The Lexmark x1200 is decently priced all in one printer, copier and scanner, however when it comes to use it with your Ubuntu PC it could prove to be a nightmare, as unfortunately Ubuntu’s kernel doesn’t quite support printing for this machine. While Xsane connects merrily and scans with no fuss or additional configuration, printing off this machine does require some elbow grease.
Configuring Ubuntu to print on the Lexmark x1200
1. The first step is to acquire the two packages, z600llpddk-2.0.deb and z600cups-1.0.deb, that contain the proper driver for the Lexmark x1200, you can download them here:
2. Double click on the downloaded files and install them via the Gdebi package installer
3. Open a terminal and type
sudo ldconfig
cd /usr/share/cups/model
sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz
4. Now we need to install libstdc++5 which is required for these drivers to operate
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5
5. Restart your computer
6. Once you have restarted your computer go to System >> Administration >> Printing and select ‘Add new printer’
7. Select the Lexmark z600 driver from the list
Your printer is now installed.
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Tags: Configuration, Drivers, Hardware, Packages, Software
