Unable to communicate with Lexmark printer

[Guest holliss]

Strange thing happened. I am now unable to communicate with my Lesmark

printer. My computer shows the printer in my listed printers. I have

unplugged/plugged USB cable, and power supply. I've also tried USB cables

from other printers that are still working. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the

printer many times. I always get the same response from the printer when I

try to print a test page. The message is "Cannot Communicate". For all

intents and purposes the printer should be working. The only thing I can

come up with is microsoft XP auto updates. On June 10th 2008 several updates

downloaded automatically. Is it possible these downloads could have

corrupted something that now prevents me from communicating specifically with

my Lexmark printer? I have two other printers that are working perfectly

(Epson and HP). Has anyone else noticed this problem?

[Guest PD43]

Re: Unable to communicate with Lexmark printer

 

holliss <holliss@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Strange thing happened. I am now unable to communicate with my Lesmark

>printer. My computer shows the printer in my listed printers. I have

>unplugged/plugged USB cable, and power supply. I've also tried USB cables

>from other printers that are still working. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the

>printer many times. I always get the same response from the printer when I

>try to print a test page. The message is "Cannot Communicate". For all

>intents and purposes the printer should be working. The only thing I can

>come up with is microsoft XP auto updates. On June 10th 2008 several updates

>downloaded automatically. Is it possible these downloads could have

>corrupted something that now prevents me from communicating specifically with

>my Lexmark printer? I have two other printers that are working perfectly

>(Epson and HP). Has anyone else noticed this problem?

 

Uninstall the Lexmark and then reinstall it.

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Unable to communicate with Lexmark printer

 

holliss wrote:

> Strange thing happened. I am now unable to communicate with my Lexmark

> printer. My computer shows the printer in my listed printers. I have

> unplugged/plugged USB cable, and power supply. I've also tried USB cables

> from other printers that are still working. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the

> printer many times. I always get the same response from the printer when I

> try to print a test page. The message is "Cannot Communicate". For all

> intents and purposes the printer should be working. The only thing I can

> come up with is Microsoft XP auto updates. On June 10th 2008 several updates

> downloaded automatically. Is it possible these downloads could have

> corrupted something that now prevents me from communicating specifically with

> my Lexmark printer? I have two other printers that are working perfectly

> (Epson and HP). Has anyone else noticed this problem?

 

Have you tried the printer on a different system?

 

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Joe =o)