USB printer driver assignment -- solved!!

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I had posted several days ago with a question as to how 
to get the USB printer driver assigned to a printer if 
it's plugged in when Linux (YDL 2.2) boots.  The printer 
was recognized by the USB driver but the printer driver 
module was not loaded yet, so the assignment failed.

A Linux-proficient colleague of mine pointed me to the 
Linux hotplugging web site (http://linux-
hotplug.sourceforge.net) and I was able to piece 
together the solution.  There is a /etc/hotplug/usb.rc 
script that normally gets invoked from 
the /etc/rc.d/init.d/hotplug script (which is missing on 
my YDL 2.2 installation for some reason).  Anyway, by 
creating a "start" link to the usb.rc script 
in /etc/rc3.d (or /etc/rc5.d if you boot directly into 
X), e.g. S98usbrc, a hotplug of the printer is faked and 
the USB printer driver assignment is performed.

I know how difficult it was for me to find this 
information, so I hope it helps someone else.