Has anyone here setup a Lexmark z52 printer in linux? I am having alot of trouble. I set it up according to how I think the documentation tells me to but my printer just gets a post script file, which it obviously doesn't understand. Tech support refuses to help me saying that because I am using Slackware it isn't supported. But Linux is Linux right? Thanks, Orbitz
From: Doctor Orbitz <orbitz@alienphobia.com>
Has anyone here setup a Lexmark z52 printer in linux?
Not me. In fact I know nothing about it. But in the true Linux/internet spirit, I will write a page or two of free advice anyway.
I am having alot of trouble. I set it up according to how I think the documentation tells me
Give us a couple hints. What document did you read and what (in outline) did it tell you to do? How much of it worked?
to but my printer just gets a post script file, which it obviously doesn't understand.
That may be caused by sending it a postscript file. Have you tried sending an Ascii file? If you want to send it postscript you need to set up a filter to translate to Lexmarkian. Ghostview may be such a filter (it wants to be, but I don't know if it supports the Lexmark).
Tech support refuses to help me saying that because I am using Slackware it isn't supported.
Is that Lexmark tech support, or what? I'm surprised they know enough about what you are asking to be able to be so specific about what they don't understand. It's probably not an obsinate refusal to help but genuine lack of clue. (Never attribute to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity.)
But Linux is Linux right?
No. In addition to versions for Intel, ARM, Sparc, and Alpha, there are Beowulf (multi-processor clusters), uClinux (for embeded micro-processors without MMU), various build options for experimental hardware or special purpose file systems, RAID devices, military grade security, or kernal debugging. But none of that is relevant to your problem, because the Linux kernel has nothing to do with getting your data into a form your printer can understand. My guess is you would be having the same problem if it were HP-UX or BSD Unix. -- -- Keith Wright <kwright@free-comp-shop.com> Programmer in Chief, Free Computer Shop <http://www.free-comp-shop.com> --- Food, Shelter, Source code. ---
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Doctor Orbitz wrote: DO>Has anyone here setup a Lexmark z52 printer in linux? i have a Lexmark z22 that i just set up... i'm not sure what the differences are, but i'll offer what i know. DO>I am having alot DO>of trouble. I set it up according to how I think the documentation DO>tells me to but my printer just gets a post script file, which it DO>obviously doesn't understand. Tech support refuses to help me saying DO>that because I am using Slackware it isn't supported. the only "supported" printer in the Lexmark line (as far as Linux is concerned) is the z32. what i did was grab the z32 drivers from their website and install them. so FAR, i only have the cartridge that came with my printer: the color cartridge. Testing the printer looked funny because i didn't have the black ink cartridge in there. it looks like the Linux driver for the z32 is assuming that you have both the color AND the black cartridges. i'll find out for sure this weekend. FWIW, i'm running RH7.0. i tested the printer from the control-panel's Printer Configuration tool. the ascii test went through the motions of printing, which seems to have been explained when i did the PostScript test: only the color parts showed up, nothing that would have been black, which is why i came to the conclusion i did. i hope that much helps. DO>But Linux is Linux right? only for exceptionally large values of two. ;) ____________________________ (__ ________________________) William Smith / /( _)/\/ \ / _) / ) Fall River, Massachusetts / /_/ / / )/ _) ) ( timex@kluge.net (_/(___)(_/\/\/(___)(_/\_) http://www.kluge.net/~timex -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d-- s+:+ a C++>+++ UL++++ USIA++ P+>++++ L+++(++++) E- W++ N++ o? w---() O M--- V-- PS---- PE+ Y+ t+ X+>+++ R tv b+ DI++++ D+ G++>++++ e+(*) h---(*) y++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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