Haven't heard from anybody in a while.  Here is what I did to correct
this problem.

I thought that there must be a file where all of the packages are
tracked.  I found such a file at /var/lib/dpkg/status.  This file keeps
track of all of the packages installed and their respective statuses.  I
located the magicolor2430dl package with its status as "needs to be re-
installed."  Since there is very little chance that there will be an
update received through the regular update procedures, I deleted the
entry and all information about the package from the file.  This fixed
the problem and now the update manager is working again.  The error is
gone.

This may not be exactly the way this should have been handled, but since
all other regular possibilities seemed to have been exhausted, and my
goal was to be able to use the update manager, this seemed to be the
best route to take.

All is working as it should be now, including the laser printer, and I
can again add new packages to my system.

Thank you for the help and advice.

Jim

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