A simple question really, has anyone managed to get the X5150 working under Linux?

(I've been offered one as a birthday present, but before I actually go for this model as opposed to something else I thought it might be an idea to check it would actually work on my PC (Mandrake 9.2) )

Cheers in advance

hi,

go check out www.linuxprinting.org

you should find the answer, and a wealth of other useful information.

Cheers for that


Unfortunately the 5150 isn't even mentioned, but they do say that Lexmark printers have generally poor support under Linux, so i'm gonna have a look at some other makes instead.

I'm having a simililar problem. Inquiries to Lexmark got the reply that probably not. Number of Lexmark's listed in SUSE printer list, but not sure they all work. I am looking at H-P now. Had a long call yesterday with a techie there and got a list of three (550, 6122, 5650) plus the info that the PhotoSmart 7260 would also work. In addition he said that any of the H-P's with a parallel connection (or is it serial) would work

brew-lots

hi,

yes, h-p is reasonably safe - i can confirm success with a deskjet 930c and a deskjet 5550c.

cups drivers are available for both the above, and numerous others. one word of caution though - if you're into graphics, and use 'the gimp', do check that printer will work satisfactorily with the gimp-print plug-in.

h-p printers will work, but for the models above, the gimp-print plug-in will only give a maximum resolution of 600dpi (although the 5550c has paper-specific auto resolution adjustment, and it does seem to work well).

if graphics are your main interest, you might be better off with an epson - these are very well supported by gimp, as well as cups, and results are allegedly extremely good, although i have no personal experience.

flouro---- I purchased an HP 5150 this past Sunday. SUSE 9.0 did not have a driver listed in YaST as I thot. Picked 5550 as the driver.

Works just fine.

$100 at Staples, and others, but they have a $10 rebate this week. Hurry