HOWTO: Lexmark Printers

[boobah]

Hi there!

I went to the Lexmark website to download the Z35 driver for Ubuntu (Linux), selected the Linux/Unix tab, and no OS comes up!
Is there anything else that I can do please?

I only started using Ubuntu this year, and am only having problems installing the driver for my Lexmark Z35 Colour Jet Printer.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

I had the same problem for a Z65 model. It seems Lexmark don't want to support Linux drivers anymore
I'd suggest using google to search for the driver file from an archive site.
eg. http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/dis...srepo/sources/ looks
to have the Z35 driver file: CJLZ35LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz
Download this file and follow the instructions on this forum changing
the file name references to your driver filenames.
I did this with a Z65 driver file: CJLZ65LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.GZ
and finally got a successful test page. Using this HOWTO I got it
working in about 15 mins!
The key for my system (KUbuntu 8.10) was the /etc/fstab file update,
plus needed to install v5 of libstdc++:
sudo aptitude install libstdc++5

Unfortunately I didn't find this HOWTO first and was trying an
install method from an older forum topic specifically for Z65 which didn't work which wasted a few hours beforehand.

[Rob-e]

***In Jaunty 9.04 you need to install libstdc++5 for this to work***

and I also ran ldconfig and restarted cupsys

[MFinkel]

Hi, Would you happen to have information to run a Lexmark Optra E312? Thanks, Michael.

[monkeyslayer56]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH btw this still works in ubuntu 9.04 but the mounting of the usbfs and creating it didn't work and restarting cups did not work and when i had ot type the /.z600 nothing happned but it is working just had to select the driver btw the printer is a z611

[slofish75]

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!!

[sahyuhr]

hi all ... i'm a newb and this is the last thing i've attempted after having so many issues trying to get ubuntu actually installed.... my situation now is the printer won't print and i've tried to follow the codes that have been provided in this thread. i don't know what else to do.

i am running ubuntu 9.04 64bit and have a lexmark x7350 all-in-one printer. any help would be greatly appreciated.. i've added the printer and see it on there with the z600 driver but i get nothing when trying a test page.

[liposuctionguide]

I have a Lexmark printer.
I love my lexmark x1270. I can do everything I need.