Only empty pages printed on Lexmark Z42 and Ubuntu 6.06

[JoE]

The Lexmark Z42 printer is only printing empty pages.
The number of empty pages seems to be the same as the document has so it is some kind of connection.

I must reboot to another OS (FC5) when I want to print.
Printing has been working long time (approx 0.4 year?) ago with driver gimp-print-ijs.

When it started not to work it was also a lot of other bugs - some described in bug/61307.
Now I hope it is only one bug remaining.

For system information - please see below.

== System information ==
Ubuntu Release: 6.06 (dapper)
Architecture : i686
Kernel : 2.6.15-28-386
Locale : LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_PAPER=sv_SE.UTF-8
/etc/papersize: a4

== Configured printers ==
Z42: Lexmark Z42 Foomatic/gutenprint-ijs.5.0
enhet för Z42: usb://Lexmark/Z42

== Versions of important printing packages ==
ii cupsys 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu6 printer drivers for CUPS
ii foomatic-db 20060408-1ubuntu1 linuxprinting.org printer support - database
ii foomatic-db-engine 3.0.2-20060318-1ubuntu1 linuxprinting.org printer support - programs
ii foomatic-db-gutenprint 5.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu6 linuxprinting.org printer support - database
ii foomatic-db-hpijs 1.5-20060318-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - database
ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20060318-2 linuxprinting.org printer support - filters
ii foomatic-filters-ppds 20060406-0ubuntu1 linuxprinting.org printer support - prebuilt
ii foomatic-gui 0.7.4.18 GNOME interface for configuring the Foomatic
ii gs-common 0.3.9ubuntu1 Common files for different Ghostscript relea
ii gs-esp 8.15.2.dfsg.0ubuntu1-0ubuntu1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpreter - ESP
ii gs-gpl 8.15-4ubuntu3 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript interpreter
ii hpijs 2.1.7+0.9.7-4ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS drive
ii hplip 0.9.7-4ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
ii hplip-ppds 0.9.7-4ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - PPD files
ii ijsgutenprint 5.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu6 inkjet server - Ghostscript driver for Guten

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[Daniel Robitaille (robitaille)]

I don't know specifically about the z42, but I know that the drivers for the lexmark z52/z53 are broken in Dapper. That was fixed in Edgy 6.10:
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gutenprint/+bug/6627

I would guess that possibly you have the same problem than in that bug report.

They was an attempt to backport these newer print drivers into Dapper 6.06 to solve these type problems, but I'm not sure about the status of that attempt:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/dapper-backports/+bug/61843

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

This bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system.
Closing as a duplicate of bug #6627.

Please try the testing backport packages and let us know if these fix your problem.

[JoE (johan-eneland)]

Hi ! FYI

I did what was recommended in bug/6627.
"Could you put:
deb http://www.grad.hr/~ivoks/ubuntu/gutenprint ./
in your /etc/apt/sources.list, run apt-get update ;
apt-get upgrade"

I installed it as a new repo in Synaptic and upgraded 9 packages.

When I tested to print it worked immediately.

So at last my trouble to boot into another OS every time I need to print anything is over.

(I guess there is some reason why those packages not are in the
normal repo.)

Thank you for solving buggs !