Lexmark printer compatibility

I've got an old Lexmark X83, 3 in 1 printer that I see no reason to trash as it works reasonably well with my old iMac. However, I can't get it to print out anything with my brand new IMAC. (Mind you, this doesn't surprise me in the least, since the computer industry is a past master in immediate obsolesence.) Any useful tips? I have tried downloading the world and his wife off the Lexmark site but (of course) no joy.
The nice thing about it is that if I buy a new printer, I shan't be able to install it until the man comes along to replace the disc drive, in which is still stuck one of my cds. Incidentally it cost me half an hour on the phone to Apple's hotline at god knows how many euros per second. Nice man, but nowhere near as imaginative as all you guys out there in the solutions he put forward. In fact one might describe the experience as an utter waste of time. Hotlines are a licence to print money. The guy that first invented them should get at least a Nobel prize for economics, before being strung up, preferably using phone wire, preferably by his ears, and being forced to listen to hotline menus (press one, press two plus the mandatory Vivaldi) until death ensues. *******.

There are no Tiger or Intel compatible printer drivers for your model neither from Lexmark nor from GutenPrint. I don't see a way to use the printer without a proper printer driver. Lexmark's OS X drivers end with 10.3.
If you wish to experiment you could download and install the 10.3 driver. However, it isn't a universal binary so in order to get it to work on an Intel Mac you need to force the Printer Setup Utility to open with Rosetta (and leave it that way.) To do that simply select the PSU application and press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. Check the box labeled 'Open with Rosetta.' Close the window, launch PSU and install the printer. No guarantee this will work because the driver isn't verified as compatible with Tiger.

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I am trying to get my Lexmark X2350 (an all-in-one device) to talk with my iMac, but cannot locate the exact driver(s), either at the Lexmark url or Apples. Is there another source for a driver for this printer, or can I use another series driver to get it to work? I hate to pitch the printer since it only abt 1 yr old and I really don't require anything heftier.
Any tips appreciated, Thanks.
Harry

I have searched all the Linux/Unix forums and cannot locate any Mac drivers for this printer. I know you don't want to ditch the printer but unfortunately I think that might be your only solution. Without the drivers you can't utilized the scanner portion of the machine. One option if you don't scan much stuff would be to attach it to a windows machine and set it up as a shared network printer. Sorry.

Bought a new computer running windows 8.1 and it will not allow me to install all in one lexmark printer.

I have this lexmark printer running on 3 other computer, windows 7 and windows xp, but in 8.1 I get a message saying incompatable. What is really going on?

Hi,
You can also check the compability printers of Lexmark in following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/CompatCenter/ProductViewerWithDefaultFilters?TempOsid=Windows%208.1&Locale=en-us&Architecture=X64&TextSearch=%2Blexmark%2Bprinter%2B&Type=Both&CurrentPage=0&TotalPages=1&ShowCriteria=0&SortCriteria=Relevance&Compatibility=Unknown&LastRequested=14
If your printer is not compatible with Windows 8.1, you can try to install the driver in Windows 8.1 compatible mode, otherwise, you have to contact the manufacturer to ask for the update driver for Windows 8.1.
Get your apps and devices working in Windows 8.1
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-HK/windows-8/get-apps-devices-working‎
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Lexmark Printer

I have a lexmark z 605 that I am trying to get to connect with airport express. I've had airport for a while and can receive internet and music connections. However, I cannot get the printer and airport to corporate.
I've gone into systems preferences (on Mac OS X 10.3) and enabled printer sharing on the sharing folder.
I've also gone into printers to check that the printer is default, which it is. I can connect the print cable directly to the computer and it works.
I also went into Airport Express utility and the printer I have is listed under: Utility> Configure> Base Station> Airport> Base Station Options> USB Printer
Hopefully that makes sense. Does anyone know anything else I can do to make this work? Thanks!

Unfortunately, not all USB printers are compatible with AirPort base stations. A quick look at the iFelix Unofficial AirPort Printer Compatibility List doesn't show this particular Lexmark model. This doesn't necessarily mean it won't work, but simply that it has not been verified.

I am trying to print from my iphone to my LEXMARK printer. When I select the select printer option when trying to set it up, it does not find my printer??? i dont know what to do at this point. Maybe it does not have the capability? it is a year old???

Hello! I am trying to print from my iphone 4 to my LEXMARK printer. When trying to select my printer in my phone it comes up and says that there are no printers available... I dont know what to do at this point. Can someone PLEASE HELP???
I also cant get my music I have purchased, to become my ringtone???????
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How can I print an email from my ipad via my Lexmark printer?

How can I print my emails from my ipad with my Lexmark printer?. I can print photos & web pages.

Hi there Lindlylou!
I have an article here that can explain a little more about the feature you are referencing, called AirPrint:
AirPrint Basics
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4356
That article will contain information about which printers are AirPrint compatible, as well as information about how to use AirPrint on your iPad. Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden

How can I get the Microsoft enhanced Point and Print compatibility driver installed on Win7 LC master?

We recently migrated from a Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 print server. When recomposing a linked clone pool with the old 2003 server, drivers were taken care of for the printer when the user printed for the first time after desktop recompose. With 2012, any printer using the Point and Print driver doesn't seem to obtain the driver again from the 2012 server. All of our clients are running Windows 7 which means the Microsoft enhanced Point and Print compatibility driver is not installed in the OS natively.
I apparently need to figure out a way to get this installed on the host image so it trickles down to snapshots when recomposing the linked clone pool but I haven't been able to dig much information on doing this. Does anyone out there have any insight on how to accomplish this? If I recompose a pool now for a user who is using a new Point and Print driver, they get the following message that is resolved by removing the printer from their account and re-adding it:
"The 'Microsoft enhanced Point and Print compatibility driver' printer driver is not installed on this computer. Some printer properties will not be accessible unless you install the printer driver. Do you want to install the driver now?"
I figured the easy solution would be to just install a printer using the Point and Print driver and then remove it...leaving the driver behind (unless it cleaned up after itself). The problem with this is in my testing, even after removing and re-adding a printer that set off installation of this Point and Print driver on the client, any other printer that was using it still required the remove/re-add process in order to work, else I got the same message. That tells me that the driver may be custom for each printer installed?
Color me a little confused. I do NOT like the way that Server 2012 handles printers. I've come across a few other issues as well (such as duplex capabilities not being remember on the print server for a printer) that I never had with the 2003 server.
Thanks!!

I was able to get it to work using your instructions off of here and your other thread
Thank you!
Chris
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/864553c2-c8ff-49d2-bd48-eb7b47381111/windows-2012-print-server-problem-with-xp-clients?prof=required

I have an iMac(Intel) Desktop computer. I cannot print anything as it is telling me that it is "offline" How do I start it working again? My Lexmark Printer is in working order as I have just photocopied a document successfully.

I have an iMac (Intel) Desktop computer. It will not send a message to my Lexmark printer because it says "offline". My Lexmark printer is in working order as I have just successfully photocopied a document on it.

That message means that the computer cannot see the printer on its network.
Is the printer directly connected to the computer with a USB cable, or is it a network printer (either wireless, or wired to the router with an Ethernet cable)?
Matt

I can connect my lexmark printer by usb but not wireless

i can connect my lexmark printer s400 series by usb but not wirelessly any thoughts please

I'm having the same issue. On my MBP 15" OS 10.7.3 the Lexmark printer does not connect to WIFI. It works on the USB connection. In wifi however it will work on the Virtual Box Windows 7 partition.
In my logic this means the printer is properly connected to the wifi (green indicator and working with Virtual Box and Windows 7) The MBP is properly connected to the wifi network as Virtual Box works in the Mac's environment. The printer is present in the System Preferences indicating it is Idle and does have a IP address.
When I do send a document to the printer it just sits in the Que and in System Preferences the status goes to Busy. In the Que it also indicates it is busy until it tmes out and indicate that communication with the printer is a problem.
Thanks for any suggestions.

Linking Macbook air to lexmark printer

Can someone advise what I am doing wrong. Just bought macbook air and trying to link it to my lexmark printer x9575. Downloaded driver and works with usb connection but when I try to print worelessly, it does not connect to printer. Printer is on network and prints fine with other computers in the network. Mac is fine , wifi and internet etc all working, so why are they not linking up?

Hi there mernalmonster!
I have a couple of articles that can help you troubleshoot this issue with printing from your MacBook Air. First, make sure you have set up the printer properly by taking a look at the steps in the following article:
Mac Basics: Printing in OS X Mountain Lion & OS X Lion
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4670
You may want to take special note of this line in the instructions as well:
Tip: If you want a Windows PC to use a Mac printer share to print, install Bonjour Print Services for Windows.
If you are still experiencing issues after double-checking your settings in the previous article, then you may need to reference this article about troubleshooting printing issues:
Troubleshooting printer issues in OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3147
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

Lexmark Printer issues since downloading OS 10.6.8

I have recently updated my Apple OS system to 10.6.8 and now my Lexmark x4650 wont print, although it will still scan any ideas how to resolve this issue?

Try to delete the Lexmark print queue under Print and Fax and add a new one manually. Click on the link for the steps: http://bit.ly/Ojbyti
If it doesn't work, uninstall the Lexmark driver and download an updated driver online at www.lexmark.com.

Lexmark printer not working with os 10.6.8

I Have a mac laptop that i recently upgraded to os 10.6.8. I have a lexmark prospect se pro 208 printer that worked wirelessly before the update. I upgraded the lexmark drivers to match 10.6.8 but now it will not print wirelessly or when connected with a USB cable. I tried the fix mentioned in roadhouse tech blog to replace CUPS with cups from 10.6.7 but same result. Can any one help me with this problem?
many thanks.....rRobert

Try to delete the Lexmark print queue under Print and Fax and add a new one manually. Click on the link for the steps: http://bit.ly/Ojbyti
If it doesn't work, uninstall the Lexmark driver and download an updated driver online at www.lexmark.com.

Banner page Setting Lexmark Printer

Having problem in Lexmark printer E232 prints a header banner page prior to actual print job. The printer is on my small house network. I want to turn off this feature. Is there setting that control this feature that I turn off.
Thanks in advance for info in resolving this issue
Michael

Michael29 wrote:
Hi John
I am not familiar with CUPS setting, Is the IP address you listed a mean to access this file of setting? If so, I am not able to access this now at work which is a "Windows world"
Thanks for the reply
Michael
Hi Michael,
Sorry I did not explain this better. The URL that I gave is a your local CUPS page, and you can administer settings for all of your printers from that page. You need to be on the machine that has the printer attached in order to administer it. I am not sure if this suggestion will help, but it's worth a try.
john

Where can I find Lexmark Print Drivers v 2.3.1?

Does anyone know here I can find Lexmark Print Driver V 2.3.1. Since I upgraded to 10.6.8 can't print wireless.

Why not check the manufacturer website if it's not on Software Update?

After software update for Lexmark printer, cannot print document as a file is missing. My iMac runs with Snow Leopard.

I have a Lexmark 3500 - 4500 series printer connected to my iMac via USB (as my iMac won't do the printing wirelessly. My iMac runs with Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, Version 10.6.8.
A few days ago, there were several software updates that I have installed as there was mention that they were for Mac OS X Lion.
Today, I tried to print a document, and it failed. The error message was: "Missing component: /Library/Printers/Lexmark/Drivers/.Resources/3500-4500 Series Color 2.lut".
I have re-installed the software from Lexmark without success.
Has anyone had a similar issue who can advise me, please?
Thank you.
Philippe

Have you tried installing the Lexmark software from the Apple site:
Lexmark Printer Drivers v2.4 for Mac OS X v10.6
You are running 10.6 which the above link is for, maybe Lion (10.7) doesn't need everything that 10.6 does. Try re-installing using the above link.

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