Lester Stiefel
March 23rd 03, 12:43 PM
Nephew has similar problem with a Canon S400. Paper goes down an inch,
tries to print. Then error. His is w98se.
Look for possible applications which may be interacting. Some would be
CDburning, other print applications or hardware that could use the
same memory page.
Les
On 21 Mar 2003 19:29:13 -0800, (brittany) wrote:
>I just got a brand new Dell 2350 equipped with windows xp with a
>celeron processor and 256 MB memory, and now my Lexmark z53 printer
>(which worked just fine on my ancient gateway that had windows 98)
>will not print. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing the
>printer, I've gotten and downloaded the new supposedly windows xp
>compatible drivers from lexmark (both the custom and generic one), and
>yet, when I attempt to print anything, it will take a piece of paper
>into the printer about halfway, and then get stuck, with the light
>next to the power blinking on and off. No information from lexmark or
>microsoft seems to address this problem beyond telling you to
>uninstall and re-install, and none of the problems I've found in their
>knowledge base describe problems like what I'm seeing. Originally, I
>had the printer hooked up through my iomega zip 250 drive (as it was
>set up that way on my old gateway). Thinking that this might be the
>problem, I have now hooked the printer up directly to the cpu.
>Basically, when I try to print, it acts like it is starting, but then
>it just sits for a long time with a piece of paper half-way through
>the printer, and the light at the power button blinks on and off,
>while the printer says it is spooling or printing. Eventually, it
>claims that there is an error, and the job failed to print.
>
>What gives?? Help!!!!
>Thanks,
>Brittany
tries to print. Then error. His is w98se.
Look for possible applications which may be interacting. Some would be
CDburning, other print applications or hardware that could use the
same memory page.
Les
On 21 Mar 2003 19:29:13 -0800, (brittany) wrote:
>I just got a brand new Dell 2350 equipped with windows xp with a
>celeron processor and 256 MB memory, and now my Lexmark z53 printer
>(which worked just fine on my ancient gateway that had windows 98)
>will not print. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing the
>printer, I've gotten and downloaded the new supposedly windows xp
>compatible drivers from lexmark (both the custom and generic one), and
>yet, when I attempt to print anything, it will take a piece of paper
>into the printer about halfway, and then get stuck, with the light
>next to the power blinking on and off. No information from lexmark or
>microsoft seems to address this problem beyond telling you to
>uninstall and re-install, and none of the problems I've found in their
>knowledge base describe problems like what I'm seeing. Originally, I
>had the printer hooked up through my iomega zip 250 drive (as it was
>set up that way on my old gateway). Thinking that this might be the
>problem, I have now hooked the printer up directly to the cpu.
>Basically, when I try to print, it acts like it is starting, but then
>it just sits for a long time with a piece of paper half-way through
>the printer, and the light at the power button blinks on and off,
>while the printer says it is spooling or printing. Eventually, it
>claims that there is an error, and the job failed to print.
>
>What gives?? Help!!!!
>Thanks,
>Brittany