Public bug reported:
I recently installed my Lexmark E120n (E120 with a network interface in
addition to the USB) on Maverick. Unfortunately, printing didn't work, neither
via USB nor via ethernet. The problem manifests itself in the printer starting
to roll the drum, but never actually feeding the paper from the feed. Upgrading
to Natty didn't help, neither did the driver from openprinting.org; yet I'm
fairly certain it worked out-of-the-box in prior versions of Ubuntu. It really
seems to be due to an incorrect PPD file, created by PPD-O-MATIC.
The problem, and a solution which worked for me as well, have been described
here (props to user ChiVampir):
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/problems-with-lexmark-e120n-printer-after-installing-ubuntu-10-10-a-837428/
TL;DR: replace the contents of the file /etc/cups/ppd/Lexmark-E120n.ppd by the
one attached to this bug (which was seemingly written by Lexmark themselves,
judging from the copyright notice). Ubuntu should be distributed with the
latter from the start, or a working alternative.
Even though I already had a solution, I decided to report this bug
since, firstly, it took me some time to find the correct solution (and
one needs to have a linuxquestions.org account to access the file), and
secondly, I think that Ubuntu should be as flawless an experience as
possible _especially_ in the regime of printing (for which Linux has
some notoriety), and this is a showstopper. Apparently not too many
people are keen on testing different printer models - well, here you go.
One down, N-1 more to go.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: cups 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog: W [26/Jun/2011:22:37:20 +0200] Bad resolution "PrinterS" for
printer Lexmark-E120n.
Date: Sun Jun 26 22:53:52 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
Lpstat:
device for Canon-C5051i: lpd://130.237.111.131/PASSTHRU
device for LaserJet-CB-KTH: socket://130.237.224.10:9100
device for Lexmark-E120n: socket://192.168.0.104:9100
Lsusb:
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Packard Bell DOT SE
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
LaserJet-CB-KTH: HP LaserJet 4350 Postscript (recommended)
/etc/cups/ppd/Lexmark-E120n.ppd:*NickName: "Lexmark E120n"
Canon-C5051i: Canon iR-ADV C5045/5051 UFR II ver.2.2
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-20 (6 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/07/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Packard Bell
dmi.bios.version: V3.08(DDR3)
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: SJE02_PT
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: V3.08(DDR3)
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell
dmi.chassis.version: V3.08(DDR3)
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnPackardBell:bvrV3.08(DDR3):bd10/07/2010:svnPackardBell:pnDOTSE:pvrV3.08(DDR3):rvnAcer:rnSJE02_PT:rvrV3.08(DDR3):cvnPackardBell:ct10:cvrV3.08(DDR3):
dmi.product.name: DOT SE
dmi.product.version: V3.08(DDR3)
dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell
** Affects: cups (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity
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PPD-O-MATIC'ally generated driver for Lexmark E120/E120n not working
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