lexmark z605m support

dragoon linux · 01-16-2004, 08:52 PM

my dad just bought a lexmark z605m printer since our other one was outdated by QUITE a few years. Now I'm wondering cause I havent seen it listed on www.linuxprinting.org if there is a way to get it work under my redhat9 distro. Such as any available drivers, please?

jsmarshall85 · 01-17-2004, 12:48 PM

http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-per...e=&fileID=1151 Lexmark has a redhat driver for the z605 at this link. it doesnt say 605m but it should work just the same

bluesman2333 · 01-25-2004, 06:32 PM

Just for the sake of others doing the search for this printer and finding this thread...

I D/L'd the RedHat RPM in the hopes it would work on my system, as some do. Unfortunately, No Go. (SuSE 9.0 Pro & KDE desktop.)

For a list of supported hardware, go to http://hardwaredb.suse.de/searchForm...e3d97e3f401654

jsmarshall85 · 01-26-2004, 10:56 PM

well that sucks, i just installed suse 9 pro in hopes that i could get my printer to work

bluesman2333 · 01-27-2004, 05:29 AM

There is a problem with this type of printer. Like a winmodem, it is not a complete printer. It relies on the OS to handle what should be done in the printer.

jsmarshall85 · 01-27-2004, 07:51 AM

makes sense, ohwell. i just saw a new cannon for 60 bucks in a magazine ad, ink cost were 8 bucks for blacka dn 18 for color, thats about a third less than what i pay now for lexmark cartridges

Gary987 · 02-10-2004, 10:10 PM

I'm not sure what the m in z605m means...

I have a lexmark Z605 and it works for me under mandrak 9.1 and gentoo

Cheers,
Gary

bluesman2333 · 02-10-2004, 10:49 PM

There is a RedHat driver for that printer, so if it works for you then that RedHat driver works on your system. It won't on SuSE 9.0