hi i have a lexmark x1180 and the printer doesnt zeem to work help me here pleaaaaaaaaaseee:
hi i have a lexmark x1180 and the printer doesnt zeem to work help me here pleaaaaaaaaaseee:
I just got my x1150 to print after a lot of trial and even more error. The tutorial on page one worked when I made this change. First down load the file from lexmark.Next install alien,in terminal type install get alien. Next type this command
cd Desktop
notice that the D in Desktop is capitalized. this will add the word Desktop to your prompt. Now run every command listed in the tutorial. I copied and paste each line one at a time. Before you enter the command tail -n +143 z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh > install.tar.gz # you will want to open the lexmark folder on your desktop and drag the file z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh out of the folder and on to the desktop.
During this process my desktop was filled with about 15 or 20 icons. Don't worry about them, we will clean up later.
Once you have ran all the commands from page 1s tutorial , you will need to go to System>Administration>Printing on your desktop. Click on add new printer. select the detected printer and click forward. it will suggest you use a driver, DON'T. Click install driver. A window opens titled select a ppd file. There will be an arrow< button next to your user name click that arrow twice. From this menu scroll down to a file marked usr. Click usr twice to get a new menu. scroll down to the file share,click twice,scroll to the file cups, click twice, Scroll down to model,click twice and then among your choices should be Lexmark -Z600-lxz600.ppd Click twice to install and then print something.
I sure hope this works for you. It took me about 7 hours t get mine printing.
Last edited by abrianb; August 6th, 2007 at 05:06 AM. Reason: new info
I have Ubuntu for just two days.
I tried the HOWTO on my Ubuntu 7.04, and it doesn't work.
I think I had a few problems - "alien" is not installed, and no matter what I couldn't make the last code line - /.z600 - work.
Trying to enter the whole code at once, nothing past the "mkdir lexmark" works.
I probably sound like a spoiled windows user, but isn't there an easy way of installing drivers in Ubuntu?
I have a lexmark z705 and followed all the steps but when i go to the printer GUI and try to add it as a printer, when it tells me to select the model the z705 is not an option. Am i supposed to select a different model or did I do something wrong? Thanks for the help!
Hi,
I finally installed the Z600 driver for my X1270, but it does nothing.
I understand it's because I have Ubuntu AMD64.
I understand I need to "create a 32 chroot", and I even tried to do it but it didn't work, maybe becuase the howto for it is two years old.
Does someone know of a new howto, or a new way to get around this problem?
Thanks...
Moved to 32bit, it works!!!
Last edited by ortutt; August 3rd, 2007 at 11:57 PM.
Works on the Lexmark Z640.
OK, I have a Lexmark PrinTrio 3150. In Windows, the drivers it uses are Lexmark 3100 Series. When I go to Administration/Printing in Gnome and click on new printer, it goes to Step 1 of 3: Printer Connection. Uner "Use a detected Printer" it correctly lists Lexmark 3100 Series. However, when I hit forward and go to Step 2 of 3: Printer Driver, there is no 3100 in the list it asks me to select from.
Additionally, if I go to Lexmark.com and search for 3100 series, it offers Windows 98/ME and 2000/XP drivers and a note that says if an OS isn't listed, drivers are not available.
From the list, I've tried 3000 and 3200... both get my printer to turn on and respond, but I cannot print anything (in fact, after attempting to use either, I have to unplug my printer and plug it back in before even Windows will print to it again). 600 series and z35 drivers do not work for it. There's a host of others. Anyone else out there have a 3100 series they've gotten to work? If so, what drivers were used?
Well, I went through all the steps, even got the correct output, no errors, etc...right to a T. However, my drivers still aren't listed when I set up the new printer. It shows two lexmarks, one lexmark z600 the other lexmark z600 (usb). Same printer but neither work. there is no z600 driver listed.
Thanks,
Paul
I am not running 64 just for informational sake.
Just a note: PER INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE What I had to do AFTER in my case was this...
1. Open System; Administration; Printing
2. When setting up printer, choose the lexmark printer but manually choose a driver \ location.
3.Go to directory>>> /usr/share/cups/model choose the "most likely" only ppd file and manually install the driver. It remained listed and my printer works.
Cheers, thanks for the great head start BHS
Paul
Last edited by gimpguy2000; August 14th, 2007 at 09:16 AM.
I tried these instructions with a Lexmark E232... and the printer would send out reams of single line jibberish... but I thought 'Hey it's printing, just not what I want it to print.... it was a start'
So I finally stumbled upon this link:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubu...mark-e232.html
Setup your up printer as Generic and use the PCL 5c driver. Not the best quality but if you use this scale
Dot Matrix______Color Laser____________Kinko's
1.....2.....3.....4.....5.....6.....7.....8.....9. ....10
I say it's at leat a 5-6... The webpage I used to test the printer came out pretty clear.
So I hope this works if you have a lexmark laser printer... Also doesn't HP own Lexmark? Businesses use Lexmark printers in Unix/Linux just like they use HP... I know beating a dead horse...
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