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worker201:
That would be a hack.  It might work for one system, and you might actually only think it's working when it actually isn't.  That's probably been done for just about everything.  But it isn't a long term popular solution.  So it usually doesn't get around.  Most Linux docs would still call it a problem.

pofnlice:
This looks encouraging...

http://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/sequentialem/home/0,6959,204816596_659668508_0_en,00.html

Here's the linux requirements list

Requirements
System Requirements  

   1. Linux Kernel 2.4x or higher
   2. GCC 3.2
   3. gtkmm version 2.0.2.4
   4. sigc ++ version 1.2.4
   5. make
   6. enscript
   7. magic
   8. Lexmark USB Scanner Device Driver (for Lexmark AIO Printers ONLY)

Hardware Requirements  

   1. P2 400 or equivalent
   2. 64 MB RAM
   3. 20 MB of Free HD space

Build Requirements  

   1. GCC compiler version 3.2
   2. CUPS development libraries
   3. SANE-Backend development libraries version 1.0.13

   

NOTE: LLPDDK has been built and validated on the following Linux releases: RedHat 8.0, RedHat 9.0, Mandrake 9.0, Mandrake 9.1, SuSE 8.1 and SuSE 8.2.
The Lexmark USB Scanner Device Driver package contains the open source codes and the Readme file.

pofnlice:
Shit...If I install magic, I loose my Ubuntu Desktop and gnome volume manager...will this be ok? Test time!

cymon:

--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---Lexmark sucks btw ;)

At least.. I don't have anything good to say about the POS Lexmark printer we got..

I think we could do with a printer + scanner ... Anyone got any recommendations? Obviously it needs to have drivers for GNU/Linux.. HP released free drivers for some of their printers, and their printers shouldn't be that bad, so I might go with one of them..
--- End quote ---


HP seems to be hit-or-miss, Every bit of HP equipment I've ever had never works right, including an HP Deskjet.

Annorax:
I have a Lexmark Z82 printer/scanner combo. It's a proprietary piece of shit that isn't even recognizable by real OSes, is not TWAIN compliant, uses a proprietary, licensed interface, and scans only through a steaming pile of un-Wine-able feces called SmarThru. Oh, and get this... they even charge the XP windroids extra for a version of the software that'll "run" on Shitdows. Is it obvious yet that the damn thing wouldn't even be in my home if I'd have had to pay for it?

It's going out back to be sledgehammered to oblivion just as soon as I get a respectable scanner... any ideas for more destructive ends for it?

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