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Old 11-27-2005, 10:20 AM   #1
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Lexmark z615 installed?


Hello there

After a week of struggling with HowTo's, Google and bugging you guys, I've finally managed to get my girlfriend's computer working perfectly. Except for the @&%$ - ing printer. Although I think I've come close this time.

I've installed my Lexmark z615 according to this website and it's the only thing that worked that was written in a language other than Postgradian!

http://www.staerk.de/thorsten/module...article&sid=43

I've installed the right cups, and when I went to use localhost:631 it seemed to work right up to the test page printing.

Nothing went wrong with the installation apart from the predicted error message from the target extraction, and now the print manager seems to see a Lexmark z600 series in there. I tried a test print from various applications in KDE, but nothing. It's probably just a simple thing because I'm new to Linux...

The printer's the only thing still not working properly. If anyone has any ideas, they would be welcome.

Thanks

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Old 11-27-2005, 03:13 PM   #2
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Update: I reran the localhost printer page, did a reconfigure and now the output is

Printer State: processing, accepting jobs.
"Rejecting Jobs"
Device URI: usb:/dev/usb/lp0

And there is still no printing happening. In fact, there's a wee queue of test pages totting up...

 
Old 11-27-2005, 04:31 PM   #3
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gravy, try my howto, should work with Mandriva 2005. I run Mandriva 2006 myself and my Lexmark Z605 works flawless.
http://www.autostatic.com/linux/lexmarkz605-suse93.html
 
Old 11-27-2005, 05:44 PM   #4
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I don't have bunzip, so your howto didn't work. Should I reinstall with Mandriva 2006? I've so far burnt about six different distros and had a heck of a job getting it installed (not to mention the six hour internet update). Mandriva was the only one that work. Where can I download it?

Anyway, the closest I got was with this one:

http://www.staerk.de/thorsten/module...article&sid=43

This got me as far as the printer make and model showing up in the localhost print manager page and the KDE print manager, but still no printouts. The localhost:631 manager

The gentoo wiki was a little bit advanced for me (only been at it a week!) as I don't know how to check and edit my fstab, and other howto's seem gibberish to me. Especially the CUPS howto...

The only other option I have is to buy another printer for my girlfriend. As I've already butchered my machine for compatible sound and video cards, this seems a little excessive, especially as so many people seem to have this printer working, albeit it many different ways...

It might be a pain, but if it means I'll definitely get my printer working, I'll try another distro. That'll mean another day or so without a computer but it's really getting urgent. I've been considering putting Windows on until I can get my head round it

Last edited by gravy; 11-27-2005 at 05:50 PM.
 
Old 11-27-2005, 06:30 PM   #5
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Hello gravy.
First of all, it will not help you to install another distro, you will run into the exact same problem. The Lexmark Z615 is not supported by default, it needs some tweaking to get it to work. Second, bunzip2 (I now see I made a little mistake in the howto...) is installed by default, if not (which is highly improbable), open MLCC (the Mandriva Linux Control Center) through Menu - System - Configuration - Configure Your Computer. Enter your root password, select Software Management and select "Look at installable...". Software Packages Installation opens, enter bunzip in the Search field and tick the package it finds. Now it is installed and you should be able to continue. If you really don't manage to get the printer working I could send you the two tarballs so you only need to untar them and run ldconfig. If you then open MLCC again, select Hardware, select "Set up the printer(s)", select Add printer and there should be a Lexmark Z600 entry. Select this entry and then you should be able to print.
CUPS runs by default so don't worry about that. And if you follow my howto you don't really need the Gentoo howto. And no need to edit your fstab.
 
Old 11-27-2005, 07:30 PM   #6
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Aaaargh!!!

first of all, the extraction of the rpm2targz didn't go so well. It extracted, but down to a .tar.

I don't know if I should have, but I unpacked that in Ark, and I got the files you told me about.

installation wanted rpmoffset and I only had rpmoffset.c , so I changed the name and it seemed to work.

Followed your other instructions, now I'm stuck at rpm2targz not being found.

I think I'm cursed or something...
 
Old 11-28-2005, 01:56 AM   #7
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gravy!
Just browse to http://www.autostatic.com/linux and download the two tarballs:
z600cups-1.0-1.i386.tar.gz
z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.tar.gz

Now open a console and su to root, cd to the directory where you downloaded the tarballs and type:

Code:
tar -xvzf z600cups-1.0-1.i386.tar.gz -C /
Followed by an enter and:

Code:
 tar -xvzf z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.tar.gz -C /
Followed by an enter and:

Code:
ldconfig
Followed by an enter. The printerdriver should be installed now and you should be able to configure it through the Mandriva Linux Control Center.
 
Old 11-28-2005, 03:45 AM   #8
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Thanks for replying.

Ok. I did all that, changed the driver in Control Center to z600 and now it looks like it's installed and even sending stuff to the printer. But the printer isn't printing.

Is there something I'm missing?
 
Old 11-28-2005, 04:33 AM   #9
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This may sound stupid, but is the printer turned on? The green light should be on when you want to use the printer with Linux. With Windows the printer starts itself up when it receives a job, but this doesn't work for Linux. You could also try another USB port.
 
Old 11-28-2005, 12:32 PM   #10
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yeah, the printer's switched on. (worth a try!) I've tried it in both USB ports. I was wondering if perhaps following other howto's I've somehow accidentally messed something up in configuration? I've installed the thing that many times in loads of different ways.

The annoying thing is that the printer looks like it's installed. In the localhost print manager and in the control center.


Localhost:631

a920 Lexmark Z600 v1.0-1
Description:
Location:
Printer State: processing, accepting jobs.
"Starting ESP Ghostscript 8.15...."
Device URI: usb:/dev/usb/lp0

Control center

a920
Type: Local printer
State: Processing... (accepting jobs)
Location:
Description
URI: ipp//x1-6-00-10-5a-69-66-01:631/printers/a920

Device: usb:/dev/usb/lp0
Model: Lexmark Z600 v1.0-1

I've rebooted the computer with the printer on and off, swapped usb's, reconfigured over and over again, and now I'm pretty much ready to go insane...
 
Old 11-28-2005, 02:43 PM   #11
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Open a console and cd to /usr/lib/cups/backend
What's the outcome if you enter ./z600?
And if you su to root and enter lspcidrake, what's the outcome of that?
Try to open Menu - System - Monitoring - KJobViewer and delete all the jobs and try to print something again.
We'll get there, you won't loose your sanity.
 
Old 11-28-2005, 04:45 PM   #12
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Thanks!

# ./z600
bash: ./z600: No such file or directory

lspcidrake
intel-agp : Intel Corp.|440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host bridge [BRIDGE_HOST]
unknown : Intel Corp.|440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX AGP bridge [BRIDGE_PCI]
unknown : Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 ISA [BRIDGE_ISA]
ata_piix : Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 IDE [STORAGE_IDE]
usb-uhci : Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 USB [SERIAL_USB]
sonypi : Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 ACPI - Bus Master IDE Controller [BRIDGE_OTHER]
3c59x : 3Com Corp.|3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] [NETWORK_ETHERNET]
snd-cmipci : C-Media Electronics Inc|CM8738 [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO]
Card:ATI Radeon (fglrx): ATI|Radeon 9200PRO 5960 (AGP) [DISPLAY_VGA]
unknown : ATI|RV280 Radeon 9200 Pro - Secondary [DISPLAY_OTHER
 
Old 11-28-2005, 05:34 PM   #13
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Quote:
Originally posted by gravy
Thanks!

# ./z600
bash: ./z600: No such file or directory
This means the driver is not installed, untar the two tarballs again and do ldconfig, just like I mentionned a few posts earlier.

Quote:
lspcidrake
intel-agp : Intel Corp.|440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host bridge [BRIDGE_HOST]
unknown : Intel Corp.|440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX AGP bridge [BRIDGE_PCI]
unknown : Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 ISA [BRIDGE_ISA]
ata_piix : Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 IDE [STORAGE_IDE]
usb-uhci : Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 USB [SERIAL_USB]
sonypi : Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 ACPI - Bus Master IDE Controller [BRIDGE_OTHER]
3c59x : 3Com Corp.|3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] [NETWORK_ETHERNET]
snd-cmipci : C-Media Electronics Inc|CM8738 [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO]
Card:ATI Radeon (fglrx): ATI|Radeon 9200PRO 5960 (AGP) [DISPLAY_VGA]
unknown : ATI|RV280 Radeon 9200 Pro - Secondary [DISPLAY_OTHER
To be honest I don't see a printer there, when I do lspcidrake on my system the outcome is:
Code:
usblp           : Lexmark |Lexmark Z600 Series [Printer|Printer|Bidirectional]
The issue could be this:
Code:
usb-uhci        : Intel Corp.|82371AB PIIX4 USB [SERIAL_USB]
This means the computer only supports USB 1 and I don't know for sure if the computer will be able to communicate with your USB 2 printer (or vice versa). Maybe someone else will be able to shed a light on this, but I fear you'll never get this printer to work on your computer, not even in Windows. I should've asked earlier what kind of computer you're working on, sorry...

Last edited by AutoStatic; 11-29-2005 at 06:18 AM.
 
Old 11-29-2005, 04:05 AM   #14
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This printer was working on this computer on WinME. Hmmm...

I'll try unpacking the tarballs again (I'm getting good at that!) and have another go.

Meanwhile, if it is a USB 2 printer and it is only a USB 1 computer, would it be possible to buy a card with USB 2 (I need more slots anyway) and get it to work?

Is there anything else I should check before I do this again? Should it be the latest CUPS or the one I installed before to get the z600series support?

It might be a case of using Windows until I can afford a better printer (yes I know, I went for the cheapest in the shop)

Anyway, thanks for the patience. I'll try it again and see...
 
Old 11-29-2005, 06:16 AM   #15
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This printer was working on this computer on WinME. Hmmm...
Ok, then it should work on Linux too I suppose

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I'll try unpacking the tarballs again (I'm getting good at that!) and have another go.
Don't forget to run ldconfig afterwards to link the libraries (the Linux drivers) correctly.

Quote:
Meanwhile, if it is a USB 2 printer and it is only a USB 1 computer, would it be possible to buy a card with USB 2 (I need more slots anyway) and get it to work?
This would be a good option and should work out of the box.

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Is there anything else I should check before I do this again? Should it be the latest CUPS or the one I installed before to get the z600series support?
The one installed with LE2005 is just fine. I've installed the printer on Suse 9.3 which has the same CUPS version as far as I know.

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It might be a case of using Windows until I can afford a better printer (yes I know, I went for the cheapest in the shop)
I did the same but in the long run this printer is way more expensive than i.e. a HP.

Quote:
Anyway, thanks for the patience. I'll try it again and see...
You're welcome, and good to know you didn't go insane yet
 
  


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