How do I get Ubuntu to work with a LexMark x125 printer?


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How do I get Ubuntu to work with a LexMark x125 printer?

I have recently installed Ubuntu on a system that had previously had Windows XP on it.

This is a summary of the hardware:

Processor: Intel ® Celeron CPU 1200 MHz

Memory 243.8 MiB

Available Disk Space 101.6 GiB

Ubuntu has been successfully installed and I am using this OS to type this issue. The Printer I have is connected via a USB port. When I plugged in this printer, Ubuntu recognized it. I have yet to successfully print a Test Page, though.

I have already tried a couple of suggestions I have found after searching online:

http://ubuntu.forums.org/showthread.php?t=230496

http://ubuntu.forums.org/showthread.php?t=107987

These instructions do not work and some of the suggestions do not make any sense. The Lexmark x125 is connected via a USB port, so why does the instructions suggest to connect as a Network Printer? Also the print driver is a .pdd file and no such file exists in the zipped files that are suggested to be downloaded.

I continued to search and I found a PDD file that I thought might work:

http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Lexmark/Lexmark-X125

This page contains a link to a PDD file which I downloaded and used in the setup configuration for the printer. But, after doing this, I was still unable to print a test page.

I know that my Ubuntu Operating System recognizes my Lexmark x125 printer. I know this because when I bring up the window, "Printer Properties -'x125' on localhost" there is a line of text that reads "Printer State: Idle" and when I pull the cable that connects the printer to the computer out of the printer, this line of text changes and reads "Printer State: Stopped -Unplugged or turned off". So I know that Ubuntu "sees" my printer. So why cannot I print something?

Please help. Please tell me what more information you need and how to get it.

According to the Lexmark support web site, there are no official drivers for this printer for Ubuntu and I should go back to Windows XP. (I am missing one of the system restore CD's and Sony no longer sells them which is why I am in this current situation.)

http://support.lexmark.com/index?locale=en&segment=DOWNLOAD&startover=y&userlocale=EN_UK&question=what+drivers+are+available+for+x125&productCode=LEXMARK_X125&page=answers&detectedProductFacet=CMS-CATEGORY_REF.LEXMARK.PRODUCTS.ALLINONE.LEXMARK_X125&searchid=1280899505683#1

Does this mean you ar going to let Microsoft win? Does this mean you are going to sit there and allow Linux to be beaten by Microsoft?!

http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h292/Athono/?action=view?t=Screenshot.png

Shows how I can Diagnose the problem.

Does this mean anything to you:

Screenshot-1-1.png

This window mentions the CUPS scheduler that you mention:

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h292/Athono/Screenshot-2-1.png

And, finally, I got this output:

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h292/Athono/Screenshot-3.png

This text is too long to post here, but you can see it here:

http://www.gelsana.com/troubleshoot.html

Is there something I should look for?

Does this mean you are going to sit there and allow Linux to be beaten by Microsoft?!

You do realize that linux has never been in the big fight with Microsoft right?

Anyway. I had a similar problem recently with an older computer and a wireless usb adapter. It said it was loaded and working but it didn't work. Got tired of messing around so reinstalled XP and haven't looked back.

Linux is a lame duck. Always has been and always will be ( for a desktop solution)

You do realize that linux has never been in the big fight with Microsoft right?

Anyway. I had a similar problem recently with an older computer and a wireless usb adapter. It said it was loaded and working but it didn't work. Got tired of messing around so reinstalled XP and haven't looked back.

Linux is a lame duck. Always has been and always will be ( for a desktop solution)

So Linux didn't hold your hand and do all the work for you, so it's a "lame duck"?

You could have gotten the driver installed had you put in some effort

As to the OP's printer issues, this is one of the reasons I stay away from Lexmark completely

You do realize that linux has never been in the big fight with Microsoft right?

Anyway. I had a similar problem recently with an older computer and a wireless usb adapter. It said it was loaded and working but it didn't work. Got tired of messing around so reinstalled XP and haven't looked back.

Linux is a lame duck. Always has been and always will be ( for a desktop solution)

No, your the lame duck for just giving up because Linux didnt wipe your arse.

No, your the lame duck for just giving up because Linux didnt wipe your arse.

You mean "you're" not "your". You could also say "you are".

But let's get back on topic.

If I gon't get the printer working, should I go back to windows XP?

And I was just starting to have fun with Ubuntu.

So Linux didn't hold your hand and do all the work for you, so it's a "lame duck"?

You could have gotten the driver installed had you put in some effort

As to the OP's printer issues, this is one of the reasons I stay away from Lexmark completely

I think it is not possible, even with a lot of effort, to get the Lexmark x125 printer to work with Ubuntu.

I do not have the money to go out and buy a new printer now.

All the enthusiastic encouragement from Linux fans for me to install Ubuntu, then Lucid Puppy, the Ubuntu again, also ensured me that I could get my Lexmark printer going. They were wrong

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