Installing Drivers for Lexmark 1200 Series Printer

[Raeven Cogan]

Alright, thank you anyway!

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Boggess Rod <rboggess at tenovacore.com>wrote:

> >On Fri, 2010-12-24 at 10:03 -0500, Raeven Cogan wrote:
> >> To begin, please excuse me for my incompetence. Secondly, I have
> >> searched for a solution prior to asking you guys but I was unable to
> >> resolve my problem.
> >>
> >> My problem is this, I have just switched to Ubuntu and my model
> >> printer (See Subject) is not listed. I remember reading in a tutorial
> >> that it was possible to use one of the generic drives; however, I am
> >> clueless as to which one to chose. When I selected "search for a
> >> printer drive there were no drives available. I still have the
> >> installation CD so I have considered providing a PPD file; but again,
> >> past opening the CD I have no idea how to locate the file.
> >
> >Hi
> >
> >When I go to
> >
> >http://www.openprinting.org/printers?action=search
> >
> >and try and find the model you mention, there is no exact match.
> >
> >This web site is always the first port of call to determine the
> >compatibility of any printer with Linux.  Those listed 'Perfectly' or
> >'Mostly' will nearly always be available in Ubuntu.  You will struggle
> >to get 'Partially' and 'Paperweight' working.
> >
> >Tony
> >
> >
>
> Lexmarks have poor support under linux. Google shows some success in
> older versions of Ubuntu using z600 drivers, but one such links says
> that it worked in 6 and stopped working in 7, with lots of links to
> articles in openprinting that are no longer there. Still, you might try
> using the z600 driver and see if you can make headway, but it appears
> that this printer just doesn't work with Linux.
>
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