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Hello all. Dave the Newbie here again with another question. Does anyone know how to make a Lexmark x2470 printer work in Ubuntu? When I try to set it up ...
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    Lexmark x2430 printer

    Hello all. Dave the Newbie here again with another question. Does anyone know how to make a Lexmark x2470 printer work in Ubuntu? When I try to set it up and print out a test page, it gives me a 'client-error-document-format-not-supported' error. Also, when I run the troubleshooting routine, this is the report:

    Page 1 (Choose printer):
    {'cups_dest': <cups.Dest object at 0x86fc8a0>,
    'cups_instance': None,
    'cups_queue': '_2400_Series',
    'cups_queue_listed': True}
    Page 2 (Check printer sanity):
    {'cups_device_uri_scheme': u'usb',
    'cups_printer_dict': {'device-uri': u'usb://Lexmark/%202400%20Series',
    'printer-info': u'Lexmark 2400 Series',
    'printer-is-shared': True,
    'printer-location': u'',
    'printer-make-and-model': u'Generic text-only printer',
    'printer-state': 3,
    'printer-state-message': u'',
    'printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
    'printer-type': 135172,
    'printer-uri-supported': u'ipp://localhost:631/printers/_2400_Series'},
    'is_cups_class': False}
    Page 3 (Printer state reasons):
    {'printer-state-message': '', 'printer-state-reasons': 'none'}
    Page 4 (Print test page):
    {'test_page_attempted': True,
    'test_page_job_status': [],
    'test_page_successful': False}
    Page 5 (Printer state reasons):
    {'printer-state-message': '', 'printer-state-reasons': 'none'}

    Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

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    According to OpenPrinting.org, all the printers in the x24xx series are "paperweights":

    OpenPrinting database - All Lexmark Printers

    Maybe someone will show up here with some better news for you. Otherwise, you might be able to use some of the other Lexmark drivers, or write your own PPD file using some of the working PPD files for other Lexmarks as go by examples.
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    Well, that's what I figured, but it was worth a shot. Thanks anyway.

    Dave.

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