HOW I Installed Lexmark X1270 on Lucid

[inearlygaveup]

Thanks tiggsy & fagulhaspt worked like a charm on my Aspire 5100

[fagulhaspt]

Happy to help

[tiggsy]

Just checking in to say, I had to move computer yet again and these instructions still work. But with lucid. I don't have maverick.

Someone tell us if they get it to work with maverick, Please!

[Travis13]

I originally tried the HOW TO I found here, which used to work in previous Ubuntu versions, but it didn't this time.

Even after trying to get round the "printer could not execute a filter" problem with:

sudo chown -hR root /usr/lib/cups/filter
sudo chown -hR root /usr/lib/cups/backend
sudo chgrp -hR root /usr/lib/cups/filter
sudo chgrp -hR root /usr/lib/cups/backend

I got just part of a page and then the printer stopped with a flashing light, which could not be cleared even by switching it off and on again.

I found these instructions for Z605 and am reproducing it here with extra notes for newbies.

Start by installing alien and libstdc++5. Open a terminal and type (or copy and paste) each of the following lines in turn:

sudo apt-get install alien
cd ~/Downloads
mkdir lexmark
cd lexmark
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/ia32-libs/ia32-libs_2.7ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb -x ia32-libs_2.7ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb ia32-libs
sudo cp ia32-libs/usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 /usr/lib/
cd /usr/lib
sudo ln -s libstdc++.so.5.0.7 libstdc++.so.5

Download the drivers from http://www.easy-share.com/1908438339/Z617.tar.gz. You will need to wait for a minute for the download button to appear. Save it in your lexmark folder.

Extract the 4 files to your lexmark folder, then doubleclick on each and select Install, in the following order:

libcupsys2_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1_all.deb
libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_i386.deb
z600cups_1.0-2_i386.deb
z600llpddk_2.0-2_i386.deb

Then open a terminal and type/copy the following lines in turn:

cd /usr/share/cups/model
sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz

Close the terminal.

Go to System-> Administration-> Printing and click Add. Select your printer and click Forward. Once it has found the drivers, they will appear. Select Lexmark and click Forward, then Z600 (at the end), Forward. Then click Apply on the next screen.

Turn your printer off, wait a few seconds and turn it back on again (this is just to make sure there's nothing in the buffer to cause problems). Then print a test page.

Hope this helps.

PS. if you get an error message saying that the "printer could not execute a filter" then go up to the top of this post and execute the commands mentioned there.

This is what worked for me while trying to install my Lexmark X1185!! Thanks for the help!

[inearlygaveup]

I originally tried the HOW TO I found here, which used to work in previous Ubuntu versions, but it didn't this time.

Even after trying to get round the "printer could not execute a filter" problem with:

sudo chown -hR root /usr/lib/cups/filter
sudo chown -hR root /usr/lib/cups/backend
sudo chgrp -hR root /usr/lib/cups/filter
sudo chgrp -hR root /usr/lib/cups/backend

I got just part of a page and then the printer stopped with a flashing light, which could not be cleared even by switching it off and on again.

I found these instructions for Z605 and am reproducing it here with extra notes for newbies.

Start by installing alien and libstdc++5. Open a terminal and type (or copy and paste) each of the following lines in turn:

sudo apt-get install alien
cd ~/Downloads
mkdir lexmark
cd lexmark
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/ia32-libs/ia32-libs_2.7ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb -x ia32-libs_2.7ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb ia32-libs
sudo cp ia32-libs/usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 /usr/lib/
cd /usr/lib
sudo ln -s libstdc++.so.5.0.7 libstdc++.so.5

Download the drivers from http://www.easy-share.com/1908438339/Z617.tar.gz. You will need to wait for a minute for the download button to appear. Save it in your lexmark folder.

Extract the 4 files to your lexmark folder, then doubleclick on each and select Install, in the following order:

libcupsys2_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1_all.deb
libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_i386.deb
z600cups_1.0-2_i386.deb
z600llpddk_2.0-2_i386.deb

Then open a terminal and type/copy the following lines in turn:

cd /usr/share/cups/model
sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz

Close the terminal.

Go to System-> Administration-> Printing and click Add. Select your printer and click Forward. Once it has found the drivers, they will appear. Select Lexmark and click Forward, then Z600 (at the end), Forward. Then click Apply on the next screen.

Turn your printer off, wait a few seconds and turn it back on again (this is just to make sure there's nothing in the buffer to cause problems). Then print a test page.

Hope this helps.

PS. if you get an error message saying that the "printer could not execute a filter" then go up to the top of this post and execute the commands mentioned there.

Just to let everyone know that this guide worked on my 10.10 Maverick.
Except that the download would not work from easy-share.com
so I got it from http://ompldr.org/vNjQ5ag/Z617.tar.gz

thanks again

[moody_mark]

Hi folks

Working on a 10.10 system just fine thank you very much folks. We should add this to the help wiki pages I think as it probably works for many other lexmarks too? (possibly)

Note. I didnt install alien and used the wget link to download the drivers

wget http://ompldr.org/vNjQ5ag/Z617.tar.gz

THANKS UBUNTU FORUMS!

[aadgj]

No luck for me. File ia32-libs_2.7ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb doesn't seem to be located at http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...se/i/ia32-libs any more. I tried the latest package there, but it didn't contain the libstdc++.so.5.0.7 file. Which package should I wget?

[LiM3]

No luck for me. File ia32-libs_2.7ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb doesn't seem to be located at http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...se/i/ia32-libs any more. I tried the latest package there, but it didn't contain the libstdc++.so.5.0.7 file. Which package should I wget?

I'm having problems with this too.

[tiggsy]

I did a google search for libstdc++.so.5.0.7 and it directed me to:

http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/s...h=i386&prmdo=1

amongst other places. Looks as if it may be useful.

[fagulhaspt]

I've just updated the install-instructions, removing what I believe to be unnecessary sections ("alien install" and "libstdc++5" sections).

With these changes, there is no more need to use the file "http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/ia32-libs/ia32-libs_2.7ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb" which is now in an invalid url

I've tested them myself, but would be nice if someone else reports back confirming that the instructions are complete and clear.

Those instructions are being mantained by tiggsy in the #1 post of this thread

Hope it helps
And thanks again tiggsy - you putted the ball rolling