Trying to install printer driver for Z55 in FC3

David Curry dsccable at comcast.net
Mon Apr 18 13:20:28 UTC 2005


Ben Bullard wrote:

> [root at c-67-173-255-219 bennett]# tar xvfz CJLZ55LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.GZ
> lexmarkz55-CUPS-1.0-1.gz.sh
> README
> COPYING
> [root at c-67-173-255-219 bennett]# sh lexmarkz55-CUPS-1.0-1.gz.sh
> Verifying archive integrity...OK
> Uncompressing Lexmark Printer Drivertrap: usage: trap [-lp] [arg 
> signal_spec ...]
> [root at c-67-173-255-219 bennett]#
>
>
> The above is pasted from terminal. These are the two command lines 
> from the Readme file. I understand the first is to  unzip the file. 
> The second command is to install the driver according to the Readme.
>
> BUT my printer isn't working. In the printer configuration gui the Z55 
> driver still isn't listed. When I click on "file-print" it sends a 
> signal to the printer but the paper doesn't go all the way thru and 
> nothing prints. There are several drivers on the list that achieve the 
> same result.
>
> So, either the driver isn't installed OR I don't have the driver 
> configured to the printer. I'm trying to use what I'm learning  from  
> http://www.linuxcommand.org/  but haven't made much progress. Can 
> anyone help?
>
If you have selected and tried to test print the Lexmark Z53 driver 
listed in print.conf, I can't help but empathize with your situation.  
(Too much time has passed since my efforts to install a new driver on a 
RH 7.1 system and Fedora uses a different print daemon.) 

Perhaps this message will help you attract the attention of someone with 
current expertise that is able and willing to help.




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