John Gilger <bjgilger@cox.net> writes:

> I might be dense, but am I correct in understanding that I have to
> re-compile my kernel to compile the missing usb printer module?

It depends on what you may have done after compiling the first
time. If you did a 'make clean' or 'make mrproper' or deleted
the sources then you would need to start over.

If you just left everything as it was, then you could probably
just do 'make menuconfig' and 'make dep' and 'make modules'
and 'make modules_install'. You could certainly give it a
try and if it doesn't work then you haven't lost very much.