WTF with LEXMARK!!!!!!????

[tylau 0]

they dont even live to tell a schedule for their inkjets, particularly 3200 W2K driver.

[Andy_25 0]

Really? That's weird. I got an email from Lexmark quite some time ago saying that Win2k drivers for the 3200 will be ready in early April... hmmm

 

Maybe they ran into trouble with the drivers or something. At least we can still use the 3200s with the hack while waiting for the official drivers.

 

Andy

[kgeissler 0]

I called Lexmark concerning my 5700 and they told me they were not going to make a driver for it.

 

This was because they could not get a driver to work correctly.

[Andy_25 0]

I'll paste the two emails I got from Lexmark below: (by the way, the Lexmark drivers issues have been discussed before. Try the search )"Dear Sir,

 

We are currently dealing with the up[censored] of the drivers for 2000 and the one for the 3200 should be available from the 10/4/00.

 

Sincerely,

Lexmark technical support"

 

They also sent me the following e-mail:

 

"Dear Sir,

 

By now you should have got the mail informing you that the driver for your printer will be ready at the end of the month.

 

As said in the previous message, we are very sorry for the delay in replying but we were confronted with a big problem in our database.

 

Once again, all our apologies.

 

Sincerely,

Lexmark Technical support."

[tylau 0]

Alright, you guys are just real fast in this. AS I am running my prime machine with netwerok printer setup through LAN, is the hack works on netwrok printer setup also? thanks.

[tylau 0]

Thhis is somewhat our of luck for my 3200, as the latest Z51 W2k driver still does not support network printing, a really bad chance for even the older 3200. And they would even need a firmware upgrade of the printer before W2k driver is enabled. See below LEXMARK peek:

 

Windows 2000 Instructions for the Lexmark Z51 Series Printer.

 

 

 

NOTE: This firmware and driver are intended for use on Microsoft Windows

 

2000 only. Using either or both of these components on other versions of

 

Microsoft Windows will bring unpredictable results. Please follow these

 

instructions:

 

1.) Uninstall any existing Z51 software that is loaded on the PC.

 

Use the Uninstall link from the Lexmark Z51 Series Program Group, or

 

delete the Lexmark Z51 Series printer icon from the printer’s folder.

 

 

 

For customers using a parallel cable, continue with step 2. Customers

 

using a USB cable should skip to the last section of instructions.

 

 

 

2.) Install the Updated Printer Firmware to the Lexmark Z51.

 

A.) Download the Z51Firm.exe file. Choose "Save As" and

 

choose a folder to save the file into (Desktop

 

is recommended).

 

B.) From the folder where you just downloaded the

 

Z51Firm.exe file, double click the file to expand it.

 

Choose Unzip to expand the file to c:\LXKZ51.

 

C.) Be sure that your Z51 printer is powered on.

 

D.) From your computer, go to a Command Prompt (DOS Prompt).

 

E.) From DOS, type "CD\" (without quotes), then press the Enter Key.

 

F.) Type "CD LXKZ51" (without quotes), then press the Enter Key.

 

G.) Depending on which port you are printing to, type the following (without quotes):

 

"W2KLpt1" (if you are printing to LPT1)

 

"W2KLpt2" (if you are printing to LPT2)

 

"W2KLpt3" (if you are printing to LPT3)

 

H.) Follow the on-screen instructions

 

 

 

3.) After up[censored] your printer firmware, you're ready to upgrade the printer driver.

 

A.) Save Z51W2K.exe to your computer (Desktop is recommended).

 

B.) Double-Click the file on your computer to expand it. Choose Unzip to unzip the

 

file to the C:\LxkZ51 directory.

 

C.) Click Start, Settings, Printers, Add Printer.

 

D.) Follow the instructions on the screen until you are asked to select the

 

manufacturer and model of your printer. Then, click the 'Have Disk' button.

 

E.) Click the Browse button and go to the folder where you expanded the Z51W2k.exe

 

file (the default is C:\LXKZ51).

 

F.) Lexmark Z51 Series Colorfine should appear. Choose Next. Follow the on-screen

 

instructions.

 

G.) When asked if you wish to print a Test Page, choose No.

 

H.) If you see a message that says "Digital Signature Not Found", choose Yes to

 

continue. The driver will install correctly.

 

I.) After the installation is complete, restart Windows.

 

 

 

FOR USB ATTACHMENT ONLY:

 

A.) Do not attach the printer, yet.

 

B.) Do steps A & B from section 3 (above).

 

C.) Plug the Z51 into the USB port and power it on.

 

D.) When the New Hardware Wizard Appears, continue from step D in section 3 (above).

 

E.) If you ever plan to use a Parallel Cable, be sure to upgrade the printer firmware (step #2 above). A parallel cable is required for the firmware update.

 

 

 

Note: Peer to Peer printing is not supported in this release.

[tylau 0]

just keep it float..

[tylau 0]

Late is better than none, or naively fast

This is show on LEXMARK US site:

 

 

We are finalizing testing of the new Windows 2000 driver for this product. When completed, the driver will be posted here. We expect the driver to be available on 4/10/00, and regret any delay you may experience.

[Andy_25 0]

4/10/00, eh? It's already 8/10/00. I hope they really mean that they are just finalizing the drivers. Or maybe they mean 4th of October .

 

This Lexmark issue goes to show that it is useful to send lots of e-mails asking for new drivers; a few months back Lexmark was still saying that they wouldnt write Win2k drivers at all.

 

Andy

[Andy_25 0]

Oops, I got my dates mixed up. Sorry about that...

[tylau 0]

Not a bad guess actually for Asian support version. ))

[tylau 0]

Cut the SH*T LEXMARK, dont drag on the earth when you are so out distanced! :<

 

[This message has been edited by tylau (edited 10 April 2000).]