kde-head Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 there doesnt appear to be a driver for the lexmark 5150 in mandrake 10 community. Its a combo fax, scanner , printer with a connection via usb. Did a quick google around , and there's very little info on linux drivers for it. Mandrake 10 does support the 5000 and 5700 series , but i tried both drivers, and nothing much happened. Any ideas - or should i sell the printer and get something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 For me Google found only people who couldn't get the thing working so I'm afraid it won't work with Linux. If you sell it, buy a HP all-in-one. They have good support and should work out of the box: printing, scanning copying. (at least mine did :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kde-head Posted July 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 (edited) For me Google found only people who couldn't get the thing working so I'm afraid it won't work with Linux. If you sell it, buy a HP all-in-one. They have good support and should work out of the box: printing, scanning copying. (at least mine did :) ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yeah - same thing here. noticed a lot people recommending HP and Canon stuff. Good to hear that you've got an all-in-one hp printer. What's the model and make of it? the system in question in my uncles (one more added to the Linux userbase!!!) - installed Mandrake 10 on it 2 weeks ago. At least i can try to persuade him to ditch the lexmark on ebay and get a hp all in one instead. doubtful if he'll go back to windoze - he's just "amazed" at the stability and that "it just doesnt crash"..... Edited July 25, 2004 by kde-head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 I got the OfficeJet G55. I doubt if they are still selling that model but newer ones should work just as well. http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer....P-OfficeJet_G55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durvish Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 I have the PSC 2510 HP All-in-One and it works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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