[ILUG] dell all-in-one a940 on linux?

Breno Gomes brenogomes at iolfree.ie
Mon Mar 7 19:43:32 GMT 2005


Hi,

I am trying to configure a Dell All-in-One A940 for Linux.
All functions work as expected on Windows.

The environment is:
* SuSE Professional 9.0
* kernel 2.4.21-273
* KDE 3.1.4
* cups-1.1.19-100
* USB printer on /dev/usb/lp0

According to linuxprinting.org, cups.org, easysw.com and Google, Dell 
A940 is a rebranded Lexmark printer. There are discrepancies regarding 
the base model: Z600, Z615, X5150 and X6170.

The websites do not offer any PPD.
easysw.com lists the printer as unsupported.

Apparently the integrated scanner is not supported - sane-project.org

cups shows "Printer State: idle, accepting jobs"
The printer does not react to any command.

The print test page does not output anything, but the result is annoying
"completed at Sun Mar 6 19:53:17 2005"

No lucky with KDEPrint as well.

Has anyone successfully configured it? What is the correct PPD? Where 
can I find it? Is there any way to use the scanner?

I may be overlooking or missing something.
All suggestions are welcomed.

Thanks in advance.

Breno



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