setting up HP LaserJet 9040 MFP

[Roshan Mansinghani]

Can you try installing the printer via the CUPS web interface?  To do that:

1. go to localhost:631 in any web browser
2. Click on "Add printer" and follow the steps

The reason for this is that I am trying to see if this is a problem
with KDE or a problem with the cups installation.  Also, this may get
you to being functional quicker than trying to debug something in kde.

On 8/25/06, Patrick Healy <Patrick.Healy at ul.ie> wrote:
> 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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