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Lexmark Printer in Slackware

Getting the lexmark z23/33 printer to work in Slack was a real pain, but once I understood init scripts, etc,
it was a breeze - that why I love Slackware- it teaches you so much coz everything has to be done by hand ;-)

Anyway, Here are the steps:
1) Become root.
2) Make the directories /etc/rc.d/rc.4 and /etc/rc.d/rc.5 because Slackware does not use sysV-like init scripts.
3) Install the printer driver after downloading it from Lexmark's site.
4) Add these lines to /etc/rc.M (as root of course)

   #Start Printer daemon...
   echo "Starting Printer daemon..."
   /usr/sbin/lpd

   #Start Lexmark Printer daemon
   echo "Starting Lexmark Z23/33 Printer daemon..."
   /usr/sbin/lexlmd

That's it! reboot or start /usr/sbin/lexlmd as root manually. Then you can verify by starting from the console as
root, "z23-z33lsc" and after about a couple of seconds, it should show you the printer cartridge ink levels.

If you have further questions, please e-mail me at sonicbarrage@yahoo.com