Lexmark 1020

[M.Hockings]

Chadley Wilson wrote:

>Guys I have  lexmark 1020 the driver is provided in FC1 but it dont
>work, The printmanager spool the print job but the printer remains
>dormant. 
>Yes it is on and yes I have checked the printer settings, 
>I have looked on http://www.linuxprinting.org/ and the driver is there I
>compiled and installed the driver but the same results.
>It is an lpt printer. I only have a black cartridge.
>
>I tested the printer in windowze and its fine!??#
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Chad
>  
>
In the FWIW category, I have a Lexmark 2050 for which FC1 has a driver 
(c2050) but it dunna seem to work at all.  Same results as what you see 
with the printer either directly or remotely connected.  In Windows it 
works fine directly connected to a machine but fails to work if shared 
so it seems (to me) that the Windows driver is not all that great either.

linuxprinting lists Lexmark inkjets under the "useless" category of 
vendors http://www.linuxprinting.org/vendors.html

Now I have a cheap Brother laser printer that cost me less than the 2050 
did.  It is hung on the lan with a D-link printer port thing and works 
fine from Windows (95, 98, 2K, XP) and  Linux (rh9, fc1, bsd).

Kind regards,

Mike