i need a driver for lexmark x1150

Thanks for your question, you have seen this post on ubuntu-forum:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=49714

this a good how-to to configure your printer ;)

Thanks

I followed the instructions but the ppd file which shows up when I do an ls and also showed in your test instruction to test does not show up in the list of drivers nor does it show up when I look for it from the printer installation operation
Thank you

R. Koehler

Which kind of problem have you recived when you done the isctuction. When you do this on shell, what you recive ???

$: cd /usr/lib/cups/backend

$: ./z600

Thanks

This is what I receive

direct z600:/dev/usblp0 "Lexmark Lexmark X1100 Series" "Lexmark Printer"

Thanks, you can post your /etc/fstap files. Thanks

I did a list in etc but I do not see any fstap files listed Here is that list
acpi gshadow- odbcinst.ini
adduser.conf gtk openoffice
adjtime gtk-2.0 opt
aliases hal pam.conf
alternatives hdparm.conf pam.d
anacrontab host.conf pango
apm hostname papersize
apt hosts passwd
at.deny hosts.allow passwd-
avahi hosts.deny pcmcia
bash.bashrc hp perl
bash_command_not_found iftab pmount.allow
bash_completion inetd.conf pnm2ppa.conf
bash_completion.d init.d popularity-contest.conf
belocs initramfs-tools power
blkid.tab inittab ppp
blkid.tab.old inputrc pppstatus
bluetooth iproute2 printcap
bonobo-activation irssi.conf profile
brlapi.key issue protocols
brltty issue.net pulse
brltty.conf java python
ca-certificates.conf java-6-sun python2.4
ca-certificates.conf.dpkg-old jvm python2.5
calendar jvm.d qt3
chatscripts kde3 rc0.d
console kernel-img.conf rc1.d
console-setup laptop-mode rc2.d
console-tools ldap rc3.d
cron.d ld.so.cache rc4.d
cron.daily ld.so.conf rc5.d
cron.hourly ld.so.conf.d rc6.d
cron.monthly ld.so.hwcappkgs rc.local
crontab lftp.conf rcS.d
cron.weekly libao.conf readahead
cups libgda reportbug.conf
dbus-1 libpaper.d resolvconf
debconf.conf locale.alias resolv.conf
debian_version localtime rmt
default logcheck rpc
defoma login.defs samba
deluser.conf login.defs.dpkg-old sane.d
devfs logrotate.conf scim
dhcp3 logrotate.d screenrc
dictionaries-common lsb-base scrollkeeper.conf
discover.conf lsb-base-logging.sh securetty
discover.conf-2.6 lsb-release security
discover.d ltrace.conf services
dpkg lvm sgml
emacs lvmtab shadow
environment magic shadow-
esound mailcap shells
event.d mailcap.order skel
evms.conf manpath.config sound
fdmount.conf mdadm ssh
festival.scm mediaprm ssl
ffserver.conf menu-methods sudoers
firefox mime.types sysctl.conf
fonts mke2fs.conf syslog.conf
foomatic modprobe.d terminfo
fstab modules timezone
fstab.pre-uuid modutils ucf.conf
gaim mono udev
gamin motd uniconf.conf
gconf motd.tail updatedb.conf
gdm mplayer update-notifier
GeoIP.conf.default mplayerplug-in.conf usplash.conf
ggi mplayerplug-in.types vim
gimp mtab vnc.conf
gnome mtab.fuselock w3m
gnome-app-install mysql wgetrc
gnome-system-tools nanorc wodim.conf
gnome-vfs-2.0 Net wpa_supplicant
gnome-vfs-mime-magic netscsid.conf wvdial.conf
gnopernicus-1.0 network X11
gre.d NetworkManager xdg
groff networks xml
group nsswitch.conf zsh_command_not_found
group- ODBCDataSources
gshadow odbc.ini

Sorry, the file name is /etc/fstab. Thanks

Here is what is in my fstab
.usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hdb2 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=a5526c96-40c2-41a4-b81c-afbd895421b7 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hdb5 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=a15dfc51-c61f-487e-ac68-07851f017d26 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
# Generated by Automatix
/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
## End of Automatix mounted partitions

When i type usfbs and press enter I am told that usbfs does not exist.

.usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0

The problem is this line, you must delete the "." before usbfs. Let me know. Thanks

The "." is not in the file when I view it
Here again is the fstab

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hdb2 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=a5526c96-40c2-41a4-b81c-afbd895421b7 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hdb5 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=a15dfc51-c61f-487e-ac68-07851f017d26 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
# Generated by Automatix
/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
## End of Automatix mounted partitions

Ok. When you try to install the printer you are using the Ubutnu Printer tool, right ??? You do: add new printer, after you choose the type of printer (usb), after you must click to the right down button "driver install" . After you are able to browser in the directory which containe your ppd file. Select it. Let me know thanks.

I had to install this driver on a friends PC and I encountered some problems which I solved and would like to document then here for future reference for any other people encountering a similar problem.

When I ran:
halimah@halimah-desktop:~$ cd /usr/lib/cups/backend
halimah@halimah-desktop:/usr/lib/cups/backend$ ./z600
direct z600:/dev/usb/lp0 "Lexmark Lexmark X1100 Series" "Lexmark Printer"
halimah@halimah-desktop:/usr/lib/cups/backend$

Which is what it should have been.

However when I sent the jobs, they went but nothing was happening with the printer although I had sent the drive to z600 from System>Administration>Printers. The printer manager suggested that perhaps the printer was not plugged in.

So when you go into the printer configuration you see the x1100 series on the side, click on it. and the following should read:

Dev URI: z600:/dev/usb/lp0

Make and Model: Lexmark Z600 v1.0-1

Set them to the default.

Originally they were set to x1100 specs which clearly did not work. Click on change and the info should come up for you to change it because that is where the collision is i.e you have a driver installed and the location of the device is not the right one, so it cannot print to the device
I apologise if it is long-winded. I hope it helps someone.

Queeniebee