Lexmark Printer - Z715

[Chris Wilson]

Don't forget to put this in the wiki ;)

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters

chris

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:45:29 -0800, Bob Nielsen <nielsen at oz.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 04:31:16PM +0000, Baza wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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 :)
> >
> >
> 
> That's true for many Lexmark inkjets.  Lexmark laser printers are
> another story.  My Optra E312 work flawlessly.
> 
> Before buying any printer for use on a Linux system, I recommend
> checking <http://www.linuxprinting.org> for information on
> compatibility, drivers, etc.
> 
> 
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