Lexmark Laser Printer
I have searched the SuSE Hardware database but cannot find mention of my Lexmark Optra R (4049-12R) Laser printer. I checked the Lexmark site and it mentions support for SuSE V6, I am presently using SuSE V7.3 (or trying to..being a newbie). This printer uses PCL5 & PostScript Level 2. Presently I use the Lexmark on a smal Windoze NT4 Lan, and will look to using Samba to print to the lexmark via the NT4 workstation. There is presently a scanner connected to the PC on parallel port, and the Lexmark connects to/through the scanner. So I am hoping some kind soul can advise me on these queries: 1. Is this particular printer supported in SuSE (7.3 or 8?) 2. What is the better way to go, print via Samba, or attach the printer direct to the PC running SuSE? 3. If printing via Samba and the NT4 workstation would the scanner interfere with the printing? (Under NT this arrangement works OK). Thanks for many valuable information that I have already read on this list. John John Blue, PO Box 542 Mawson ACT 2607 Australia email: jblue@bestpond.com Fax: +61 2 6291 1119 Thought for the day: Concerto (n): a fight between a piano and a pianist.
On Monday 22 April 2002 06:42, John Blue wrote:
I have searched the SuSE Hardware database but cannot find mention of my Lexmark Optra R (4049-12R) Laser printer. I checked the Lexmark site and it mentions support for SuSE V6, I am presently using SuSE V7.3 (or trying to..being a newbie). This printer uses PCL5 & PostScript Level 2.
A search on Google for "linux Lexmark Optra R" (without quotes) showed the driver for your printer for Linux as the very first result. Lexmark provides a Linux driver for the printer. That driver should work in 7.3, even if they only mention 7.0 and under SuSE's on the page. They're not up with the times, like most sites. As for your other questions... um... I dunno. ;-) Joe
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 02:42:51PM +1000, John Blue wrote:
I have searched the SuSE Hardware database but cannot find mention of my Lexmark Optra R (4049-12R) Laser printer. I checked the Lexmark site and it mentions support for SuSE V6, I am presently using SuSE V7.3 (or trying to..being a newbie). This printer uses PCL5 & PostScript Level 2.
1. Is this particular printer supported in SuSE (7.3 or 8?)
It should work very well if you print to it using Postscript, probably less well if you use PCL.
2. What is the better way to go, print via Samba, or attach the printer direct to the PC running SuSE?
I have a different model Lexmark (E322) and I have excellent printing results with it directly connected.
3. If printing via Samba and the NT4 workstation would the scanner interfere with the printing? (Under NT this arrangement works OK).
Not quite sure what you are asking here. Where is the scanner connected in this scenario? In general, I've had much better results printing native postscipt to a postscript printer than printing in any manner to PCL devices. It's easy to see why if you know that postscript is the native output from almost every linux program. To print to a PCL printer, the postscipt has to be converted by a print filter into PCL which sometimes works OK and sometimes not. While postscript printers are a little more expensive, I think they are well worth it if you use linux seriously. When I had a PCL only printer, I lost a lot of hair trying to get consistent print output from multiple programs. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ I can C for miles and miles Got spam? Get SPASTIC http://spastic.sourceforge.net
Hi Keith,
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 02:42:51PM +1000, John Blue wrote:
I have searched the SuSE Hardware database but cannot find mention of my Lexmark Optra R (4049-12R) Laser printer. I checked the Lexmark site and it mentions support for SuSE V6, I am presently using SuSE V7.3 (or trying to..being a newbie). This printer uses PCL5 & PostScript Level 2.
1. Is this particular printer supported in SuSE (7.3 or 8?)
It should work very well if you print to it using Postscript, probably less well if you use PCL.
Ok. Thanks, I will try that.
2. What is the better way to go, print via Samba, or attach the printer direct to the PC running SuSE?
I have a different model Lexmark (E322) and I have excellent printing results with it directly connected.
3. If printing via Samba and the NT4 workstation would the scanner interfere with the printing? (Under NT this arrangement works OK).
Not quite sure what you are asking here. Where is the scanner connected in this scenario? Sorry, this was in an earlier post. I have a scanner connected to my
I'll kep that in mind, I am not quite at the printer connect stage, still feeling my way. present NT4 workstation on the parallel port, and the Lexmark printyer connects to/through the scanner to the PC. So I was wondering if I had Samba running would I be able to print from the Linux machine through Samba to that printer (if still connected through the scanner on the NT4 PC)? It also raises the question, could I connect the scanner to the Linux PC, and the Lexmark printer through the scanner and have the printer work OK with Linux?
I am really looking to advice on the least complicated method of printing.
In general, I've had much better results printing native postscipt to a postscript printer than printing in any manner to PCL devices. It's easy to see why if you know that postscript is the native output from almost every linux program. To print to a PCL printer, the postscipt has to be converted by a print filter into PCL which sometimes works OK and sometimes not. While postscript printers are a little more expensive, I think they are well worth it if you use linux seriously. When I had a PCL only printer, I lost a lot of hair trying to get consistent print output from multiple programs.
Thank you for this information, I will bear it in mind when looking at printers in the future. Best wishes, John
Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ I can C for miles and miles Got spam? Get SPASTIC http://spastic.sourceforge.net
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On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:17:31PM +1000, John Blue wrote:
Not quite sure what you are asking here. Where is the scanner connected in this scenario? Sorry, this was in an earlier post. I have a scanner connected to my
Hi Keith, present NT4 workstation on the parallel port, and the Lexmark printyer connects to/through the scanner to the PC.
So I was wondering if I had Samba running would I be able to print from the Linux machine through Samba to that printer (if still connected through the scanner on the NT4 PC)?
In theory, if it prints on NT, it should print jobs sent to it from a Linux machine. I always prefer NOT to daisy chain parallel devices, it is a hack, some combinations work, other don't.
It also raises the question, could I connect the scanner to the Linux PC, and the Lexmark printer through the scanner and have the printer work OK with Linux?
Depending on the scanner, the sane package may work. Again, I'd rather install a second parallel port if you want them both on the same machine. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ I can C for miles and miles Got spam? Get SPASTIC http://spastic.sourceforge.net
On Monday 22 April 2002 10:14, Keith Winston wrote:
Depending on the scanner, the sane package may work. Again, I'd rather install a second parallel port if you want them both on the same machine.
Any advice on how to do that? Last time I tried to add a second parallel port I had no success getting it recognized. *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson@earthlink.net ***************************************************
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 03:04:27PM -0400, Bryan Tyson wrote:
Depending on the scanner, the sane package may work. Again, I'd rather install a second parallel port if you want them both on the same machine.
Any advice on how to do that? Last time I tried to add a second parallel port I had no success getting it recognized.
The last time I did it, which was a while ago, I bought an add-in parallel port card and configured it with a jumper to use IRQ 5. This was an ISA card, and it may not be so easy any more since most new PCs don't have any ISA slots. If not, you'd have to find a PCI parallel port card. If your printer is newer, it may also have the option to connect through USB. Mine has both parallel and USB ports. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ I can C for miles and miles Got spam? Get SPASTIC http://spastic.sourceforge.net
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