Comment 4 for bug 319484

In order to help diagnose the precise nature of the problem, do you think you could follow up with the command line you are using and the lines surrounding the actual error message?

Do you have any idea why this package was originally installed, and/or why it needs to be reinstalled?

The command "aptitude why mfc9700lpr" in the terminal might help indicate which dependencies cause this package to be marked to be installed.