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Can not find printer (vps) ubuntu 20.04

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
nodejs, typescript
Domain
backend, infrastructure

Research direction

Start by comparing USB.findPrinter() behavior on the local machine and the Ubuntu 20.04 VPS, then inspect the output of lsusb on the server. Check whether the VPS can see the USB printer at all and whether the reported build prerequisites are sufficient; done means explaining or reproducing why the printer is unavailable in the deployed environment.

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Description

Hey,
i have a printer connected using usb and ethernet
in localhost everything works good i can print using USB port (escpos-usb) also using ethernet (escpos-network)
after deploying my app to a vps ubuntu 20.04
my printer couldn't be found, USB.findPrinter() return empty array
knowing that i have installed sudo apt-get install build-essential libudev-dev as it is required
after checking connected usb devices in server using lsusb it doesn't return the connected usb printer

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