How do I install drivers for a Lexmark X6675 Printer?

Question

I have a problem installing Lexmark X6675 driver on Precise and have problem.

The package has a blank line in Description field which wasn't a problem all the way up to Oneiric but it is a problem on Precise.

Extracting file: printdriver.te
Extracting file: lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb
Extracting file: launcher.c
Extracting file: launcher
Extracting file: lsbrowser
Extracting file: lsusbdevice
Using dpkg installation
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Execute: dpkg -i --force-architecture lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb > /tmp/selfgz11978/pkg/files/dpkg_msgs

dpkg: error processing lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb (--install):
 parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/control' near line 9 package 'lexmark-08z-series-driver':
 blank line in value of field 'Description'
Errors were encountered while processing:
 lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb
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Execute: rm lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb

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***** ERROR REPORT *****

Is there any way to work around it?

Answer 1

This is my solution with Lexmark x4650 driver. Adjust to your needs.

Please execute the commands one by one:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs xz-lzma
wget http://downloads.lexmark.com/downloads/cpd/lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.tar.gz -O lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.tar.gz
tar xzvf lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.tar.gz
./lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh --noexec --target lexmark
cd lexmark
tar xJvf instarchive_all
dpkg-deb -I lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb
mkdir raw-lexmark-archive
dpkg-deb --raw-extract lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb raw-lexmark-archive
sed -i "/^ $/d" raw-lexmark-archive/DEBIAN/control
cat raw-lexmark-archive/DEBIAN/control
dpkg-deb -b ./raw-lexmark-archive fixed-lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i fixed-lexmark-08z-series-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb

To remove the package run:

sudo dpkg -P lexmark-08z-series-driver:i386

all works, but when you go to add the ppd files, it's in /home/lexmark/raw-lexmark-archive/usr/local/lexmark/08zero/ect

For the x4650, choose lx36-46.ppd

Answer 2

Based on the answer above: Download http://www.mediafire.com/?yowom7gh6vg4fzl - Install and enjoy Used 1.0.4 version.

Note: Not sure about copyright, I waive any copyright claims, the software is copyrighted to Lexmark.