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Help Me!! Installing Lexmark z605 printer

I'm using Fedora CORE2.
When I tried to install lexmark z605 driver I got following error msg:
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[kesara@localhost lex]$ sh z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh
Verifying archive integrity...OK
Uncompressing Lexmark Printer Driver............
./xlexinstall: error while loading shared libraries: libtcl8.3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
The program returned an error code (127)
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Help Me inthis case.

check if you have the libtcl8.3 rpm package installed, if not (or if version doesn't match) install it...

I have already installed TCL package which comes with Fedora CORE 2

I am having the same problem Please let me know if you fixed this!

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Originally posted by ipn1nj4
I am having the same problem Please let me know if you fixed this!

Still the printer is not working.

This is the reply I got from Lexmark People:

Quote:

Lexmark does not support the Fedora Core 2 operating system. As a courtesy
to our customers Lexmark does provide a Linux Printer Driver Developer's
Kit that can be found at the following link. http://www.lexmark.com/US/products/info/linux/

To use this printer either we have to uninstall TCL lib & install an older version of it (A very difficult thing bcos lot of programs use this!)
or use an older version like Red Hat 9.

Man, that sucks. Now i have to buld a windows box just to serve ths printer. Let me know if you had any luck doing the downgrade procedure.

thanks

Don't build a whole Windows box just for a Lexmark printer. They're junk anyways, go with an HP.

But, if that is not an option, you can still get security updates for Red Hat 9 through the Fedora Legacy Project. go to fedora.redhat.com and on there there is something about fedora 1 status update, u can find the link there.

it is junk, yes. But I am not in the market for a new printer right now. Hmm.. I guess ill just do the RH 9 server like you said.
Sigh.

Lexmark z605 works perfectly with linux check out this
< http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Lexmark_Printers >

Here's my notes from the last time I installed a z25 on Fedora 3 . This should be similar for other lexmark printers, maybe a different tar.gz to download.

Code:

Instructions for installing linux drivers for lexmark z25/z35 printer



1) Download CJLZ35LE-CUPS-2.0-1.TAR.GZ from

http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-per...e=&fileID=1242



 

2) Extract the tarball.

tar zxvf CJLZ35LE-CUPS-2.0-1.TAR.GZ



This creates 3 files. README, COPYING and lexmarkz35-CUPS-2.0-1.gz.sh





3) Download and install two libraries which are needed by the driver

rpm -Uvh tcl-8.4.9-2.i386.rpm

rpm -Uvh tk-8.4.9-2.i386.rpm



4) Create two links which will be used by the script

cd /usr/lib

ln -s libtcl8.4.so libtcl8.3.so

ln -s libtk8.4.so libtk8.3.so





5) Run the script which will create the installer directory and some other files.

sh lexmarkz35-CUPS-2.0-1.gz.sh -keep



Note: there is an error which doesn't seem to hurt anything.

# sh lexmarkz35-CUPS-2.0-1.gz.sh -keep

Creating directory installer

Verifying archive integrity...OK

Uncompressing Lexmark Printer Driver............

./install: line 15: ./xlexinstall: No such file or directory

The program returned an error code (127)





6) Go to the installer directory which was created in the previous step and run this command.



rpm -Uvh *rpm





7) From the readme file. Copy the following line and paste it into the file /etc/cups/mime.convs:

image/x-bitmap                application/vnd.cups-raster        100        imagetoraster

        



8) Restart the CUPS daemon for changes to take effect.

service cups restart





9) Use the print manager or http://localhost:631 to install the lexmark z35 printer.



Here are instructions using the print manager...

Add

Add Printer/Class...

Next

local printer ( parallel, serial, USB )

Next

USB Printer #1

  Lexmark X25-Z35

Next

Manufacturer: Lexmark

Model: Z35

Next ( 5 times )

Name: lexmark

Next

Finish

Print Server

    Restart Server

With the lexmark printer highlighted...

Printer

Test Printer...

Print Test Page