Re: Lexmark Printing

["Jameson C. Burt" <jameson@coost.com>]

You might try CUPS 
(which I believe RedHat now uses as the default print server,
replacing the lpr package).
You can find CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) in woody.
I installed    
  *cupsys
   cupsys-bsd
   cupsys-client
   cupsys-driver-gimpprint
   cupsys-pstoraster
   kdelibs3-cups
  *foomatic-bin
  *foomatic-db
  *cupsomatic-ppd
The last package includes 918  *.ppd  files, including
   /usr/share/cups/model/IBM/Execjet_4072-bj200.ppd
While this isn't your 4076, perhaps its close enough.

You configure CUPS via a local webpage,
   http://localhost:631

Installation of cups removed my print server package lprng,
but then I only expect one printserver to dominate printing on one
computer.

I see your 4076 mentioned in the Unix printer compatability database,
   http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi
There, select Lexmark, then select 4076.
This spawns a webpage that says this Lexmark 4076 printer
   "Works with drivers for the HP DeskJet 500"
But this also says the Lexmark 4076 is a
   "BW Inkjet 300x300"
while you say it is a Colorprinter (hmmm).

I also see your printer mentioned on Lexmark's site,
   http://drivers.lexmark.com/drivers.nsf/SelectPrinter?OpenForm&0
and their website you probably visited,
   http://drivers.lexmark.com/drivers.nsf/SelectPrinter?OpenForm&4076
If you download one of their drivers (eg, one for Windows 95, 76WN313E.EXE),
then run that *.exe file on the appropriate computer, you likely get a
*.ppd file that you can use in CUPS. 
But this is a too involved a solution, 
though I have seen Linux documentation mention this very solution:
to run a *.exe file then get the needed *.ppd file.

Of course, as said above, the cupsomatic-ppd supplied 4072 *.ppd might work well under CUPS.


On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 12:41:41PM +0200, Tinus Kotzé wrote:
> Can anyone help me with the Lexmark ExecJet IIc 4076 Colorprinter. I
> have searched the net and could not find a solution for my problem
> getting this printer to work. At lexmark's page everything goes well
> until I have to state a operating system where the choices are only
> Redhat, SuSe... but not Debian and no source to compile the drivers with
> for Debian. I have found that it supposedly works in B&W ok with the HP
> DeskJet 500.
> 
> Thankyou in advance
> Tinuns
> 
> 
> 
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