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[woodcrafters]

I just purchased a Lexmark all in one printer. It did come with a CD for windows, but nothing for Xandros. Has anyone installed this printer and could you give me some advice.

[jimallyn]

My advice would be to return the printer and get something else. Lexmark's lack of support for Linux is exceeded only by Canon's.

The best place for information on printers for Linux is:

http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting

Nearly all the Lexmark X-series printers are rated as "Paperweight." Lexmark has not provided Linux drivers for them, and the geeks have not been able to reverse engineer the interface.

I did a little bit of Googling, and could find no one that was able to get this printer working in Linux.

I generally use HP printers. They have an open source driver project for Linux, and nearly every printer they make is supported in Linux.

Jim
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[woodcrafters]

I finnally installed the printer on my Wife's computer, she has Windows XP on her computer. We are on a network so the printer works fine on her machine, now I am trying to access it from my computer with Xandros. I'm not haveing too much luck as yet.

[jimallyn]

[woodcrafters]

I thought that the windows driver would work since I installed it on my wife's computer. So far I haven't gotten it to work. It works fine on her computer, but I can't access it through the network.

[jimallyn]

My understanding is that you have to have a working driver on each computer from which you wish to print.

Jim
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[woodcrafters]

It appears that you are correct. I email tech Support and this is the email I received.

Dear Ted,

Here is your Service Request # 1-564478311.

Thank you for contacting us regarding this matter. I appreciate the opportunity to assist you, and I hope my suggestions will provide a resolution.

There will be no Linux drivers available for this printer. I apologize for any inconvenience that may have been caused to you.

Short and not so sweet

There will be no Linux Drivers for this printer. There will be another Lexmark printer returned to the store. Some solution and resolution.......

[woodcrafters]

I forgot to state that this is Lexmark Tech Support......

[jimallyn]

Yep, I gave away a Lexmark printer when I started using Linux, and bought an HP. I think I've owned 4 or 5 HP printers since then, and all of them work fine, including the all-in-one printers. Epsons are pretty well supported, too, and I think I've seen a number of people on the forums mention Samsung and some Brother printers. Lexmark and Canon printers come in three varieties: paperweight, doorstop, and boat anchor.

Jim
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[redkirk]

I'm using the Lexmark X-1270 as a printer while in Xandros 4 Home Preminum. If I want to use the scanner/copier I use Windoze.

There was a good installation tutorial at:
http://finebushpeople.net/LexmarkZ600

The URL for the Red Hat CUPS driver, CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz, is at:
http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi?category=Drivers&ccs=229:1:0:389:0:0&searchLang=en&os_group=Redhat

After jumping through the hoops that FineBushPeople gave me, installing the printer was easy. My only problem, besides not scanning (yet) is that Xandros keeps telling me that its found a new USB printer about 3-4 times a day.
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