Lexmark x125 Driving Me Nuts!

gmcle454 · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 5:55 am Post subject: Lexmark x125 Driving Me Nuts!

I"M GOING NUTS! I've tried everything in the forums for my printer, and nothing has worked. I'm probably doing something stupid that would be obvious if I had been using linux for more than 3 months. I am loving gentoo and linux, but need to be able to print too. I've read and tried just about everything I can find in the forums and nothing has worked.

I followed the instructions to the letter on the cups set-up documentation. but can't even print a test page. I've tried editing the source for cups and recompiled it, as suggested here.

I also have the location set to /dev/null as explained in the Lexmark x125 listing at Linux Printing.org

Here's the specs:
- Lexmark x125 usb printer.
- When I try to print a test pagee, the job is aborted and a client-error-not-possible error ensues.
- Samba is set up and working well.
- I've emerged ghost=script, gimp-print, foomatic, and cups (obviously)

Is there any way to get this printer working? What other information do I need to post here?
Any help is GREATLY appreciated!
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gmcle454 · Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 9:52 pm Post subject:

UPDATE: I found a thread that had a problem with the printers.conf file in which the device was set up by cups as /dev/usblp0 when it should have been /dev/usb/lp0.

I changed that and now the printer prints a single pass of the test page then crashes. Still not working correctly, but this is a MAJOR improvement. At least the computer is finally comunicating with the printer.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:05 pm Post subject:

gmcle454,

What do you have in yourACCEPT_KEYWORDS ?
If ~x86 is not included you may get a later version of CUPS, foomatic and the foomatic database by using it for these three packages.
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gmcle454 · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 2:53 am Post subject:

Thanks SO MUCH for the reply, I am using ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" when I emerge just about everything.

I'm thinking about trying to put the printer on a print-server and pop it on the network as a stand-alone device. Is this a good idea?
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 5:31 pm Post subject:

gmcle454,

The printer has to be connected directly to the PC thats driving it according to one of the links you posted, that rules out a linux print server.

Are you useing the latest available driver from the web tather than one you may have goy from an emerge - they may be the same but its work a check.
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gmcle454 · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:01 pm Post subject:

I've tried both the recomended driver and one generated by the linux printing site.
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gmcle454 · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:55 am Post subject:

I tried using a Windows-administered printserver today, but cups still crashed. So that leaves me thinking that I have definately have a software problem, rather than a printer problem. Process of elemination--that's one more option out of the mix.
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gmcle454 · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 10:16 pm Post subject:

I unmerged everything that had to do with printing because I had emerged them with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~X86" and re-emerged it without using the keywords. That didn't work. The printer still spits out one line of the test page and then quits printing. this is the same behavior as with the keywords accepted.

I tried the gnome-cups-manager and it crashes right after sending a test page to the printer.

What could be the culprit?
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gmcle454 · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 8:08 pm Post subject:

This is weird: I can't print a test page, but I can print from openoffice. But after a document prints, cups doesn't realize that it has printed anything and stops the printer but leaves the job in as pending.
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gmcle454 · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:59 pm Post subject:

ADMITING DEFEAT

GIVING UP

DESTROYING LEXMARK X125

STILL DESTROYING LEXMARK X125 :evil:

STILL DESTROYING LEXMARK X125 :twisted:

STILL DESTROYING LEXMARK X125

DESTROYED LEXMARK X125 :lol:

BOUGHT NEW PRINTER

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