Re: Linux and Lemark....

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Andrew Konosky wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am running Redhat 9 with Gnome and I have a Lexmark X-63 combo
> printer/scanner/copier. It is able to make copies without the computer
> turned on, and I don't scan images very often, so I don't mind switching
> to windows to do that. I am mostly concerned with getting it to print
> under Linux so I do not have to reboot to windows to make it print.
>
> Lexmark does not make Linux drivers. I have tried the gimp-print and
> gimp-print-ijs drivers under RH8 and RH9. They are the only ones that
> will spool anything to the printer, but all it prints is pages and pages
> of trash in all sorts of colors.
>
> I have wine, but if possible, I would prefer a way to make the printer
> work through a native linux or Gnome spoolers rather than setting up a
> complicated windows printing system through wine.

I just checked

	http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Lexmark-X73

My guess is that your printer is similar.  The notes say that the
Lexmark Z42/Z43 driver will work with the 73, so try that.  Lexmark has
no drivers for that printer other than Windows (not even Mac drivers).
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