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

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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
> 
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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 !"

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                     Baron.

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



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On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:46:44 -0500
Neil Ellwood  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 :(

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In article <20091017104814.007d0cc0@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).

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Paul Martin

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:39:02 +0100, Paul Martin 
wrote:

>In article <20091017104814.007d0cc0@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.

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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

Have you tried the Z55 driver:

http://www.tonydu.com/?p=93

it works for the x5150 so maybe for your printer also.

H

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:29:52 +0100, NMR User  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
>
>Have you tried the Z55 driver:
>
>http://www.tonydu.com/?p=93
>
>it works for the x5150 so maybe for your printer also.
>
>H

Thanks for the advice.
I will try it as soon as I get chance.

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