There is no native support for the lexmark x 1270, however go to the Lexmark site and you will probably find a Suse Linux driver in an .rpm format which means that the file will auto install from KDE Konqueror File Manager
I can totally agree about HP Hardware - No matter what HP product you but for any O/S there will almost certainly be native support for HP. HP is highly committed to supply Linux drivers Scott Johannes Meixner wrote: > Hello, > > On Jun 13 11:54 jdd wrote (shortened): >> can somebody confirm than the Lexmark X1270 printer scanner copier >> works with 10.2? >> >> on linuxprinting.org it's said so, but only by user input. > > I assume linux-PRINTING only talks about printing. > > On > http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=lexmark&model=X1270 > the scanner is listed as unsupported. > > >> I need the scanner and the printer > > If you need an all-in-one device for Linux buy it from a > manufacturer who supports Linux. > > In particular regarding printers and all-in-one devices > I like HP very much because it is one of the few printer > manufacturers which do really support Linux, see > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ > > Carefully check > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/index.html > in particular > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/unsupported.html > > It is crucial to have exact model names because small differences > in model names can make big differences regarding support status. > E.g. LaserJet 1018 and 1020 are not supported by newest HPLIP > but LaserJet 1015 and 1022 are supported even by old HPLIP > and Color LaserJet 2600 is not supported by newest HPLIP > but Color LaserJet 2500 is supported even by old HPLIP and > Color LaserJet 2605 is PostScript and doesn't require HPLIP at all. > > Similar with scanners: > HP stand-alone scanners are not very well supported, see > http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=hp > in contrast to scanners in HP all-in-one devices, see > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/index.html > > > By the way: > Regarding plain printers from Lexmark there is a big difference > if a Lexmark inkjet printer or a laser printer is used, see > http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/Database/LinuxSupportByPrinterVendors > "Lexmark Optra Division" versus "Lexmark JetPrinters". > > > Kind Regards > Johannes Meixner
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