel  113,   1 Mar 23 08:16 /dev/ulpt1
crw-------  1 root  wheel  113,   2 Mar 23 08:16 /dev/ulpt2
crw-------  1 root  wheel  113,   3 Mar 23 08:16 /dev/ulpt3
crw-------  1 root  wheel  113,   4 Mar 23 08:16 /dev/ulpt4


% usbdevs -v

Controller /dev/usb0:
addr 1: self powered, config 1, OHCI root hub(0x0000), AMD(0x0000), rev 
1.00
  port 1 disabled
  port 2 disabled
  port 3 disabled
  port 4 disabled


% usbdevs -f /dev/ulpt0

usbdevs: /dev/ulpt0: Device not configured


My kernel configuration contains the following for usb:

# USB support
device          uhci          # UHCI PCI->USB interface
device          ohci          # OHCI PCI->USB interface
device          usb           # USB Bus (required)
device          ugen          # Generic
device          uhid          # "Human Interface Devices"
device          ulpt          # Printer
device          umass         # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and 
da (done)
device          ums           # Mouse
device          uscanner      # Scanners


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