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Collection of installation & troublshooting info related to my linux (debian/mint/ubuntu) installations Beispiel Druckertreiber-Installation anhand Lexmark Z55This tutorial describes how to install a Lexmark Z55 printer
By default the wrong driver is installed for the Z55 which causes the printer to squeal and fail to print. A driver is available from the Lexmark website for Linux rpm distributions. 1. Download Download the file CJLZ55LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.GZ from the Drivers and Downloads section of the Lexmark website. Select a Linux distribution such as Mandrake. 2. Uninstall the existing driver System->Administration->Printing Expand "Local Printers" Click on "Lexmark_Z55" to select it Press the "Delete" button and confirm with OK 3. Create directory Create a directory to work in and move the downloaded file into this new directory. mkdir lexmark mv CJLZ55LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.GZ lexmark 4. Extract rpm files from the download tail -n +143 lexmarkz55-CUPS-1.0-1.gz.sh > install.tgz tar -xvzf install.tgz 5. Convert rpm files into deb packages First install the alien package if you have not already done so. sudo apt-get install alien Now convert the files ignoring any warnings. sudo alien lexmarkz55-CUPS-1.0-1.i386.rpm sudo alien z55llpddk-2.0-2.i386.rpm Save the deb files in a safe place. For subsequent installations you can use these files. 6. Install the packages The deb files can now be installed using any method you prefer. To install from the command line type: sudo dpkg -i z55llpddk_2.0-3_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i lexmarkz55-cups_1.0-2_i386.deb 7. Unzip ppd file cd /usr/share/cups/model sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z55-lxz55cj-cups.ppd.gz 8. Install the new driver System->Administration->Printing Press the "New Printer" button Select "Lexmark Z55 USB #1" Press "Forward" Select "Provide PPD file" Click on the file icon on the right hand side of the box below Using the file picker select /usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z55-lxz55cj-cups.ppd |