Lexmark printer

[Steve Blackwell]

My wife just got a new Lexmark X2670 all-in-one printer with her new
laptop that we want to share.

I can't find any drivers for it for F11. Does anyone else have this
printer and if so have you found a way to make it work?

Thanks,
Steve

[Mohamed El Morabity]

2010/4/20 Steve Blackwell
> My wife just got a new Lexmark X2670 all-in-one printer with her new
> laptop that we want to share.
>
> I can't find any drivers for it for F11. Does anyone else have this
> printer and if so have you found a way to make it work?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
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Hi,

Linux drivers seem to be available on the Lexmark web site:

http://md.lexmark.com/md4?dest=downloads&lang=en&country=en_US&p...
(see the "Downloads" tab)
Anyway only 32-bit RPMs are available. I didn't test them, no garranty that
dependancies for them are OK for Fedora 11.

[John Aldrich]

On Tue April 20 2010, Steve Blackwell wrote:
> My wife just got a new Lexmark X2670 all-in-one printer with her new
> laptop that we want to share.
>
> I can't find any drivers for it for F11. Does anyone else have this
> printer and if so have you found a way to make it work?

Unless things have changed in the last few years, there's no "brains" in a 
Lexmark printer. They used to be "Win Printers" where the "driver" software 
did everything. Whether or not that's still the case, I can't tell you.

[jack craig]

On 04/20/2010 08:47 AM, Steve Blackwell wrote:
> My wife just got a new Lexmark X2670 all-in-one printer with her new
> laptop that we want to share.
>
> I can't find any drivers for it for F11. Does anyone else have this
> printer and if so have you found a way to make it work?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

its not common to need more device specific drivers, ...

have you tried cups explore/configure via http://localhost:631  ??

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 20 April 2010, Steve Blackwell wrote:
> My wife just got a new Lexmark X2670 all-in-one printer with her new
> laptop that we want to share.
>
> I can't find any drivers for it for F11. Does anyone else have this
> printer and if so have you found a way to make it work?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

Probably a mistake.  Lexmark's parent corporation has an attitude toward 
linux, going so far as to deny warranty when they found it was being used on 
a linux system.  I've been bit, my employer for 20 years was bit. So most of 
us old-timers have never bothered to put any fingerprints on their products 
when shopping for printers.  I'm partial to Epsons stuff myself.  They, and 
Brother seem to have us grokked.  HP also for large values of sometimes.

[Fred Smith]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 01:02:09PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 April 2010, Steve Blackwell wrote:
> > My wife just got a new Lexmark X2670 all-in-one printer with her new
> > laptop that we want to share.
> >
> > I can't find any drivers for it for F11. Does anyone else have this
> > printer and if so have you found a way to make it work?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
>
> Probably a mistake.  Lexmark's parent corporation has an attitude toward 
> linux, going so far as to deny warranty when they found it was being used on 
> a linux system.  I've been bit, my employer for 20 years was bit. So most of 
> us old-timers have never bothered to put any fingerprints on their products 
> when shopping for printers.  I'm partial to Epsons stuff myself.  They, and 
> Brother seem to have us grokked.  HP also for large values of sometimes.

I just recently (last couple of weeks) saw an article online, somewhere,
about how Lexmark is now providing Linux support for all their printers.
But unfortunatley I can't recall where it was.

Ah-HA! here it is: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=lexmark_linux&num...
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[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 20 April 2010, fred smith wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 01:02:09PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Tuesday 20 April 2010, Steve Blackwell wrote:
> > > My wife just got a new Lexmark X2670 all-in-one printer with her new
> > > laptop that we want to share.
> > >
> > > I can't find any drivers for it for F11. Does anyone else have this
> > > printer and if so have you found a way to make it work?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Steve
> >
> > Probably a mistake.  Lexmark's parent corporation has an attitude toward
> > linux, going so far as to deny warranty when they found it was being used
> > on a linux system.  I've been bit, my employer for 20 years was bit. So
> > most of us old-timers have never bothered to put any fingerprints on
> > their products when shopping for printers.  I'm partial to Epsons stuff
> > myself.  They, and Brother seem to have us grokked.  HP also for large
> > values of sometimes.
>
> I just recently (last couple of weeks) saw an article online, somewhere,
> about how Lexmark is now providing Linux support for all their printers.
> But unfortunatley I can't recall where it was.
>
> Ah-HA! here it is:
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=lexmark_linux&num...

I stand (or sit) corrected, as I also recall reading that article at the 
time.  Can I plead CRS?  Or perhaps oldtimers since I'm 75?

But since the leopards spots go all the way through its skins epidermis, I am 
left wondering how much surgery it took to accomplish that about face. ;-)

[Steve Blackwell]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:00:52 +0200
Mohamed El Morabity  wrote:
> 2010/4/20 Steve Blackwell
> > My wife just got a new Lexmark X2670 all-in-one printer with her new
> > laptop that we want to share.
> >
> > I can't find any drivers for it for F11. Does anyone else have this
> > printer and if so have you found a way to make it work?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
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>
> Hi,
>
> Linux drivers seem to be available on the Lexmark web site:
>
> http://md.lexmark.com/md4?dest=downloads&lang=en&country=en_US&p...
> (see the "Downloads" tab)
> Anyway only 32-bit RPMs are available. I didn't test them, no
> garranty that dependancies for them are OK for Fedora 11.

Thanks for the link.

I downloaded lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.rpm.sh and ran it and I
can report that both the printer and the scanner work - at least with
the very limited testing I have done so far.

Steve.

[Suvayu Ali]

On Tuesday 20 April 2010 09:33 AM, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Tue April 20 2010, Steve Blackwell wrote:
> > My wife just got a new Lexmark X2670 all-in-one printer with her new
> > laptop that we want to share.
> >
> > I can't find any drivers for it for F11. Does anyone else have this
> > printer and if so have you found a way to make it work?
>
> Unless things have changed in the last few years, there's no "brains" in a
> Lexmark printer. They used to be "Win Printers" where the "driver" software
> did everything. Whether or not that's still the case, I can't tell you.

You would be happy to know on GNU/linux, they are the printer
manufacturer of choice now. :)

"... There is one printer manufacturer though that as of last year has
begun supporting Linux from top to bottom with their entire line-up of
printers. Not only are they providing CUPS drivers, but also they are
even printing Tux in the corner of every box they ship right besides
the Windows and Apple logos. Do you know who we are talking about?
Probably not, but it's Lexmark. After months of wrangling within the
company, Lexmark has stepped up to become a Linux and open-source
friendly company."

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=lexmark_linux&num=1

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 21:46:05 -0700,
  Suvayu Ali  wrote:
> You would be happy to know on GNU/linux, they are the printer
> manufacturer of choice now. :)

I'm sorry, but their abuse of the DMCA is going to leave them off any list
of printer manufacturers that I might by from.

[Suvayu Ali]

On Tuesday 20 April 2010 09:54 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 21:46:05 -0700,
>    Suvayu Ali  wrote:
> > You would be happy to know on GNU/linux, they are the printer
> > manufacturer of choice now. :)
>
> I'm sorry, but their abuse of the DMCA is going to leave them off any list
> of printer manufacturers that I might by from.

A google search returned quite a few interesting results. I wasn't aware 
of this. I guess they are mending there ways (or maybe not) ...

[Charles Zeitler]

Do what thou wilt
shall  be the whole  of the Law.
> "... There is one printer manufacturer though that as of last year has
> begun supporting Linux from top to bottom

......
> company, Lexmark has stepped up to become a Linux and open-source
> friendly company."
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=lexmark_linux&num=1
>
> --
> Suvayu
>
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.

lexmark may 'support linux' by offering linux compatible(?) drivers,
but their support of 'open source' seems lacking, & support of
Free Software (c) is just not there.

charles zeitler

Love is the law, love under will.

[Andre Robatino]

Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux <at> gmail.com> writes:
> You would be happy to know on GNU/linux, they are the printer
> manufacturer of choice now. :)
>
> "... There is one printer manufacturer though that as of last year has
> begun supporting Linux from top to bottom with their entire line-up of
> printers. Not only are they providing CUPS drivers, but also they are
> even printing Tux in the corner of every box they ship right besides
> the Windows and Apple logos. Do you know who we are talking about?
> Probably not, but it's Lexmark. After months of wrangling within the
> company, Lexmark has stepped up to become a Linux and open-source
> friendly company."
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=lexmark_linux&num=1

They've provided Linux drivers for a long time, but they only maintain them as
long as they're selling the corresponding printer.  I have a Lexmark Z22 printer
that gradually became unusable for this reason.  I replaced it with a Samsung
laser printer with built-in Fedora driver support.  Unless Lexmark open-sources
its drivers, their printers aren't worth the trouble.