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This is for Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger). This also works for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake).

It also applies to the Lexmark Z33.

Dependencies

You'll need to install alien and libstdc++5.

sudo apt-get install alien
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

Installation

1. Download the driver from lexmark's site (http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:389:0:0&emeaframe=&fileID=1242)

2. Run though the following commands:

tar -xvzf CJLZ35LE-CUPS-2.0-1.TAR.GZ # extract the driver.
tail -n +143 lexmarkz35-CUPS-2.0-1.gz.sh > install.tar.gz # the sh script is broken for newer systems.
tar -xvzf install.tar.gz # extract the contents produced by tail
sudo alien --to-deb *.rpm # convert unusable rpm packages to deb.
sudo dpkg -i *.deb # install the debs
sudo ldconfig # refresh ubuntu to see the new libraries
cd /usr/share/cups/model
sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z35-lxz35cj-cups.ppd.gz # unzip the ppd, which should _not_ be gzipped
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart # The driver is now installed. Restart the cups daemon.

3. Now we run:

/usr/lib/cups/backend/z35

You should see something like:

direct z35:/dev/usb/lp0 "Lexmark Inkjet color printer" "Lexmark Printer"

4. Now simply set up your printer using the new z35 driver. (ie: in GNOME: System->Administration->Printing). Choose the "Z35-v2.0-1" driver for your printer.

Issues

• - Printing Tool doesn't print the test page properly.

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