Comment 62 for bug 6627

Got the Lexmark Z53 to work in Dapper (6.06 LTS). Here's how I did it. Following advice posted by the good folks on launchpad, I

Logged on to ftp://ftp.akl.lt/Linux/Baltix/Baltix-Ubuntu_packages/gutenprint/

then downloaded and installed these packages (in this order)

libgutenprint2_5.0.0-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
cupsys-driver-gutenprint_5.0.0-2ubuntu1_i386.deb

(I got some kinda message saying that older software was available in a software channel, but just clicked "OK" on that and it went away)

After this, I installed the Z53 by clicking System, Administration, then Printing, then doubleclicking on New Printer and choosing Lexmark, then Z53. Lo and behold, it printed a test page (rather than shooting out a blank)

Just to doublecheck, I printed these notes from Text Editor (on the back of the test page, to save paper and natural resources). Worked great!

Evidently, there's some kinda known problem with out-of-date Gutenprint drivers in Dapper that the packages above update. Hey, it worked for me, and if it works, it's good!