Alright, thank you anyway! <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Boggess Rod <<a href="mailto:rboggess@tenovacore.com">rboggess@tenovacore.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> >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 > ><a href="http://www.openprinting.org/printers?action=search" target="_blank">http://www.openprinting.org/printers?action=search</a> > >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. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>