Problem adding HP J6400 all-in-one printer

We have an HP Officejet J6400 all-in-one printer here at work, and all of our computers have had no problem adding this printer except one: an older iMac, PowerMac 6.1 (with the white domed base). The driver is installed, and the computer sees the driver, but when I click to add it eventually it gives me this error:
"An error occurred while trying to add the selected printer. client-error-not-authorized"
I was on the phone with HP for an hour and they couldn't figure it out on their end. Has anyone had a similar problem, or have a solution?

Hi,
I request you to try the following:
For network connection:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03086294&tmp_task=useCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=e...
For USB:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03521864&tmp_task=useCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=e...
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Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0
Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
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Enter a location description for this printer (q=quit) ?computer room
Enter additonal information or notes for this printer (q=quit) ?
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HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.9.12)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.3
Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
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2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro
supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already built HPLIP supplied tarball
has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run.
3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode
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Initializing. Please wait...
| SYSTEM INFO |
Basic system information:
Linux archy 2.6.32-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 23 13:53:44 UTC 2010 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU 1133MHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Distribution:
unknown 0.0
Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.6.4 installed
Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.6.2 installed.
Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.4.2
error_log is set to level: debug
Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.83.0
| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
note: To check for compile-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -c parameter (ie, hp-check -c).
note: To check for run-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -r parameter (ie, hp-check -r).
Checking for dependency: CUPS - Common Unix Printing System...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS image - CUPS image development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: DBus - Message bus system...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libjpeg - JPEG library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libtool - Library building support services...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libusb - USB library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python devel - Python development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python XML libraries...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python 2.3 or greater - Required for fax functionality...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Reportlab - PDF library for Python...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
OK, found.
| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 3.9.12 currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.
Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.
[hplip]
version=3.9.12
[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.9.12
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
pp-build=no
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=yes
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=yes
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.9.12.29
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=no
hpijs-only-build=no
lite-build=no
udev-acl-rules=no
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no
Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
# hplip.state - HPLIP runtime persistent variables.
[plugin]
installed=0
eula=0
Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
[last_used]
device_uri = hp:/net/Officejet_6300_series?ip=192.168.1.104
[installation]
version = 3.9.12.29
date_time = 01/24/2010 15:48:05
| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
No devices found.
| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
Officejet_6300_series
Type: Unknown
Device URI: socket://192.168.1.104
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/Officejet_6300_series.ppd
PPD Description: HP Officejet 6300 Series, hpcups 3.9.12
Printer status: printer Officejet_6300_series is idle. enabled since Sat 23 Jan 2010 02:26:45 PM CST
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.
| SANE CONFIGURATION |
'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.
Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
| PYTHON EXTENSIONS |
Checking 'cupsext' CUPS extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'pcardext' Photocard extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'hpmudext' I/O extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'scanext' SANE scanning extension...
OK, found.
| USB I/O SETUP |
Checking for permissions of USB attached printers...
HP Device 0xb1d at 004:002:
warning: Device URI: (Makeuri FAILED)
| USER GROUPS |
lp wheel network video audio optical storage scanner power users mike
| SUMMARY |
error: 1 error or warning.
Please refer to the installation instructions at:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html
Done.
I have a feeling that the problem is here:
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.
Something about the backend isn't right, but I'm out of my depth here. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
One other point. It works with no problem in Ubuntu with both hplip and sane, so I know it is possible. I just haven't figured out the trick yet.

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I just tried using Notepad as you suggested and had the same result. Paper feeds in stops at proper place and error message "out of paper"
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Hi TM1997,
I understand you have an Officejet 8500 Wireless that is not printing red properly, it keeps turning to magenta. I'm sorry to hear this, but I will definitely do my best to help you!
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Are you using genuine HP cartridges and not refilled or third-party cartridges?
Print the Print Quality Diagnostic page from the setup menu/print report/ on the printer's front panel
Are there any quality issues with this page?
Although I am a HP employee, I am speaking on behalf of myself and not the company.

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I think the original poster needs to reinstall the latest software for the printer that came with his printer or directly from HP. Then, install the Apple HP updates.
When he unistalled the HP software, it may have removed the software needed for HP Scan to work properly.
The last software I installed from HP was -> HP_Installer_Officejet_Full_Group05_10.3.dmg
Yes, there have been Apple HP updates, but they never stopped my HP Scan from working.

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