Lexmark Printer Installation

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Lexmark Printer Installation

I have a lexmark T520 Black&white laser printer which workes flawlessly with a Windows PC.

I'd like to use it with my G5 PowerMac machine for larger print jobs, I have a HP inkjet connected just now but its too slow for the bigger runs. The printer has an ethernet port and I'v connected it to the mac via a D-Link ethernet switch.

I downloaded and installed the T520 Mac driver from the Lexmark website, it places a file called Lexmark T520.pkg in the system>library>receipts folder.

When I go to The Apple Print Setup Utility application and select add printer> Lexmark T520 - a dialogue appears stating '' Error: -5''

Any suggestions on why I cant install?

thanks for reading this.

Posted on Feb 18, 2010 8:14 AM

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Limnos

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Feb 18, 2010 8:21 AM in response to e45blue

It would be helpful to have information about your computer hardware and your operating system. If the driver you downloaded is:

http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&productCode=LEXMARKT520&actp=PRODUCT&id=DR18423&segment=DOWNLOAD&userlocale=ENUS&locale=en

that's for Snow Leopard operating system. You posted your question in the Tiger forums. I don't see a Tiger driver on their support site so it is possible there isn't one. I believe there are a set of drivers called the Gutenprint drivers, but I haven't really looked into those.

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Limnos

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Feb 18, 2010 8:44 AM in response to Limnos

It would also be nice to let us know you have posted this question elsewhere, so there isn't a lot of duplication of effort. I noticed this topic:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2341159&tstart=0

Edit:
After further searching I found this Tiger driver:

http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&actp=DDLIST&productCode=LEXMARK_T520&id=DR14610&os=MAC_OS_X_10_4_X&oslocale=en_US&segme nt=DOWNLOAD&userlocale=ENUS&locale=en

Is that the one you tried?

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e45blue Author

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Feb 19, 2010 6:18 AM in response to Limnos

yes thats the driver I installed.

I posted on the G5 discussion, but then saw this discussion which I thought more appropriate since it covers printing.

and yes its Tiger I have: OS 10-4-11

thanks

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BDAqua

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Feb 19, 2010 12:29 PM in response to e45blue

Might try these two...

Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US

Might try Printer Setup Repair 5.1...

http://www.fixamac.net/software/index.html

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BDAqua

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Feb 19, 2010 6:35 PM in response to e45blue

Not that it helps much, but did find the meaning of that -5 error...

SlpTypeErr = -5, /*invalid queue element*/

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e45blue Author

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Feb 21, 2010 2:40 PM in response to BDAqua

thanks BD

tried all of your suggestions but I still get the error message

Im not sure what this down loaded file does. I double clicked it and it went through the usual install procedure but what did this do-where are the drivers, how are they activated, apparently the Lexmark printers listed in Printer Utility I accessed are installed with the OS.

My confusion is based on installing Epson and HP printers where a software package installs drivers and printing utility software, also making the printer available in the print browser. The Lexmark drivers install as expected on my XP machine, but the Mac software seams to disappear after installing.

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BDAqua

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Feb 21, 2010 2:58 PM in response to e45blue

Just wondering, after installing did you repair permissions & reboot?

I'd get EasyFind...

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11076

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8707

Search your whole drive for files & folder, case insensitive, including invisibles, then sort on Date Modified to see where these files might be.

Oh, In Printer Setup Utility>Default Browser>More Printers, is there not some Lexmark in that top drop down menu?

How about Printer Setup Utility>IP Printer>Protocol?

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e45blue Author

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Feb 22, 2010 2:20 AM in response to BDAqua

Just wondering, after installing did you repair permissions & reboot?

yes I always repair permissions and a reboot

How about Printer Setup Utility>IP Printer>Protocol?

options are:
IPP
Line printer Daemon
HP Direct Jet -Socket

In Printer Setup Utility>Default Browser>More Printers, is there not some Lexmark in that top drop down menu?

nope- options are :
HP IP printing
Epson USBEpson Apple Talk
Epson Firewire
Epson TCP/IP

windows printing
Bluetooth
Apple talk

Search your whole drive:

when I use easy find it locate about 50 lexmatrk items all dated in 2005-presumably installed with the OS, the ones for T520 are:
Lexmark T520 SBE.gz
Lexmark T520 SBE.bom
Lexmark T520.gz
Lexmark T520.icns
there are located in: .library>receipts>lexmark>T520.pkg>contents>resources>english.lproj

thanks for your continued help

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BDAqua

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Feb 22, 2010 2:36 AM in response to e45blue

OK, I think you need to find the IP of the Printer, it likely has a Settings page you can print out, then set it up with IPP or LPD. Looks like Generic Postscript will work if nothing else.

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