Lexmark Printer - Z715

[Baza]

On 10/1/05 8:01 am, "Ed Fletcher" <ed at fletcher.ca> wrote:

> Hi All:
> 
> I installed Ubuntu Warty on a friends computer tonight.  Went through
> the whole install and the last thing I did was to set up the printer.
> And, as luck would have it, there are no linux drivers for it.  The
> printer is a Lexmark Z715 USB colour inkjet printer.  I checked the
> Lexmark site.  No linux drivers for that model.  Tried faking it by
> selecting different Lexmark models in the printer configuration but none
> of them worked.
> 
> Anyone know of a possible solution?  She needs to be able to print and
> she is not about to buy a new printer.
> 
> I know that Lexmark isn't supported well under Linux but that's what
> she's got so I either come up with a way for her to print to it or leave
> her using WinXP Home.  :-(
> 
> Ed


Hi, it's a total nightmare trying to get Lexmark printers running under any
flavour of Linux. In the end I gave up an got a £50 HP Deskjet from PC
World, and that was working out of the box.

I know that's not much help, but you can spend weeks trying to get a Lexmark
working; life's too short :)


Baza