Hi all,
I'm pretty much a complete idiot when it comes to Linux, but I'm eager to learn. Anyways, I have this Dell A920 printer that I'm trying to set up on SUSE Linux 10, but I'm having no luck. I've tried searching around on the forums and I've found that the printer requires the z600 driver. So I downloaded this driver from Lexmark and followed the instructions. When I ran the command below, I got this message. I have no clue what that means and I have no clue how to configure my printer. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Felicia

gateway@linux:~> sh z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh
Verifying archive integrity...OK
Uncompressing Lexmark Printer Drivertrap: usage: trap [-lp] [arg signal_spec ...]

Felicia,

That error means the driver is too old for your linux distro, or poorly configured in some other way. It is executing the BASH builtin, 'trap', with an improper usage. Whenever an error displays usage syntax it always means the wrong usage was attempted. I hacked the driver and gunzipped it. I don't believe there is any possible way to install it without sh. You might open the driver file in a hex editor, so when you save it you don't corrupt it, and search for where the install script uses 'trap'. Then, edit as necessary for proper use of 'trap'. You can just hard code it. To learn about trap,

man trap

Another option is to get the Lexmark driver development kit. It's free, and not too hard to use. Then you can write your own driver. That's what Lexmark used to write the driver you have. It would be a fun project. Just think of it as a guy who just won't understand you, or do what you want, but your persistence will win him over, and the printer will work.

Welcome to LQ!

The best one-stop-shop for printing under Linux is LinuxPrinting.org It's got many tutorials and guides, and if you haven't already checked it out, it may be of interest. Good luck with it

Thanks awesome machine. What else would I need beside Lexmark driver kit in order to make my own driver?

Felicia

You run the driver development kit on the machine you want the driver for, and it makes the driver for that machine. I've never used it, but IBM, who makes Lexmark, writes the best software. I'm sure it's pretty good. I looked at how it works. It's pretty cool. But, that's what Lexmark wants linux users to do now is write their own driver. The z600 linux driver hasn't been changed since 2004.