Installing Lexmark printer

[M4rc0]

Hey all,

I have a Lexmark x1185 printer and i'm having trouble to configure it.

First i ran the command

#system-printer-config

Did the configuration, altho my printer model wasn't listed i choose X125
Tried to print a test page but nothing happens

This is my URI: usb://Lexmark%20/X1100%20Series

this is the lsusb output

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 043d:007b Lexmark International, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 043d:007c Lexmark International, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 043d:007a Lexmark International, Inc.


i don't know what to try more.. suggestions/ideas please

[wneumann]

Try google -- there are drivers for it out there. Many people seem to have gotten both the printer and scanner working under linux.

[wneumann]

Here, for example http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1291839

[M4rc0]

thanks man, but i'm trying to research and usually never find anything good

the ubuntu link (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=49714&highlight=lexmark+printer) for example uses this 'alien' command that i don't have and can't install here
is there such thing in Fedora?

lexmark official site doesn't have x1185 either

[John the train]

The ' alien ' command is specific to debian Linux versions, it converts .rpm files ( which Fedora etc. use ) to .deb for debian versions. As the driver in the link from the Ubuntu site is described as for Red Hat it should be in .rpm form already - RPM = Red Hat Package Manager.

[M4rc0]

Thank you all for the patience

I'm really not experienced with this, lemme paste the whole tutorial first


#download the drive
$ 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


Restart cups daemon

/etc/rc2.d/S19cupsys restart


Check the backend

/etc/rc2.d/S19cupsys restart


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

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


Okay, said that
I supose as it's a RPM pack it will put everything in the rigth place
so i 'skipped' the tar gz parts
and when i get in the
/etc/rc2.d/S19cupsys restart

it appears "No such file or directory"
after an ls it's really not there, actually no S19

this is complicated

[DCOH]

If you are trying to install the Z600-cups drivers there s a good how-to in the forums and you have to install the rpms plus you need to install libstdc++-33 to make it print.

[M4rc0]

i tried the forum howto (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=107354&highlight=Z600)

everything worked well, but now when i add a printer in CUPS, when i choose the device list, it's not showing USB there, only serial, lpd etc
so i guessed my printer got detected and working

tried $lsusb and my printer is not listed there anymore
is that good or bad?
because i can't print, and at CUPS i can't choose USB

[DCOH]

Check in system>administration>services and see if Hal has a check in the box and is running. Hal is used to detect the hardware on your computer and just recently I worked on a computer that Hal got turned off and it wouldn't detect the printer or the CD drives

[M4rc0]

Unfortunaly it is running, 'haldaemon'

somehow not beeing listed at lsusb makes me feel i'm in the rigth path

but as a beginner my options are pretty limited

[M4rc0]

My printer is acting quite weird..

while i'm using linux to do my stuff, the printer just turns on by itself
one of this times, i opened the terminal quickly, logged as root, and typed lsusb
and my printer was there!
i ran to the CUPS interface, it detected as USB and already choose the rigth driver

i'd try the one its choosen and later the Z600 cuz i'm pretty sure it's the only way to work

so i installed, sent a print test page..but my printer turned off by itself!
that happens suddently, and i can't turn on my printer

i will wait for the next sudden colapse..

anybody know why is this happening?