Lexmark x5470 don't work with newest puppy

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barrygreseth
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Lexmark x5470 don't work with newest puppy

#1 Post by barrygreseth »

I can't get my Lexmark x5470 to work with the most current puppy release.It will recognize that it is a Lexmark 5400 series but thats where it stops.Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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rcrsn51
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#2 Post by rcrsn51 »

According to OpenPrinting.org, all the Lexmark x5000 printers are paperweights. And Puppy doesn't have a driver for anything close to this series. I think that you are out of luck.
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#3 Post by Patriot »

Hmmm ...

It is rather unfortunate that recent Lexmark printer models are not supported under Linux. From what I gathered, Lexmark has withdrawn their linux printer DDK quite some time ago and the few lexmark drivers that I've found are for outdated models.

The newer models are using a proprietary protocol which lexmark is not gonna tell anyone. I guess you'll just have to give your piece of mind to lexmark.

Rgds
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