Lexmark X5495 anyone ?
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From: scbs29 on 16 Oct 2009 12:59 has anyone had any success in using a Lexmark X5495 all-in-one under Linux ? My wife has an NEC Laptop running XP Home. Just out of interest I booted the laptop using a PCLos 2009 Live CD. I was impressed, it ran much faster off the live CD than did the installed XP Home ! The only thing was that I could not get her Lexmark X5495 to work. I successfully installed it using Configure Your Computer as a Lexmark 5000 series, but it would not print. When I tried to print I received the dialog stating that the print was being sent to the printer, and that was it. From what I have read I gather that there are problems with Lexmark printers, and I was wondering if anyone has had any success with this model. TIA -- Remove fred before email -- Registered Linux user 490858
From: Baron on 16 Oct 2009 15:55 scbs29 wrote: > has anyone had any success in using a Lexmark X5495 all-in-one under > Linux ? > My wife has an NEC Laptop running XP Home. Just out of interest I > booted the laptop using a PCLos 2009 Live CD. I was impressed, it ran > much faster off the live CD than did the installed XP Home ! The only > thing was that I could not get her Lexmark X5495 to work. I > successfully installed it using Configure Your Computer as a Lexmark > 5000 series, but it would not print. When I tried to print I received > the dialog stating that the print was being sent to the printer, and > that was it. From what I have read I gather that there are > problems with Lexmark printers, and I was wondering if anyone has had > any success with this model. > TIA > > -- Remove fred before email > > -- Registered Linux user 490858 Basically inkjet Lexi's are rubbish ! I've never got one to work under Linux. I use Samsung Laser printers. As tony would say "they're great !" -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: Neil Ellwood on 17 Oct 2009 04:46 On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:55:20 +0100, Baron wrote: > scbs29 wrote: > >> has anyone had any success in using a Lexmark X5495 all-in-one under >> Linux ? >> My wife has an NEC Laptop running XP Home. Just out of interest I >> booted the laptop using a PCLos 2009 Live CD. I was impressed, it ran >> much faster off the live CD than did the installed XP Home ! The only >> thing was that I could not get her Lexmark X5495 to work. I >> successfully installed it using Configure Your Computer as a Lexmark >> 5000 series, but it would not print. When I tried to print I received >> the dialog stating that the print was being sent to the printer, and >> that was it. From what I have read I gather that there are problems >> with Lexmark printers, and I was wondering if anyone has had any >> success with this model. >> TIA >> >> -- Remove fred before email >> >> -- Registered Linux user 490858 > > Basically inkjet Lexi's are rubbish ! I've never got one to work under > Linux. I use Samsung Laser printers. As tony would say "they're great > !" Also the X5495 isn't listed on the linux printing site -- Neil Reverse 'r and a' Delete 'l'
From: Folderol on 17 Oct 2009 05:48 On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:46:44 -0500 Neil Ellwood <cral.elllwood(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:55:20 +0100, Baron wrote: > > > scbs29 wrote: > > > >> has anyone had any success in using a Lexmark X5495 all-in-one under > >> Linux ? > >> My wife has an NEC Laptop running XP Home. Just out of interest I > >> booted the laptop using a PCLos 2009 Live CD. I was impressed, it ran > >> much faster off the live CD than did the installed XP Home ! The only > >> thing was that I could not get her Lexmark X5495 to work. I > >> successfully installed it using Configure Your Computer as a Lexmark > >> 5000 series, but it would not print. When I tried to print I received > >> the dialog stating that the print was being sent to the printer, and > >> that was it. From what I have read I gather that there are problems > >> with Lexmark printers, and I was wondering if anyone has had any > >> success with this model. > >> TIA > >> > >> -- Remove fred before email > >> > >> -- Registered Linux user 490858 > > > > Basically inkjet Lexi's are rubbish ! I've never got one to work under > > Linux. I use Samsung Laser printers. As tony would say "they're great > > !" > > Also the X5495 isn't listed on the linux printing site My suggestion (and I mean this quite seriously) is to sell the printer on to a Windows user, who only needs a printer for occasional use. In future avoid Lexmark like the plague. There is a good reason their products are in the {ahem} 'Economy' class :( -- Will J G
From: scbs29 on 18 Oct 2009 05:52
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:39:02 +0100, Paul Martin <pm(a)nowster.org.uk> wrote: >In article <20091017104814.007d0cc0(a)debian>, > Folderol wrote: > >> In future avoid Lexmark like the plague. There is a good reason their >> products are in the {ahem} 'Economy' class :( > >It's a useful general rule: the cheaper the printer, the more expensive >the refills work out. > >If you're only producing black-and-white material (eg. letters), a >monochrome laser printer will work out much cheaper to run (and many >talk PostScript). Thanks for the replies and advice. I thought that the only answer would be to replace the printer, so I will have to see what she decides. -- Remove fred before email -- Registered Linux user 490858 |