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If you want to install Lexmark Z611 printer in Ubuntu Hardy Heron follow these steps

Step 1: Install Supporting Packages

sudo apt-get install alien libstdc++5

Yes, you want to install that specific version of libstdc, even if you have a newer version.

Step 2: Activate the USB Filesystem

It was necessary to add the following line to /etc/fstab in order to get this working.

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=14 0 0

Then you'll want to mount the USB Filesystem

sudo mount usbfs

Step 3: Download Driver from Lexmark

You will want to grab the Red Hat Linux driver for the Z611, which should be named CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz. I would recommend creating a folder somewhere and download this file into that folder.

Step 4: Extract and Install the Driver

Execute the following commands exactly as listed, no modifications or tweaks should be necessary for the average user. (You don't need to execute the comment lines however)

## Extracting the driver
tar -xvzf CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz

## The shell script doesn't work out of the box
tail -n +143 z600cups-1.0-1.gz.sh > install.tar.gz

## Extracting the contents from the above command
tar -xvzf install.tar.gz

## Convert RPM to TGZ (alien may complain about --scripts not being used, you can ignore that warning)
sudo alien -t z600cups-1.0-1.i386.rpm

## Convert RPM to TGZ (alien may complain about --scripts not being used, you can ignore that warning)
sudo alien -t z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.rpm

## Extracting the contents of the TGZ into the appropriate locations
sudo tar xvzf z600llpddk-2.0.tgz -C /

## Extracting the contents of the TGZ into the appropriate locations
sudo tar xvzf z600cups-1.0.tgz -C /

## Tell Ubuntu to refresh to see the new libraries
sudo ldconfig

## Move to location of PPDs
cd /usr/share/cups/model

## gunzip the PPD
sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz

## The driver installation is now complete, restart cupsys
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart

Step 5: Activate Printer and Driver

Execute the following command

/usr/lib/cups/backend/z600

If all is well you should see something similar to the following:

user@hostname:/usr/share/cups/model$ /usr/lib/cups/backend/z600
direct z600:/dev/usb/lp0 "Lexmark Lexmark Z600 Series" "Lexmark Printer"

If that doesn't work, check to see if usbfs is listed in 'cat /proc/mounts'.

Step 6: Setup Printer

If you are using GNOME:

1. Click on System -> Administration -> Printing
2. Click 'New Printer'
3. Select 'Lexmark Printer' from the list, which should have something like 'z600:/dev/usb/lp0' for Device URI. Click Forward.
4. Select 'Lexmark' from the manufacturer list and click Forward.
5. Click on 'Z600' in the model list. Driver should show as 'Lexmark Z600 v1.0-1'
6. Setup your preferred Printer Name, Description and Location and click Apply

At this point you should have a working printer

If you want to setup Canon iRC 2880i printer in Hardy follow this procedure

1. Goto System->Administration->Printing

2. Create a new printer queue


3. Select the type of connection to the printer (mine is Windows Printer via SAMBA)

4. Input the printer settings eg: 10.0.0.1/NameOfPrinter and authentication if needed

5. For drivers use Generic->PCL 5c->Generic PCL 5c Printer Foomatic/hpijs

6. Give it a name and you're set to go

If you would also like to print in colour then this is where the fun begins.

You will need the UFR Printer Drivers from Canon .

If you're using the iRC 2880 then you can go straight here

Once you have the drivers and have extracted them then follow these steps.

Note: If you are using a version of Ubuntu that is older than Hardy you should just be able to run the deb file in the Debian folder and then you can skip to step 6

1. If you try and run the deb file in the Debian folder in Hardy it will give a dependency error regarding libcupsys2-gnutls10. So...

2. Run sudo apt-get install alien

3. Go to the extracted drivers RPM directory in a Terminal

4. Run sudo alien -c *.rpm (The -c will include any scripts in the package)

5. Run your newly created deb packages. First the cups common one then the driver one.

6. Follow the intructions above for the setting up of only black & white printing up to and including step 4

7. For drivers use Canon->iR C2880/C3380 UFR II->iR C2880/C3380 UFR II (or whatever model you are using)

8. Give it a name and you should now be printing in colour

In case you were wondering why you get the dependency error in step 1, the reason is that the Debian package was converted from a RPM one, using alien. Alien picked up the dependencies that where present on the system that the package was initially created.

Source from here

This tutorial describes how to install a Lexmark Z55 printer on Hardy Heron.

By default the wrong driver is installed for the Z55 which causes the printer to squeal and fail to print. A driver is available from the Lexmark website for Linux rpm distributions.


1. Download

Download the file CJLZ55LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.GZ from the Drivers and Downloads section of the Lexmark website. Select a Linux distribution such as Mandrake.

2. Uninstall the existing driver

System->Administration->Printing

Expand "Local Printers"

Click on "Lexmark_Z55" to select it

Press the "Delete" button and confirm with OK

3. Create directory

Create a directory to work in and move the downloaded file into this new directory.

mkdir lexmark

mv CJLZ55LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.GZ lexmark

4. Extract rpm files from the download

tail -n +143 lexmarkz55-CUPS-1.0-1.gz.sh > install.tgz

tar -xvzf install.tgz

5. Convert rpm files into deb packages

First install the alien package if you have not already done so.

sudo apt-get install alien

Now convert the files ignoring any warnings.

sudo alien lexmarkz55-CUPS-1.0-1.i386.rpm

sudo alien z55llpddk-2.0-2.i386.rpm

Save the deb files in a safe place. For subsequent installations you can use these files.

6. Install the packages

The deb files can now be installed using any method you prefer. To install from the command line type:

sudo dpkg -i z55llpddk_2.0-3_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i lexmarkz55-cups_1.0-2_i386.deb

7. Unzip ppd file


cd /usr/share/cups/model

sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z55-lxz55cj-cups.ppd.gz

8. Install the new driver

System->Administration->Printing

Press the "New Printer" button

Select "Lexmark Z55 USB #1"

Press "Forward"

Select "Provide PPD file"

Click on the file icon on the right hand side of the box below

Using the file picker select /usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z55-lxz55cj-cups.ppd

Press "Forward"


Press "Apply"

If you want to install Canon PIXMA MP130 Printer follow this procedure

Add the following to the /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~takushi/ubuntu ./

Then:

sudo apt-get update

Then:

sudo apt-get install libcnbj-2.5 bjfilter-2.5 pstocanonbj

Cupsys will be automatically restarted and you can select printer in cupsys configuration which is

http://localhost:631

To add the printer through the cups, the first thing you do is click on add a printer. The next screen will ask you for the name of you printer, location and description. The only thing you really have to fill in is the name – anything you want will do. After you have filled in the information click continue. The next page asks you to select your printer which should be Gutenprint USB Printer #1 (Canon MP130). Hit continue and then it will ask you for your driver. Select the Canon Pixma iP1500 Ver.2.50 (en) then click on add printer. Printing a test page should work! I've used the method on both Gutsy and Hardy.

browseable = yes printable = yes public = yes create mode = 0700 guest only = yes use client driver = yes path = /tmp