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LEXMARK X7675 WIRELESS NOT PRINTING

Asked by JOHN D. JOHNSON III

HELLO I HAVE A LEXMARK X7675 WIRELESS PRINTER THAT IS NOT PRINTING ON MAVERICK EDITION OF UBUNTU IT IS SHOWING UP IN MY NETWORK AS A 7000 PRINTER, IT WAS PRINTING BEFORE UPDATE.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Kill the caps!! It's harder to read and looks like you are shouting. so DON'T

Lexmark do make linux drivers (Most likely 32bit ONLY) but should work:
http://support.lexmark.com/index?productCode=LEXMARK_X7675&page=driversdownloads&linkSelected=node2^subnode2&locale=EN&userlocale=EN_UK

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JOHN D. JOHNSON III (vw231982) said : 		#2

Sorry about the caps but I downloaded to drivers but I do not know where to go from there the system is not allowing me to open the file.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

What is the filename?

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JOHN D. JOHNSON III (vw231982) said : 		#4

archive://file%253A%252F%252F%252Fhome%252Fjohn%252FDownloads%252Flexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.tar.gz/lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

ok then run:

chmod +x ~/Downloads/lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.tar.gz/lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh; sudo ~/Downloads/lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.tar.gz/lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh

Should do it

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JOHN D. JOHNSON III (vw231982) said : 		#6

what is a root administrator password?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

There isn't one. You use YOUR password you log in with

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JOHN D. JOHNSON III (vw231982) said : 		#8

I tried and it said that it was an incorrect password.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

ok try:

sudo -i; ~/Downloads/lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.tar.gz/lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh

Should do it

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JOHN D. JOHNSON III (vw231982) said : 		#10

I am very confused what do I do with this link, I am not very good with these kind of things.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#11

just copy the code to a terminal, you will be asked for your login pas and it will work ok

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JOHN D. JOHNSON III (vw231982) said : 		#12

what is a terminal?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#13

Press CTRL+ALT+T
You have a terminal

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