HOWTO: Lexmark Printers

[black hole sun]

Hello everyone. This is a ubuntu-adopted version of the gentoo howto (which I originally wrote) http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Lexmark_Printers

Printers that this howto covers (there are many, many others, but these are the printers that have been confirmed to work so far (also note that Dell's printers are merely rebranded Lexmarks):

Lexmark 5700 (black & white only) Lexmark X1100 Lexmark X1110 Lexmark X1130 Lexmark X1140 Lexmark X1150 Lexmark X1180 Lexmark X1185 Lexmark Z513 Lexmark Z515 Lexmark Z715 Lexmark Z55 Lexmark Z615 Lexmark Z705 Lexmark Z605 Lexmark Z600 Lexmark Z25 Dell A920 Z65 (z65 driver) Lexmark Z33 (z35 driver) Lexmark Z33 (z35 driver)

With that said, let's get to it!

The driver we'll be using is the z600 one, which can be found here. Even if your printer isn't a z600 this driver works with a LOT of Lexmark's, so try this driver first.

Download the driver, save it to a desktop folder such as `lexmark` (I say _folder_ because extracting the driver is a messy process!).

Obviously, exclude the comments to the right of the hash (#) marks, I include them only to explain the commands.

$ mkdir lexmark
$ mv CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz lexmark # move the package to a folder. optional, but recommended. 
$ tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz # extract the driver.
$ tail -n +143 z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh > install.tar.gz # the sh script is broken for newer systems. use `tail` to extract the binary portion of the script.
$ tar -xvzf install.tar.gz # extract the contents produced by tail
$ alien -t z600cups-1.0-1.i386.rpm # convert unusable rpm packages to tgz.
$ alien -t z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.rpm # convert unusable rpm packages to tgz.
$ sudo tar xvzf  z600llpddk-2.0.tgz -C / # extract the tgz's to / putting the files in their right place
$ sudo tar xvzf z600cups-1.0.tgz -C / # extract the tgz's to / putting the files in their right place
$ sudo ldconfig # DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP or your printer backend won't find required libraries
$ cd /usr/share/cups/model
$ sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz # unzip the ppd, which should _not_ be gzipped

The driver is now installed. Restart the cups daemon:

/etc/rc2.d/S19cupsys restart

Check whether the printer backend works;

$ cd /usr/lib/cups/backend
$ ./z600

The output of the above command should be _similar_ to this:

direct z600:/dev/usb/lp0 "Lexmark Lexmark Z600 Series" "Lexmark Printer"

If you get no output, mount the usb filesystem.

Add this to your /etc/fstab file:

usbfs         /proc/bus/usb usbfs   devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0

Then just type: sudo mount usbfs. That should fix it.

Now simply set up your printer through the System->Administration->Printing in gnome. Make sure you select the z600 driver, and you're golden.

For KDE users...well, you'll have to use whatever printer dialogue that KDE provides.

There you have it! If you need any help, post to this thread.

[michellembrodeur]

Originally Posted by black hole sun Hello everyone. This is a ubuntu-adopted version of the gentoo howto (which I originally wrote) http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Lexmark_Printers Printers that this howto covers (there are many, many others, but these are the printers that have been confirmed to work so far (also note that Dell's printers are merely rebranded Lexmarks): With that said, let's get to it! The driver we'll be using is the z600 one, which can be found here. Even if your printer isn't a z600 this driver works with a LOT of Lexmark's, so try this driver first. Download the driver, save it to a desktop folder such as `lexmark` (I say _folder_ because extracting the driver is a messy process!). Obviously, exclude the comments to the right of the hash (#) marks, I include them only to explain the commands. $ mkdir lexmark $ mv CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz lexmark # move the package to a folder. optional, but recommended. $ tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz # extract the driver. $ tail -n +143 z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh > install.tar.gz # the sh script is broken for newer systems. use `tail` to extract the binary portion of the script. $ tar -xvzf install.tar.gz # extract the contents produced by tail $ alien -t z600cups-1.0-1.i386.rpm # convert unusable rpm packages to tgz. $ alien -t z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.rpm # convert unusable rpm packages to tgz. $ sudo tar xvzf z600llpddk-2.0.tgz -C / # extract the tgz's to / putting the files in their right place $ sudo tar xvzf z600cups-1.0.tgz -C / # extract the tgz's to / putting the files in their right place $ sudo ldconfig # DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP or your printer backend won't find required libraries $ cd /usr/share/cups/model $ sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz # unzip the ppd, which should _not_ be gzipped The driver is now installed. Restart the cups daemon: /etc/rc2.d/S19cupsys restart Check whether the printer backend works; $ cd /usr/lib/cups/backend $ ./z600 The output of the above command should be _similar_ to this:If you get no output at all, you have problems. Now simply set up your printer through the System->Administration->Printing in gnome. Make sure you select the z600 driver, and you're golden. For KDE users...well, you'll have to use whatever printer dialogue that KDE provides. There you have it! If you need any help, post to this thread.

Thanks for trying though

I have a z35 and it didn't work. It initialized and move the paper but that was it.

also the last line
$ sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz # unzip the ppd, which should _not_ be gzipped

couldn't do because there was no .gz at the end
but z600 showed up in the folder where it was supposed to be
and the test came out ok with
"direct z600:/dev/usb/lp0 "Lexmark Inkjet color printer" "Lexmark Printer""

but no luck on my end.

thanks anyway.

[black hole sun]

Originally Posted by michellembrodeur Thanks for trying though I have a z35 and it didn't work. It initialized and move the paper but that was it. also the last line $ sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz # unzip the ppd, which should _not_ be gzipped couldn't do because there was no .gz at the end but z600 showed up in the folder where it was supposed to be and the test came out ok with "direct z600:/dev/usb/lp0 "Lexmark Inkjet color printer" "Lexmark Printer"" but no luck on my end. thanks anyway.

Did you try the z600 or z35 driver? Your printer should be able to work!

[newage]

thanks dude!! i have lexmark z615 and it really helped me!!! thanks a lot again

[Spudgun]

Hmm, I can't select another driver to use in the Gnome printer tool, anyone know why this is?

Thanks in advance.

[black hole sun]

Originally Posted by Spudgun Hmm, I can't select another driver to use in the Gnome printer tool, anyone know why this is? Thanks in advance.

What do you mean by "another driver"? You mean the lexmark one?

Have you re-started CUPS?

[slofish75]

Originally Posted by michellembrodeur Thanks for trying though I have a z35 and it didn't work. It initialized and move the paper but that was it. also the last line $ sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz # unzip the ppd, which should _not_ be gzipped couldn't do because there was no .gz at the end but z600 showed up in the folder where it was supposed to be and the test came out ok with "direct z600:/dev/usb/lp0 "Lexmark Inkjet color printer" "Lexmark Printer"" but no luck on my end. thanks anyway.

Well, got the driver from lexmark for the 2650 ( I think) and got it to partially install but my computer still says the 5470 is not plugged in USB wise and I can't finish the full driver install until the USB cord is connected. Help!

[CAPLinux]

I have a Lexmark X2600 and when I was using 8.10 I downloaded the driver from Lexmark and walked though the Lexmark set up and I was done, everything worked. Now I upgrade to 9.04 and it will not print at all.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated. I do not want to go back to 8.10 if I don't have to but I will if that is the only solution.

[gjl409]

I am working with Jaunty and have a lexmark x5150 and installed the z55 driver. The printer will not print the test page, and displays the following status:

/usr/lib/cups/filter/rasteroz55 failed

What can I do to fix this problem? Any help is appreciated.

[CAPLinux]

Everyone, I am now able to print!!

I did not realize I was getting the "cups-mising-filter" error when I was trying to print. I had a backup of my etc folder with my old /etc/cups/ppd folder and I copied its contents into my 9.04 cups folder and ran the command found here

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=590256

Everything works perfectly now!!