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installation of Lexmark 810 printer

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by jck

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I've now run into the issue with USB printers. I have a Lexmark 810 USB color inkjet.

I've tried following the installation directions on the lexmark website, but after installing the RPM the printer still was not operational. When I tried to build a driver, the 2 tools (gtkmm and sigc++) were not available at SourceForge.

I've tried using other install information, including a ppd file from a website, but Mandrake says that it is not a good ppd file.

Does anyone have install directions for making the Lexmark Z810 printer work...that actually work?

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by jaqui

printerdrake
pick the lexmark z810 from the list.
you may need to install the foomatic printer drivers database also.

gtkmm and sigc++ are both standard packages, included with the distro.

by jck

I could not find printerdrake. I tried installing several packages from the CDs and none had it. Looked across the disk (/usr/sbin, etc.) and could not find. Also tried implementing the CUPS Z810 available and would not work. Both PPDs I've found and tried did not help either. Also tried using Foomatic to get drivers and couldn't get things to work with CUPS.

Ended up taking parallel port HP712C off another computer, shut down linux box, hooked up printer, restarted, got error, rebooted, and Linux automatically installed the HP 712C with no issues and works perfect (with new ink cartridges).

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