Unable to communicate with Lexmark printer

H

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?
 
P

PD43

holliss said:
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.
 
E

Elmo

holliss said:
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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