I figured out what I was doing wrong. The first time around I used the archive manager to open the package, and eventually I realised I should have just saved the whole file to the desktop. Running your alien command with the correct path to the file on the desktop has made the printer work again.
So, I thank you very much.
It is somewhat annoying that Ubuntu should delete a printer driver between versions in the upgrade process, don't they realise that people still use old printers? I am afraid this is the kind of thing that puts people off Linux.
Hello again Till
I figured out what I was doing wrong. The first time around I used the archive manager to open the package, and eventually I realised I should have just saved the whole file to the desktop. Running your alien command with the correct path to the file on the desktop has made the printer work again.
So, I thank you very much.
It is somewhat annoying that Ubuntu should delete a printer driver between versions in the upgrade process, don't they realise that people still use old printers? I am afraid this is the kind of thing that puts people off Linux.
Again, many thanks for your help
Tony