Re: Communication problems with Lexmark printers

Al,

I have tried that and the printers still won't work.

Printer Guy



Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> o change the printer from parallel to usb, try the following, should work
> 
> with any "Z" series that can use a usb port.
> 
> click on: start/settings/printers. Right click on the printer in question
> ,
> 
> select properties. From the menu, click on the "details" tab. In the
> details window, in the "Print to following port" select the usb port from
> 
> the dropdown menu. That should take care of the problem.
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Printer Guy wrote:
> 
> > Recently, the company that I work for purchased Lexmark inkjet
> > printers through eBay.  The models were the Z45 and Z54, which only
> > uses a USB port to receive data.  After acquiring one of them for
> > myself, which was a Z45, I installed the printer's software via the
> > Add Printer wizard on my Windows ME based Compaq Pentium III computer
> > and attempted to print, but instead of printing, I got "printer cannot
> > communicate with computer" messages.  After several attempts at
> > printing, I removed and re-installed the printer software via CD-ROM
> > and current drivers downloaded from Lexmark's website, but the results
> > were the same.  Assuming that the problem was limited to the Z45, I
> > decided to use the Z54, which didn't fair any better.  Also, when I
> > decided to re-install the software for my Lexmark Z52 printer, it also
> > didn't print via USB, something that hadn t occurred previously.
> > However, it will print with a parallel connection, but even that is
> > somewhat tenuous, for it doesn't initialize when the computer boots up
> > (it has to be turned off and on again for the computer to recognize
> > it).  The reason that I need a printer was because another Z52 that I
> > was using "died" when the motor that controls the cartridges' movement
> > stopped working and the printer became unusable.  Could that be the
> > cause of the problem?  Also, I briefly tried to print with another Z52
> > that gave me error messages because it was missing a cartridge (could
> > this also be a factor?).  BTW, all the Lexmark printers mentioned in
> > this post worked when they were connected to our other computers,
> > which all use the Windows XP operating system.
> >
> > Anyway, does anyone know of a way to fix my problem?  Any advice in
> > this matter would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Printer Guy