wine users - Apr 2011 - Problem Running Printer, Can Wine Work for Original Drivers?

Hi,

I have an old Pavilion 6535 running Puppy Linux Wary 5.0. I would like to
install a Lexmark X2470 print/copy/scan gig on it. Problem is, there is no
native driver to run it that I can find. Ordinarily I use Cups for printing and
Xsane for scanning, but I can't get either of these to recognize this
device.

I was wondering if it was possible to use the original Windows driver package
under Wine and get this printer working.

Thanks

Eathray

eathray wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have an old Pavilion 6535 running Puppy Linux Wary 5.0. I would like to
install a Lexmark X2470 print/copy/scan gig on it. Problem is, there is no
native driver to run it that I can find. Ordinarily I use Cups for printing and
Xsane for scanning, but I can't get either of these to recognize this
device.
> 
> I was wondering if it was possible to use the original Windows driver
package under Wine and get this printer working.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Eathray

Oops! Wine version 1.1.39

Thanks

Eathray

[/quote]First, Wine cannot support Native Windows Drivers for any device.
This is not permitted with the way that drivers function.
Second, that version of Wine is VERY old.  Is there a particular
reason you are using it and can you update to the current development
version of Wine?

James McKenzie[/quote]

It's the version that was conveniently available from my distro through
their package manager, and I usually go with a package install on things I'm
not too familiar with. I've only used Wine for two programs, a video game
for my kid and a school typing program for him too. Both seem to perform nicely,
so I was thinking it might help me get this printer running as well. I don't
at all pretend to be an expert on how drivers work.

Is Wine useful to me in getting this printer to work, or should I be thinking in
a different direction?

Thanks,

Eathray