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<div dir="ltr">Thanks for your reply Jeff.<br><br>I have to say 'Yes' I have previously tried to install the driver for the Lexmark x5070 on Ubuntu 12.04 but it did not work. I have also tried to install the driver on the Linux Mint Maya 13 distro. <br> <br><span dir="ltr"><div>Someone said I may be able likely able to copy the driver files from your 10.04 box and install them on the 12.04 (or preferrably 14.04) server.<br><br>So it's either buy a newer printer or figure out how to copy the driver files over. I tried to dig into it a bit before and the driver I think interacts with cups fine but it was an issue with actually getting any output from the printer.<br><br>No big deal I just figured I would ask and see what others thought.<br><br>Thanks for the help though. <br>
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<br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 08:36:48 -0500<br>From: chapinjeff@gmail.com<br>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Exporting currently installed printer driver?<br><br><div dir="ltr">Why not just re-download the driver for 10.04 and try that out on 12.04 or 14.04? If it works, it works, if not, no big deal.<br><br>If you have a spare harddrive to test with -- great. If not, you can likely test with a live USB stick -- I have done similar things in the past.<br>
</div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:17 AM, paul g <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com" target="_blank">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Would this perhaps be somewhat of a starting point to obtain a currently installed printer-driver on an Ubuntu 10.04 computer? The problem I am having is that the 'Lexmark X5070' printer I have has no driver available on the Lexmark website for Ubuntu 12.04. Someone suggested I may be able to retain the current print driver and install it on Ubuntu 12.04. I know I can read more but suggestions are welcome.<br>
<br><h1>Moving printer definitions from one machine to another</h1>
<span></span><span></span>Let
us say that you have a print server with 30 defined printers. And you
have to move all those printers to another machine, because you want to
retire that server. Sounds difficult? Yes. But it isn't. <span></span><span></span><br>At least if you have a CentOS 4 or CentOS 3 machine, the printconf command vanished from CentOS 5. <span></span><span></span><br>
<div><table><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <img src="http://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/WikiDesign?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=info.png" title="attachment:ArtWork/WikiDesign/info.png"> <br></td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;"> <big><strong>Note:</strong></big> For moving printer configs with CentOS 5 please <a href="http://cyberelk.net/tim/2007/05/04/what-happened-to-printconf-tui/" target="_blank">see this page</a> until it gets incorporated into the wiki. <br>
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<br><h2>Here's how to do it</h2>
<span></span><span></span>Make yourself at home as root on the old server. <span></span><span></span><br>Issue the following command: <span></span><span></span><br><span></span><br><pre>printconf-tui --Xexport > printers.xml
<span></span></pre><span></span><span></span>Now copy the <tt>printers.xml</tt> to the new machine. <span></span><span></span><br>Log on to this machine as root, also. <span></span><span></span><br>Do the following: <span></span><span></span><br>
<span></span><br><pre>printconf-tui --Ximport < printers.xml
<span></span></pre><span></span><span></span>Now the last thing you have to do is restart cups on the new machine - and you're ready: <span></span><span></span><br><span></span><br><pre>service cups restart<br>
<br><br><br>Thanks for your help <br></pre><br> </div></div>
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