04b8:0006 — Printer
Seiko Epson Corp.
- Vendor ID
- 04b8
- Product ID
- 0006
- Combined
- 04b8:0006
- Decimal
- 1208:6
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Printer manufactured by Seiko Epson Corp.. The vendor ID 04b8 is registered to Seiko Epson Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0006 is the product ID that Seiko Epson Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04b8:0006 Seiko Epson Corp. Printer.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04b8:0006 Seiko Epson Corp. Printer
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04b8:0006, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04b8:0006. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04b8, idProduct=0006.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_04B8&PID_0006 USB\VID_04B8&PID_0006&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04B8&PID_0006"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Printer:
Product ID: 0x0006
Vendor ID: 0x04b8 (Seiko Epson Corp.)Driver help
Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page. Seiko Epson Corp. official support →
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
04b8 Seiko Epson Corp. 0006 Printer