Printer help needed!

[Michael Gordon]

Per Arne Nilssen wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to install a printer driver for my Dell 1700n printer.
>The printer is actually an Lexmark E332 printer. So I went to this
>place:
>
>http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi?ccs=227:5:0:452:0:0&searchLang=en&os_group=Debian%20GNU&target=
>
>I downloaded the driver and did this:
>
>sudo dpkg -i print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb
>
>I got this back:
>
>perarne at ubuntu:~/printer_driver$ ls
>print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb
>perarne at ubuntu:~/printer_driver$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
>(Leser database ... 84425 filer og kataloger er installerte.)
>Pakker ut drivers-lexprtdrv (fra print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb) ...
>dpkg-deb (underprosess): kort lesing i buffer_copy (klarte ikke skrive
>til røret i «copy»)
>dpkg-deb: underprosessen paste returnerte feilstatus 2
>dpkg: Feil ved behandling av print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb
>(--install):
> kort lesing i buffer_copy (bakgrunnssystem dpkg-deb under
>«./usr/local/lexmark/unix_prt_drivers/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so»)
>Det oppsto feil ved behandling av:
> print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb
>perarne at ubuntu:~/printer_driver$
>
>Can someone please help me with this!
>
>PS. I'm running Ubuntu breezy with daily updates.
>
>Regards,
>
>Per Arne Nilssen
>
>
>  
>
I've got a Lexmark E232. I just use generic PCL6 drivers with 
Foomatic/pxlmono. I couldn't get the Lexmark drivers to work either, but 
it prints with great quality, so I'm not worrying about it.


Michael