Hi Lanny! Yesterday i installed an LX25 on my RH9. Just download CJLZ35LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz from lexmark.com. This works fine for me. Reinhard Am Die, den 09.09.2003 schrieb Lanny Marcus um 18:52: > > Message: 6 Subject: Re: Printer Driver - 3rd party - how to specify > > it is to be used? > > From: Glenn <n0hn@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx" <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Organization: > > Date: 08 Sep 2003 15:12:47 -0600 > > Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 11:04, Lanny Marcus wrote: > > > >>> RE: Lexmark Z25-Z35 Printer Driver - how to configure Printer > >>> Configuration file(s), so 3rd party Printer Driver is used? > > <snip> > > Lanny: > > > > There are a couple of things you can try. In the printer config > > dialog, try several other Lexmark drivers (I am guessing, but you > > could try a Z23 and something else numerically close) just to see > > what kind of result you get. Also, you can do a Google search on > > Linux printing (www.linuxprinting.org????) and look for dricer > > recommendations there. None of these soggestions is a sure fix, of > > course - just something you can try > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Regards, > > > > Glenn - n0hn@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Glenn: I did try a few other drivers, from the dropdown list, but no > joy. My belief is that I need to change some line(s), in one or more > Printing Configuration Files, to use the 3rd party Lexmark Printer > Driver that I downloaded and installed. The standard printer > configuration utilities that I tried, did *NOT* seem to allow me to > specify a Printer Driver that is not on the Shrike installation CDs. > > If it is *NOT* possible to use a 3rd party Printer Driver on Shrike, > that would be, IMHO, a *bad* failing of Shrike Printing. Red Hat is our > favorite distro, so we want to solve this problem. I can't believe that > it is not possible! My belief is that as a Newbie, I don't know what > Printer Configuration file(s) to modify, to specify where the Printer > Driver is on the hard drive. > > Hopefully, someone on the list will have the solution to this problem! > > I have "Running Linux, 3rd edition", and I suspect it would have a lot > of data on solving printing problems. However, it was written before > CUPS became the default print spooler. Possibly I should buy the latest > edition of "Running Linux"! > > Also, I have "Red Hat Linux 9 Bible" (Disclaimer: I wrote a Review and > got a free copy of the book, but I bought the versions for 7.3 and 8.0 > and will buy the version for 10); but I can't find the solution to this > printing problem in the book. :-) > > TNX & 73, > > Lanny, HK5MDT > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
