CUPS and Lexmark Z32 inkjet not working well...

magnocrow ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Thu Jul 6 00:36:45 UTC 2006


**Downloading driver from lexmark site and install



http://www.downloaddelivery.com/srfilecache/z32_eng_us-1.0-5.tgz



sudo tar -zxvf z32_eng_us-1.0-5.tgz

cd rpm/z32/english_US

sudo alien -c lexmarkz22-z32-1.0-5.i386.rpm

sudo dpkg -i lexmarkz22-z32_1.0-5_i386.deb



**Downloading and install lexmark-footmatik-kit



http://tinyurl.com/m4zja



sudo tar -zxvf lexmark-foomatic-kit.tar.gz

cd lexmark-foomatic-kit

sudo sh install

sudo pearl lexmarkinstall



...



***Edit ppd file in /etc/cups/ppd



sudo gedit ppdfile.ppd



edit file and change instances of /dev/usb/lp0 , /dev/usb/lp1,
/dev/usb/lp2 change to /dev/usblp0, /dev/usblp1,/dev/usblp2.



***Add user in printer group



sudo adduser <username> lp



***Add alias in your ~/.bashrc to run the align and clean pages,  new
commands  printalign and printclean for lexmark printer.



sudo gedit ~/.bashrc



add lines in end of file



alias printclean='cat /usr/local/lexmark/z32/lxaecln.out >
/dev/usblp0'

alias printalign='cat /usr/local/lexmark/z32/lxaealgn.out >
/dev/usblp0'



save the file.



reboot your PC



and use you printer :grin:


-- 
magnocrow




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