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Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer - kissbaby3 - 03-16-2018
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)
Re: Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer - newtusmaximus - 03-16-2018
http://support.lexmark.com/index?pmv=print&page=content&productCode=&segment=SUPPORT&userlocale=EN_UK&id=RE108
http://www.openprinting.org/printers/manufacturer/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
Re: Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer - TheDead - 03-16-2018
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/installing-lexmark-printer-2600-series-on-linux/ )
The thing is, these are for Ubuntu 9 and 10... ye olde Linux, yarrr!
Re: Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer - kissbaby3 - 03-17-2018
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. ? ? ?
Re: Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer - kissbaby3 - 03-18-2018
(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.
Re: Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer - firenice03 - 03-18-2018
Sorry, a little late to the party...
From the Help Manual https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/hardware.html#printer
And if your Uncle is running 32bit LL
this link is called out:
http://support.lexmark.com/index?docLocale=en_US&page=content&segType=recommendedSegmentLINUX_UNIX&id=DR20523&locale=EN&userlocale=EN
Might be worth another shot...
Re: Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer - kissbaby3 - 03-18-2018
(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/hardware.html#printer
And if your Uncle is running 32bit LL
this link is called out:
http://support.lexmark.com/index?docLocale=en_US&page=content&segType=recommendedSegmentLINUX_UNIX&id=DR20523&locale=EN&userlocale=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 .
Re: Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer - supergamer - 03-19-2018
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-MG2522-All-in-One-Inkjet-Printer/108208974
Re: Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer - justme2 - 03-19-2018
(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/hardware.html#printer
And if your Uncle is running 32bit LL
this link is called out:
http://support.lexmark.com/index?docLocale=en_US&page=content&segType=recommendedSegmentLINUX_UNIX&id=DR20523&locale=EN&userlocale=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?
Re: Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer - trinidad - 03-19-2018
sudo su from the terminal then run.
TC