setting up HP LaserJet 9040 MFP

[Patrick Healy]

Hello,

I'm having trouble setting up HP LaserJet 9040 MFP printer using the
kprinter 'Add Printer' wizard.  I keep running in to the following
error:

"Unable to create the Foomatic driver
[HP-LaserJet_9040_MFP,Postscript]. Either that driver does not exist, or
you don't have the required permissions to perform that operation."

I have tried setting the driver to "Generic Postscript" and the "HP
LaserJet 9040 MFP" but in both cases I get the above error.  In fact
when I look in /usr/share/ppd/linuxprinting.org-gs-builtin/HP and I try
to set the driver to a .ppd file that /does/ exist I get the same
error.  But I can't see how it's a permission problem.

(I also downloaded the .ppd for this specific printer from
linuxprinting.org and placing it in the above directory but this didn't
help either -- but maybe I needed to rebuild the DB after this.)

I'm grateful, as always, for any leads that can be provided.

Thanks,
Paddy Healy
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