How to get the Lexmark X1270 fully working under linux

[s0l1dsnak3123]

Hi there - that's an easy question

1. click on the save icon at the top-left (a floppy disk if I remember it correctly) and choose a destination.
2. Open the file up in The Gimp.
3. File > Print

That should do it from memory

[hawkhock]

Much thanks -- am good to go -- God bless!
Georgi

[ColeenM]

Thanks, after a lot of other suggestions didn't work, I found your info and in 5 minutes had my Lexmark x1270 printing!

Hey there

Here is how I got my Lexmark X1270 working fully under linux (printer AND scanner).

Printer:

1. Unplug your Lexmark X1270 If it has been plugged in before, and make sure there is no record of it in System > Administration > Printing.
   
2. Download and install these two files:
   http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...1.0-2_i386.deb
   http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...2.0-2_i386.deb
3. Plug the printer back in, hardy should detect it has been inserted and give some info about using a "plaintext driver" or something. Click on the button in that notification balloon, it should search for drivers. Choose Lexmark in the list, then z600. Once you have completed the wizard, select the printer as the default, and print a test page, it should work!

Scanner

1. Download this: http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...ane.d/dll.conf, and this: http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...d/lexmark.conf, and copy (as root) to "/etc/sane.d/"
2. Download this: http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...200_USB1.1.drc, and copy to "/home/$USER/.sane/Xsane/". If "/home/$USER/.sane/Xsane/" doesn't exist, try opening xsane. It might actually scan at this point, but finish the tutorial anyway, because it improves picture quality.
3. Download these:
   http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...ane-lexmark.la
   http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr....so.1.0.19%20)
   http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...mark.so.1.0.19
   and copy (as root) to "/usr/lib/sane/"
4. Open up xsane and click scan! xsane does crash sometimes, but if this happens, simply reconnect the printer, and restart xsane.

(Taken from http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...soras/LexMark/, but adapted to be more user friendly.)

[s0l1dsnak3123]

You are very welcome

[hawkhock]

Hey there

Here is how I got my Lexmark X1270 working fully under linux (printer AND scanner).

Printer:

1. Unplug your Lexmark X1270 If it has been plugged in before, and make sure there is no record of it in System > Administration > Printing.
   
2. Download and install these two files:
   http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...1.0-2_i386.deb
   http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...2.0-2_i386.deb
3. Plug the printer back in, hardy should detect it has been inserted and give some info about using a "plaintext driver" or something. Click on the button in that notification balloon, it should search for drivers. Choose Lexmark in the list, then z600. Once you have completed the wizard, select the printer as the default, and print a test page, it should work!

Scanner

1. Download this: http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...ane.d/dll.conf, and this: http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...d/lexmark.conf, and copy (as root) to "/etc/sane.d/"
2. Download this: http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...200_USB1.1.drc, and copy to "/home/$USER/.sane/Xsane/". If "/home/$USER/.sane/Xsane/" doesn't exist, try opening xsane. It might actually scan at this point, but finish the tutorial anyway, because it improves picture quality.
3. Download these:
   http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...ane-lexmark.la
   http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr....so.1.0.19%20)
   http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...mark.so.1.0.19
   and copy (as root) to "/usr/lib/sane/"
4. Open up xsane and click scan! xsane does crash sometimes, but if this happens, simply reconnect the printer, and restart xsane.

(Taken from http://www.indexdata.com.br/Linux/Dr...soras/LexMark/, but adapted to be more user friendly.)

After installing my printer when I first started with Ubuntu, I never got around to the scanner instructions and would like to try them now. Since then I've downgraded from Intrepid to Hardy. I downloaded the scanner files noted above and they open in gedit.

Do I copy and paste the entire dll.conf gedit file to /etc/sane.d/?
Same for other files that open in gedit but to proper locations?
Should printer be unplugged while working on the scanner files?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[s0l1dsnak3123]

After installing my printer when I first started with Ubuntu, I never got around to the scanner instructions and would like to try them now. Since then I've downgraded from Intrepid to Hardy. I downloaded the scanner files noted above and they open in gedit.

Do I copy and paste the entire dll.conf gedit file to /etc/sane.d/?
Same for other files that open in gedit but to proper locations?
Should printer be unplugged while working on the scanner files?

Thanks in advance for your help.

The files need to be pasted in the directory, not the text inside them.

I hope that clears things up for you

[hawkhock]

The files need to be pasted in the directory, not the text inside them.

I hope that clears things up for you

Know this may sound dense - I downloaded the files into a folder. Do I just copy the file name, i.e. dll.conf, as listed? Or should I have downloaded the files to some other place, like my desktop?

My scanner works without the added files. Am being overly cautious for a reason. I just got done with a full reinstall because I royally screwed up my system with an attempt to install a .deb file that I later learned was not compatible with Hardy. Not anxious to do this again anytime soon.

Georgi

[s0l1dsnak3123]

Know this may sound dense - I downloaded the files into a folder. Do I just copy the file name, i.e. dll.conf, as listed? Or should I have downloaded the files to some other place, like my desktop?

My scanner works without the added files. Am being overly cautious for a reason. I just got done with a full reinstall because I royally screwed up my system with an attempt to install a .deb file that I later learned was not compatible with Hardy. Not anxious to do this again anytime soon.

Georgi

Not a problem, I can totally identify with that
Make sure that in the folder you copy to, they have the same filenames as listed.
Think most people (if not all) can identify with being overly cautious, and taking things slowly is always best if you don't want to screw things up

[hawkhock]

Thanks for your help. Before I tried anything, I checked and the files were already in place. Not sure why I didn't think of that in the first place. However, I've uninstalled/reinstalled my Lexmark many times and your instructions work beautifully each time. Many thanks.

[s0l1dsnak3123]

Thanks for your help. Before I tried anything, I checked and the files were already in place. Not sure why I didn't think of that in the first place. However, I've uninstalled/reinstalled my Lexmark many times and your instructions work beautifully each time. Many thanks.

You are more than welcome