Aaron: please ignore my previous message. Your suggestion works! I had forgotten to connect then USB cable the first time. :-)
In short: after adding myself (user pjotr) to the scanner group, HPLIP Toolbox can be started with no errors, as user. I still am a bit mystified as to what this printer is doing in the scanner group.... :-) -- [Feisty, Gutsy] MASTER: HP LaserJet 1000/1005/1018/1020 don't work because of missing firmware https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96454 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