lexmark printer
Forum: Printers
Topic: lexmark printer
started by: Coma
Posted by Coma on Aug. 12 2004,16:04
hi there does any1 know if my printer setup looks ok or could tell me what is wrong i get no signal to the printer at all :This is my /etc/printcaplp|LexZ11|lexmarkZ11:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/LexZ11:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs and this is what apsfilter says when test page done Printing Test page using:
gs -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dPARANOIDSAFER -dSAFER -r600x600 -sDEVICE=bitcmyk -sPAPERSIZE=letter -sOutputFile='/tmp/apsfilter290/test_page.aps' setup/test.ps | 'cZ11'
Ok to print testpage? [y/n] y
Creating test page...
LexZ11: No pages printed!
real 0m7.053s
user 0m5.610s
sys 0m0.490s
Printing test page...
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16830000 Aug 12 11:54 /tmp/apsfilter290/test_page.aps
nothing happens al i missing somthing please help
thank
pete
Posted by mpie on Aug. 12 2004,16:26
DULL QUESTION BUT IS YOUR PRINTER ACTUALLY A Z11.....AS IT APPEARS THAT APSFILTER ISN'T LINKING THE PRINTER FILTER TO THE DEVICE......
LEXMARK ARE A BIT OF A KNIGHTMARE AS LOTS OF THEIR PRINTERS DO NOT HAVE BUILT IN DRIVERS THEY RELY ON SOFTWARE ON THE PC INSTEAD APSFILTER IS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE PRINTER WITHOUT A DRIVER.......
cONFUSED YOU WILL BE.....................
Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Aug. 12 2004,20:47
Lexmark printers = teh evil when it comes to linuxmy suggestion is to go buy yourself a nice epson printer.
most printers in the stylus line work great with the ghostscript drivers.
-J.P.
SaidinUnleashed
Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 12 2004,21:28
I don't own a Lexmark printer, but I did a quick Google search onLexmark Z11 apsfilter
and this link looks promising:
< http://www.kornblum.i-p.com/Z11/LexmarkZ11.html >
You could also do the Google search and maybe find even more information.
Hope this helps.
Posted by mpie on Aug. 13 2004,11:17
Lexmark also offer a linux driver from their websitebut yould need gcc g++ make etc to install....its a source tarball
Posted by Coma on Aug. 13 2004,11:39
thanks for the responce mpie and every1 i have found out why the printer is not linking it was the driver i got from lexmark seemed it installed in wrong dir's and in the mean time i got a different printer from a friend and it worked just like that have learned alot thanks againpete