I had the same conversation with Lexmark about a year ago. However, I recall reading a post in this list re: someone who had hacked a driver. My solution was to give the printer to my kids (win-machine) and buy a Canon BJC-610 - that I found was compatible via the supported hardware page. Let the buyer beware. I had a conversation with a dealer, and he assured me that Lexmark supports Linux... I repeat, Let the buyer beware :~{ ----- Original Message ----- From: John Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 9:27 AM Subject: Lexmark is less than helpful : <
> > > This is a reply I received in response to a request for Linux drivers for the > Colour Inkjet 3200 printer from Lexmark. I guess I should have checked printer > compatibility a bit better before I bought it : ( > > > In reference to your e-mail of 25/05/99, unfortunatly at present we do not have > the drivers to work with Linux and have no plans to introduce it in the near > future. If there is any move to introduce a range of drivers for Linux, we will > inform all customers. > > If any othrer problems arise with your printer you can contact our technical > support line on 01812801701, Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30 pm. > > Best regards, > > > I especially like the 'Best regards,' bit. Rather Ironic, I think. On a related > note, does any one have any experience with attempting to get this printer to > work from Linux? I'd have thought that 'a printer was a printer, was a printer' > But apparently not. I am not a programmer/hacker type, just an ex-Windows user > who is trying to move to something better. I have WindowsNT on a 2G partition, > while I learn the ropes of Linux. I hope to re-format that partition within the > year, though. I don't want to see what happens with WindowsNT come Y2K. Thanks > again for all your help in the past, and all the help I'm sure you will continue > to provide in the future. > > Cheers, > > John Gay > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >