Using Lexmark X6170 with FC1

[Graeme Willox]

On 07/12/2003 01:47 James Drabb wrote

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>Is it too late to take it back?
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I've had it since October.  Under Australian consumer legislation, 
merchants are only obliged to accept returns if the goods are faulty or 
they don't perform as described.  Some accept returns because you've 
changed your mind, but there is no obligation for them to do so.  Either 
way, it'd be difficult to argue that it's unsuitable after all this time.

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>Lexmark is CRAP IMO.  I bought two of their printers, Z52 and the X83
>printer/scanner/copier and their Linux support was non-existent.  I sold
>both printers and bought an HP PSC 2110 scanner/printer/copier.  The
>HP's are very nice and HP has full support for Linux.  I can print and
>scan under Linux with HP's Open Source drivers, and it all just works.
>
I searched for this model.  A few online retailers have it for sale, but 
for some reason, it doesn't even rate a mention when I performed a 
search for it on HP's Australian website.

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>If you can take the printer back, do it and exchange it for an HP 3-in-1
>printer.  You will be glad you did.
>

I'm quite happy with the Lexmark printer.  If it won't work with Linux 
then unfortunately perhaps, Linux will be what has to go.  I'm guessing 
that wil be what will happen.  I also received a reply from fred smith 
who indicated that using the linux printer driver developer kit would 
require a lot of patience.  Given that I'm an absolute novice with 
Linux, I'm guessing I need to know a lot more about how it works to have 
any chance of being successful.

Thanks for your comments though.  It isn't what I was hoping to hear, 
but it's what I wanted to hear before I spent too much time and effort 
on it for potentially no return.

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>Jim Drabb
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