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my Uncle had this old PC , a dell , 10 years old, used to be a windows XP home, well i installed linux lite 3,8.
its old , it runs slow , its a 32bit desktop. runs good .
he is buying a new PC and Printer. interestingly enough my old Uncle is using linux just fine(with my help) ha ha .
now the challenge is to get his lexmark X2350 to work , at least print stuff, its a "all-in-one" printer , (scans and prints) .
i know its a paper weight , i like to see if i can get it to work .
i know back in the day , dells printers was a re branded lexmark printer.
is there a way to maybe get his printer to work ?. maybe a driver for it ?.

i say thanks to all those who reply and help, i know printers are a pain.
but ohhhhhh the challenge .  8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
http://support.lexmark.com/index?pmv=pri...K&id=RE108

http://www.openprinting.org/printers/man...er/Lexmark



Just boot the linux pc up with the printer plugged in  switched on and see if it registers.   

menu/system/system information/Devices/printers/  The printer should be listed  and click listing.

Any problems, let us know.  Good luck

A really really long shot.
Heres a forum related to the X2650 but point to a driver that cold be generic if newtusmaximus's info does not work.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=241863


(another here https://lembra.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/...-on-linux/ )


The thing is, these are for Ubuntu 9 and 10... ye olde Linux, yarrr!

i want to say thank you, hugs to all,  :-* .
i will let you know if this worked or not, the next time i am over at my Uncles house .
i hope the ideas given will work, i will keep you posted. ? ? ?
(03-17-2018, 08:10 PM)kissbaby3 link Wrote: [ -> ]i want to say thank you, hugs to all,  :-* .
i will let you know if this worked or not, the next time i am over at my Uncles house .
i hope the ideas given will work, i will keep you posted. ? ? ?

UPDATE: 3-18-18.

no luck on my Uncle printer, its still a paper weight , but i learned something from it all, things i needed to learn, i had fun, and i say thank you to two people "TheDead" and "newtusmaximus" .

i believe i am done with his printer, ha ha , it is really old. and he is going to buy a new set up, when he can find the time. he can come to my house for printing needs for now.
Sorry, a little late to the party...


From the Help Manual https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/hardw...ml#printer
And if your Uncle is running 32bit LL
this link is called out:
http://support.lexmark.com/index?docLoca...rlocale=EN


Might be worth another shot...
(03-18-2018, 11:30 PM)firenice03 link Wrote: [ -> ]Sorry, a little late to the party...


From the Help Manual https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/hardw...ml#printer
And if your Uncle is running 32bit LL
this link is called out:
http://support.lexmark.com/index?docLoca...rlocale=EN


Might be worth another shot...

it is listed as not supported, its ok, i learned more about how the terminal works , i like using the terminal , learning is fun. he will come to my house if he needs too, plus i get to see my uncle more, family is everything. hugs . soooooo, what cheap "All-in-one" should he buy ?. not a lexmark, they are now or soon to be out of business any ways .
I just setup my Father on a cheap all in one. All I had to do was plug it in and change over from another printer and make this one default and delete the other one after we tested it out.


https://www.walmart.com/ip/Canon-PIXMA-M.../108208974
(03-18-2018, 11:30 PM)firenice03 link Wrote: [ -> ]Sorry, a little late to the party...


From the Help Manual https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/hardw...ml#printer
And if your Uncle is running 32bit LL
this link is called out:
http://support.lexmark.com/index?docLoca...rlocale=EN


Might be worth another shot...

Hope its not considered thread highjacking but I downloaded the linux driver archive from the Lexmark link above.I was able to extract the .deb.sh installer but on running it, it asks for the root password - admin password is not accepted. Has anyone succeeded in installing this driver and if so how?
sudo su from the terminal then run.

TC
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