The only thing that works is the print function! If anyone what's help, of how to make the PRINTER print... just ask!

Lexmark does not provide Linux drivers.

There is a workaround to have this printer working very well except for the scanner.

I got the instructions from a HOWTO in linuxprinting.org. The only step where I differ is when installing the packages, I install the rpm packages directly. (when you read it you'll know what i mean)

http://www.linuxprinting.org/pipermail/lexmark-list/2004q3/002658.html

The instructions are easy to follow. Here they are in a nutshell (replace the printer driver version with whatever version you download:

You must have CUPS installed
1.- Download the drivers for the z600 printer from the lexmark web site.
http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:389:0:0&emeaframe=&fileID=1151

Do the following in a console as root: (full instructions in the link above)

tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz
export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209
tail -n +143 z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh > z600.tar.gz
tar -xvzf z600.tar.gz
rpm -ivh z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh z600cups-1.0-1.i386.rpm
cd /usr/lib
ln -s liblexprinter.so.0.0.0 liblexprinter.so.0
ln -s liblexprintjob.so.0.0.0 liblexprintjob.so.0
ln -s liblexz600core.so.0.0.0 liblexz600core.so.0
cd /usr/lib/cups/backend
./z600

Now open a brower an browse to http://localhost:631/
Click on Printers
Click on Add Printer
Write a name, location and description for the printer (only name is meaningfull)
Click on Continue
Select the device "Lexmark Printer (Lexmark Lexmark X1100 Series)
Click on Continue
Select the Make Lexmark
Click on Continue
Select the driver Lexmark Z600 v1.0.1 (en)
Click on Continue
Click on the printer's link
Select Print test page

The test page must print OK!

I've added a SANE backend for X1100 scanners.

You can download it here:
http://ca.geocities.com/freshshelf@rogers.com/scanner_driver/download.html


It's been tested on X1180, and X1185 scanners, but needs more testing.

The printer is fine, but the quality of scanner is not so good!
I've tested the scanner in X1130, and like i said, the quality of the scanning is not very good.

if you can't scan as non-root try this:

$ sane-find-scanner
found USB scanner (vendor=0x043d, product=0x007c) at libusb:002:004
you get usb -> 002
device -> 004
$ chown root:scanner /proc/bus/usb/002/004
$ chmod g+w /proc/bus/usb/002/004
$ gpasswd -a username scanner

:)

Hi there

I'm trying to install my X1190 just so I can print (don't care about the scan functions as yet) and I've been following Rarsa's instructions, only problem is I get as far as the first instruction and get this error:

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors


I'm still new to Fedora (and Linux in general) so if anyone could help me out it'd be greatly appreciated!

Oops, complete newbie mistake. Was trying to tar the contents of the download, not the download itself ha ha!
Managed to get as far as rpm-ing the files, but got this error now:

rpm -ivh z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.rpm
error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000

Any ideas?

Have a look at http://www.slackway.org
This site provides a slackware packages that installs
the X1190 printer drivers.
This packages can also be extracted as follow:

mkdir /tmp/x1190
tar -zxvf lexmark-x1190-2.0-1-cg.tgz -C /tmp/x1190

You only need to copy the content of the directory /tmp/x1190 (except install) to your system to get you Lexmark x1190 printer working. Good luck.

There is a simple way to get lexmark x1100 series working....

go to: http://localhost:631 (if it says unable to reach the host.. make sure u have cups installed)

add a new printer, on the step where you have to choose the driver, browse your files and install this file:

http://rapidshare.com/files/85585382/Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz.html


now print all you can

Actually I have a Lexmark X1170, but there's no point in opening a new page since the X1100 series is similar.

I strongly advice Linux users against the Lexmark X1100 series. Of course these machines are cheap compared to their functions, however you'll change your mind after you see the ink prices and their short lifespan. In addition my printer works very poor under Linux: Only the print function is supported, and setting it up was a nightmare. It took me several hours to succeed, because after setting it up as an X1100, every attempt to print caused it only to make some noise, as if it was unsuccessfully trying to print. It was only after I though to set it up as a Z600 (like the driver), instead of X1100 that it actually printed.