Comment 59 for bug 96454

I had the same behaviour in Hardy final, as I had in Gutsy (as in my previous comment): running hp-toolbox in terminal produces "error: Firmware file '/usr/share/hplip/data/firmware/hp_laserjet_1020.fw.gz' not found." when I tried to download firmware from the GUI.

I can confirm that using the HPLIP gui to remove and recreate the printer configuration gave me the interactive procedure provided by hp-setup, which automatically downloaded the firmware and worked fine.

Apparently CUPS creating the printer spool directly (when USB printer is first connected) ignores the need for special drivers. Could hp-setup be used automatically instead for HP printers for a "Just Works" experience?