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Old Canon printer LBP-350 and a modern Linux box

I own a quite old laser printer, Canon LBP-350 sold in Japanese market. It has both Centronics parallel port and USB port. I used to connect it and my Linux desktop machine with the parallel port, but my current main Linux box does not have parallel port. So, I once tried to connect the laser printer with the current main box using USB, but it didn't work. Today, I tried again , but it didn't. I checked how the Linux box was seeing the printer over USB bus using lsusb command as follows: 
# lsusb -t
/:  Bus 07.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci-pci/2p, 12M
/:  Bus 06.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci-pci/3p, 12M
/:  Bus 05.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/6p, 5000M
    |__ Port 2: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 5000M
/:  Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/5p, 480M
    |__ Port 3: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=uas, 480M
/:  Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/14p, 480M
    |__ Port 5: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/3p, 12M
        |__ Port 3: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
        |__ Port 3: Dev 4, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 9: Dev 10, If 0, Class=Printer, Driver=usblp, 12M
    |__ Port 14: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
    |__ Port 14: Dev 3, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
/:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/2p, 480M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/8p, 480M
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/2p, 480M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/6p, 480M
and the output of usb-devices command: 
T:  Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=08 Cnt=04 Dev#= 12 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=04a9 ProdID=2601 Rev=29.52
S:  Manufacturer=Canon Inc
S:  Product=Canon LBP USB Device
C:  #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=2mA
I:  If#=0x0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp
Output of lsusb -v -d 04a9:2601 
Bus 003 Device 012: ID 04a9:2601 Canon, Inc. 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.00
  bDeviceClass            0 
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x04a9 Canon, Inc.
  idProduct          0x2601 
  bcdDevice           29.52
  iManufacturer           1 (error)
  iProduct                2 (error)
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength       0x0027
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0xc0
      Self Powered
    MaxPower                2mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           3
      bInterfaceClass         7 Printer
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Printer
      bInterfaceProtocol      2 Bidirectional
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
The printer could be seen over the USB bus, but when I send a test page print request with CUPS, it did not make an action. I guess it's time to say farewell to the printer. Hmm...sad.

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