HOWTO: Lexmark z605 (and possibly other 600 series)

[kwesiamoako]

[quote=tapH20guru;451162]Ubuntu Hardy Heron with a lexmark z617
Modified HOWTO from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=49714 to work with breezy.

It did something small at the end

Dependencies:

sudo apt-get install alien # rpm to deb converter
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 # (breezy come with v6 but you need v5 for compatibility)

1. Download the driver from lexmark's site (CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz)

2. Run though the following commands

tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz # extract the driver.
tail -n +143 z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh > install.tar.gz # the sh script is broken for newer systems.
tar -xvzf install.tar.gz # extract the contents produced by tail
sudo alien -t z600cups-1.0-1.i386.rpm # convert unusable rpm packages to tgz.
sudo alien -t z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.rpm # convert unusable rpm packages to tgz.
sudo tar xvzf  z600llpddk-2.0.tgz -C / # extract the tgz's to / putting the files in their right place
sudo tar xvzf z600cups-1.0.tgz -C / # extract the tgz's to / putting the files in their right place
sudo ldconfig # refresh ubuntu to see the new libraries
cd /usr/share/cups/model
sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz # unzip the ppd, which should _not_ be gzipped
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart #The driver is now installed. Restart the cups daemon.

3. Now we run:
/usr/lib/cups/backend/z600You should be something like(IMPORTANT):
4.Now simply set up your printer using the new z600 driver. (ie: in GNOME: System->Administration->Printing)
5. Your printer should be turned on, you'd find the Lexmark printer there, choose, and click on the forward
6. Provide the ppd file which can be found in /usr/share/cups/model/
7. Click forward and you're done

Enjoy using your printer

[DrBubba]

Worked like a charm on my Dell E6500 for remote printing to a Lexmark Z515.

[felipebm]

beautiful solution!

thanks a lot!

[baltadt]

awesome. Got my Z611 to work perfectly from OOo. Thank you so much.

[crjim]

thank you tapH20guru... just upgraded to 9.10 and the lexmark z645 that had been working in 9.04 quit working... new installation of the drivers following your instructions worked like a charm...

[meddle84]

hey guys! i`m trying to print with z605 lexmark on ubuntu 9.10. but i cant use the way to install driver described here because libstdc++5. in karmic there is only libstdc++6. with that lib driver dose not works.
can somebody help me to solve this problem?
update: i solve it. i`ve install libstdc++5 from debian etch with all dependences (nearly 5 packages) good luck to all!