Oi,
I have uploaded lm1100-1.0-1mdk to the cooker which is a driver for the
Lexmark 1xxx printers. It is a filter which catches bitmap output from
GhostScript. I ask all owners of the appropriate printers to test it.
The tests I have done which showed me that this driver works under CUPS
without any problems:
1. Installed CUPS (Common Unix Printing System, new print spooler,
www.cups.org):
/cooker/RPMS/ghostscript-5.50-16mdk.i586.rpm
/cooker/RPMS/ghostscript-module-SVGALIB-5.50-16mdk.i586.rpm
/cooker/RPMS/ghostscript-module-X-5.50-16mdk.i586.rpm
/cooker/RPMS/cups-1.1.2-4mdk.i586.rpm
/cooker/RPMS/cups-drivers-0.3.6-4mdk.noarch.rpm
/cooker/RPMS/xpp-0.4-2mdk.i586.rpm
2. Installed Lexmark 1100 driver
/cooker/RPMS/lm1100-1.0-1mdk.i586.rpm
3. Entered the CUPS administration interface:
http://localhost:631/printers/
and clicked on "Add printer".
Chose "xxx" as printer name, nothing for location and discription,
"Disk file" as device, "file:/tmp/lm1100.prn" as URI, "LEXMARK" as
printer manufacturer and "Lexmark 1100" as printer.
4. Back on http://localhost:631/printers/ I clicked on the "Print
Test Page" button. After waiting a bit I had a /tmp/lm1100.prn
file.
5. To check whether this file would really lead to the correct
I started the Lexmark printer emulator script
lexmark2ppm.pl /tmp/lm1100.prn /tmp/lmtest
and displayed the /tmp/lmtest*.ppm files with xv. Please read
also /usr/share/doc/lm1100-1.0/README because the file will not
look like an original printout.
If someone has a real Lexmark 1100, he should choose the parallel port
as device in step 3 and look at the printout in step 5. I am also very
grateful if someone tests this driver under LPD.
What is also missing is the triggering of installation of extra driver
packages as this one if they are necessary.
Till
