I received the same error on Hardy and Intrepid when using the "HP LaserJet 4000 Series Postscript [en] (recommended)" driver. With Intrepid, changing the driver to "HP LaserJet 4000 series Foomatic/hpijs [en]" resulted in a test print without error.
ii foomatic-db-hpijs 20080915-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - database for HPIJS driver ii hpijs 2.8.7-0ubuntu6 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS driver (hpijs) ii hpijs-ppds 2.8.7-0ubuntu6 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - HPIJS PPD files ii hplip 2.8.7-0ubuntu6 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP) ii hplip-data 2.8.7-0ubuntu6 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files ii hplip-gui 2.8.7-0ubuntu6 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - GUI utilities -- Error while printing with HP Laserjet: 40 EIO Transmission Error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229981 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs