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   Message 28,756 of 30,566   
   Mike Easter to Felix   
   Re: how to install printer driver   
   20 Jul 25 12:13:38   
   
   From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Felix wrote:   
   > Paul wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I would verify it works and you are happy with the print quality first.   
   >> Getting the driver, is just the first part of verification.   
   >>   
   >> When you use an older .deb file like that, there can be   
   >> unresolved dependencies (the library version needed is not   
   >> in the distro tree). You should always act surprised when   
   >> what you just did, works :-)   
   >   
   > OkĀ  :)   
   >   
   What Paul is talking about at the .ppa repo is that that .deb is   
   'specifically' for either of the two Ub versions indicated, xenial or   
   trusty.   
      
   LM is based on Ubuntu and can use .deb/s in .ppa/s for it, but   
   'normally' when you use a .ppa, you use the one intended for your Ub   
   version.  My LM is 22.1 which is based on Ub 24.04 Noble; whereas xenial   
   was way back at 16.04 and trusty even further at 14.04.   
      
   Ideally when you are using a .ppa, you use its filter and choose the   
   .deb which is for your specific Ub version of LM.   
      
   There isn't one of those at the carps .ppa.   
      
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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