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I found this direction from Ubuntu forum but want to have the instruction on my site so that i can quickly reference in the future

sudo apt-get install alien
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

cd Desktop
mkdir “lexmark z55 - remove me”
cd “lexmark z55 - remove me”
wget http://www.downloaddelivery.com/srfilecache/CJLZ55LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.GZ

tar -xvzf CJLZ55LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.GZ
tail -n +143 lexmarkz55-CUPS-1.0-1.gz.sh > install.tar.gz
tar -xvzf install.tar.gz
sudo alien -t lexmarkz55-CUPS-1.0-1.i386.rpm
sudo alien -t z55llpddk-2.0-2.i386.rpm
sudo tar xvzf z55llpddk-2.0.tgz -C /
sudo tar xvzf lexmarkz55-CUPS-1.0.tgz -C /
sudo ldconfig
cd /usr/share/cups/model
sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z55-lxz55cj-cups.ppd.gz
sudo /etc/rc2.d/S19cupsys restart

Then you’ll have to go and install the driver: menu System -> Administration -> Printers, double-click on the “install printer” icon, select your printer, and at the second step, choose “install driver”. Browse to “/usr/share/cups/model” and select the file “Lexmark-Z55-lxz55cj-cups.ppd”.

Note: The scanner doesn’t work