04b8:0817 LP-M5500/LP-M5500F

Seiko Epson Corp.

Vendor ID
04b8
Product ID
0817
Combined
04b8:0817
Decimal
1208:2071

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a LP-M5500/LP-M5500F manufactured by Seiko Epson Corp.. The vendor ID 04b8 is registered to Seiko Epson Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0817 is the product ID that Seiko Epson Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04b8:0817 Seiko Epson Corp. LP-M5500/LP-M5500F.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04b8:0817 Seiko Epson Corp. LP-M5500/LP-M5500F

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04b8:0817, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04b8:0817. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04b8, idProduct=0817.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_04B8&PID_0817
USB\VID_04B8&PID_0817&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04B8&PID_0817"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    LP-M5500/LP-M5500F:
      Product ID: 0x0817
      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.
	0817  LP-M5500/LP-M5500F

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