hp laserjet 1200

[mjewell]

This is a printer question.  The printer prints very, very slowly with
long pauses between pages.  If a test page is sent to the printer, the
following message prints:

PCL XL error
  Subsystem:  KERNEL
  Error:      IllegalAttributeDataType
  Operator:   SetLineDash
  Position:   12

The printer is hp laserjet 1200 attached to a machine running Ubuntu
5.10.  The printer was installed by using the "printing" menu item under
the System menu.  Add Printer was clicked.  The printer was not
detected.  HP laserjet 1200 was selected.    USB Port # 1 was selected.
The recommended driver was selected.  

Under the "services" menu item in the System menu, "Printer services
(cupsys) is selected.