Re: Printer Driver - 3rd party - how to specify it is to be used?

[Reinhard Bergmann <linux bergmann cc>]

Hi Lanny!

Yesterday i installed an LX25 on my RH9. Just download
CJLZ35LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz from lexmark.com. This works fine for me.

Reinhard


Am Die, den 09.09.2003 schrieb Lanny Marcus um 18:52:
> > Message: 6 Subject: Re: Printer Driver - 3rd party - how to specify
> > it is to be used?
>  > From: Glenn <n0hn abq-nm com>
>  > To: "shrike-list redhat com" <shrike-list redhat com>
>  > Organization:
>  > Date: 08 Sep 2003 15:12:47 -0600
>  > Reply-To: shrike-list redhat com
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 11:04, Lanny Marcus wrote:
> > 
> >>> RE: Lexmark Z25-Z35 Printer Driver - how to configure Printer 
> >>> Configuration file(s), so 3rd party Printer Driver is used?
> 
> <snip>
> > Lanny:
> > 
> > There are a couple of things you can try. In the printer config
> > dialog, try several other Lexmark drivers (I am guessing, but you
> > could try a Z23 and something else numerically close) just to see
> > what kind of result you get.  Also, you can do a Google search on
> > Linux printing (www.linuxprinting.org????) and look for dricer
> > recommendations there. None of these soggestions is a sure fix, of
> > course - just something you can try
> > 
> > Hope this helps.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Glenn - n0hn abq-nm com
> > 
> Glenn: I did try a few other drivers, from the dropdown list,  but no 
> joy. My belief is that I need to change some line(s), in one or more 
> Printing Configuration Files, to use the 3rd party Lexmark Printer 
> Driver that I downloaded and installed. The standard printer 
> configuration utilities that I tried, did *NOT* seem to allow me to 
> specify a Printer Driver that is not on the Shrike installation CDs.
> 
> If it is *NOT*  possible to use a 3rd party Printer Driver on Shrike, 
> that would be, IMHO, a *bad* failing of Shrike Printing. Red Hat is our 
> favorite distro, so we want to solve this problem. I can't believe that 
> it is not possible! My belief is that as a Newbie, I don't know what 
> Printer Configuration file(s) to modify, to specify where  the Printer 
> Driver is on the hard drive.
> 
> Hopefully, someone on the list will have the solution to this problem!
> 
> I have "Running Linux, 3rd edition", and I suspect it would have a lot 
> of data on solving printing problems. However, it was written before 
> CUPS became the default print spooler. Possibly I should buy the latest 
> edition of "Running Linux"!
> 
> Also, I have "Red Hat Linux 9 Bible" (Disclaimer: I wrote a Review and 
> got a free copy of the book, but I bought the versions for 7.3 and 8.0 
> and will buy the version for 10); but I can't find the solution to this 
> printing problem in the book.   :-)
> 
> TNX & 73,
> 
> Lanny, HK5MDT
>