setting up HP LaserJet 9040 MFP

[Dana J. Laude]

On Thursday 31 August 2006 11:50, Joe Giles wrote:
> Patrick Healy wrote:
> > Patrick Healy writes (on 25.08.2006):
> >> 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."
> >
> > As a follow up I should have said that the above was on Kubuntu
> > 6.06. I'm at home now where I have just tried the equivalent on my
> > Breezy Badger version and everything seems to have gone ok -- but I
> > don't actually have a LaserJet 8040 sitting on my desk here :-)
> >
> >> I'm grateful, as always, for any leads that can be provided.

This is a bug in either foomatic or Cups.  You'll have to use the HPLIP 
or similar driver selection besides the one you're picking.  Here's 
some info on your printer:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_9040_MFP

Personally, I wonder why this bug hasn't been fixed yet.  Same error as 
above with my HP LaserJet 6L. Very easy to replicate.

Dana