In fact, Ubuntu 10.10 expired on April 10. I had been using it for my production
system for 18 months, so that was when I had to make "my big decision."

For recent versions of Ubuntu and its derivatives, I have always been able to
install a printer by running Printers. Click "Add," select local or network
printer, wait a few seconds, select, "yes, yes, that one" and I was done. No
messing around with downloads or .debs