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Posted: July 22 2004,22:18 QUOTE

hi folks , apsfilter does not have support for a lxmrk p704
have looked at www,lexmark.com have a linux dev kit but is only available as rpm and cannot make it exec. anybody had previous experience of this also looked at ghostscript site no info there??? ant idea's
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Posted: July 22 2004,23:21 QUOTE

If the package is an RPM, you can install the "alien" program and use it to convert the RPM into a DEB file.

The DEB file can then be installed into DSL or any other Debian-based distribution.

Now whether the Lexmark driver will actually work is a totally different issue.
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Posted: July 23 2004,00:04 QUOTE

ok so dull question where is alien?
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Posted: July 23 2004,02:09 QUOTE

Read this for a better understanding:

http://www.linuxvalley.it/encyclopedia/ldp/manpage/man1/alien.1.php
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Posted: July 23 2004,07:18 QUOTE

gots to be worth a shot if if corrcts its a quick reinstall. Better than buying a new printer!!!! Thanks for your help
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