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Dell 720 printer (Lexmark z600) on debian / sarge


By dgtlmoon - Posted on 07 November 2006

OK So finally I decided to use the free printer that came with my Dell inspiron 2200 laptop after nearly 1.5 years of leaving it in it's original box it came in - mainly cause i know this is the kind of printer that is more expesnive to run (by the cost of the ink cartridge) than what the printer is worth

It registered as a USB device in /dev/usb/lp0 straight away but i was unable to configure it until a friend of mine mentioned that Dell generally rebadge other printers (usually lexmark), so this got me digging in the right direction, to find out that i needed the z600 linux driver

To save you the hassle i have converted lexmark's broken package for installation into two seperate sarge debian .deb files.

z600cups_1.0-2_i386.deb and z600llpddk_2.0-2_i386.deb

You will need to install them both,, as well as using all the correct current cupsys drivers (not lprng) I only got this to work by using the cups local web admin interface at http://localhost:631 , when it asked me for a driver i gave it the PPD file which should be located in /usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz once you have the above deb's installed.

I got an error of "client-error-bad-request" when i tried to setup the printer thru KDE, so thats why i had to use the localhost:631 method.

Make sure the following command executes as follows, this means the deb packages for the z600 series driver installed correctly..

dgtlmoon@seven:/usr/share/cups/model$ /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoz600
ERROR: rastertoz600 job-id user title copies options [file]
dgtlmoon@seven:/usr/share/cups/model$                        

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Thanks! After days of messing about, I was able to install my Dell 720 correctly! Your localhost:631 installation together with the PPD tip was what made it work.
after installing the deb files i tried setting up my dell printer but got an error message. i got it to work thou by adding my printer as the lexmark z600 series and the test page printed perfectly... thanks u guys ur awesome
Hey, Thank you 4 your help. I had the same problem with my Lexmark z605 printer but after your post now i'm ok. Thanx
Hi, this is only for your record. I've resolved my problem : I've deleted the lexmark printer given as default from Ubuntu7.10 Gutsy and added a new printer whose I have been asked for the ppd file. I've pointed to the directory where such a file was and all has gone fine. regards giocarra
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Hi, I used your suggestion for my lexmark X1100series ( mine is X1195) with Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty. Many thanks to you! Now I'm using the beta version of the new Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) which will be released on October,18 but so far I've not been able to make my printer running. Do you have tried any new way? Sorry for my bad English. Giorgio fronm Italy.
Oh MY GOD!!! SIMPLY AMAZING!!! New to the linux world have a lexmark x1270 all in one it would not work with ubuntu 7.04 feisty, but with your two debian files i just installed them, opened up new printer and printed test page. again thank you keep up the good work u r 1337 Timothy632@gmail.com