HOWTO: Lexmark Printers

[duruttye]

Hey guys!
I have the same problem! Was there a solution to this? I already did the tutorial for like 4 times, but it doesn't work for me.
printer: lexmark z 605, ubuntu 7.04

I just reinstalled ubuntu today, and i'm trying to install my z515 printer again. Last time, i installed it using this tutorial, and it installed very smoothly.
but now, I cannot find the z600 in the models list even after rebooting. I think that it has something to do with the fact that ./z600 outputs

instead of

basically, the slash between usb and lp0 is missing. how can I change it? or is it something else?

[duruttye]

this is what my system log says:

/var/log/cups/error:
E [30/Oct/2007:10:44:50 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [30/Oct/2007:10:45:32 +0200] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
E [30/Oct/2007:10:46:21 +0200] [Job 9] No %%BoundingBox: comment in header!

[duruttye]

Got it working, but I don't know what I did different for the 6th time.

[thefunnyman]

I have a Lexmark X1185 printer....I'm VERY new to linux. I followed the HowTo step by step on the first page of this thread and everything worked fine. I've set up the printer in the Printer Config using Z600. When I try to print a test page, the printer arm slams the cartridge against the side of the printer and the light just starts blinking on the printer. Any insight from anyone?

Thanks in advance.

[ruibar]

Thanks for this howto! It's one of the smoothest I've used from this site.

My comments below seem a bit pedantic but I just thought, keeping it simple enough for everyone, in-keeping with the style of this site, maybe add some points to the howto?

I had to sudo apt-get install alien first.

When I run alien I get a warning about ownership of files, because you didn't tell me to run it as root, so I went back and did "sudo alien"

That said, it's probably still the howto where the output I got differed least from what I was expecting, if you see what I mean. Which might be partly because I'm using breezy.

I have a Lexmark 1195 and this worked fine. Just had to get alien:

sudo apt-get install alien

and execute the restart CUPS daemon in super user mode:

sudo /etc/rc2.d/S19cupsys restart

[welshlion]

Will this work in Lexmark X1185 in Gutsy Gibbon?
It is recognized as a generic X1100 series but it does not print. It remains idle.

This reply is probably a bit too late for you, but i've just got an X1180 working with Gutsy Gibbon... further info, I followed the original 'How To' but didn't get any output at the end, however by going to System>Administration>printing>new printer I was able to work through the wizards until I found the Z600 option and selected that.

[aj61779]

I tried the HOW TO and got this error:

aj@aj-desktop:~$ mv CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz lexmark
aj@aj-desktop:~$ tar -svzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz
tar: You must specify one of the `-Acdtrux' options
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
aj@aj-desktop:~$ tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz
tar: CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
aj@aj-desktop:~$ tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz
tar: CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
aj@aj-desktop:~$
HELP please!

[JimBobble]

aj, I believe a "cd lexmark" is needed in between the top two lines. mv the file to folder "lexmark," then cd, then tar.

I tried the HOW TO and got this error:

aj@aj-desktop:~$ mv CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz lexmark
aj@aj-desktop:~$ tar -svzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz
tar: You must specify one of the `-Acdtrux' options
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
aj@aj-desktop:~$ tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz
tar: CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
aj@aj-desktop:~$ tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz
tar: CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
aj@aj-desktop:~$
HELP please!

[JimBobble]

For whatever it's worth, I got an X1150 shared across the network working under Gutsy after much wailing and gnashing of teeth. The how-to executed perfectly (minus the USB part because of the network connection) except for the fact that nothing happened when submitting print jobs. A tip somewhere along the way to install libstdc version 5 got me going:

yeah...i got that too with breazy. you can go to

System ->Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

search for libstdc, and install version 5.

From the looks of it, Gutsy installs version 6 but 5 is necessary here. ??? Anyway, thanks much for the leg up to all and sundry.
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[the_Ben]

Howdy all, I've been trying to use these instructions for my Lexmark 510 series, but I have trouble when I get to this part:

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.

I can get to the fstab file, open it, and enter the new code, but it won't let me save it. Do I need to log in as root to fix this? Thanks in advance.

Edit: Logged in as root, edited the file, IT WORKS! One less reason to use XP! Now to get my webcam working...