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lexmark Z52 printer not recognized
I am trying to set up my Lexmark Z52 printer on my new
(windows XP) computer. I used it previously with a computer running Windows 98. When I plug in the USB port, Windows XP says it does not recognize it. Trying to install it as a new printer doesn't work. There is no option for a USB port. I don't think I want to set the port as LPT, do I? When I do use an LPT port Windows XP says it can't communicate with the printer. I downloaded a driver from Lexmark. Going to Device Manager and trying to assign a driver to this "unrecognized device" doesn't seem to work either. When I point to the folder containing the driver I down loaded from Lexmark, Windows XP comes back and says that there is no data for this device in that folder. Any advice? Greg |
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lexmark Z52 printer not recognized
"Greg" wrote in message ... I am trying to set up my Lexmark Z52 printer on my new (windows XP) computer. I used it previously with a computer running Windows 98. When I plug in the USB port, Windows XP says it does not recognize it. Trying to install it as a new printer doesn't work. There is no option for a USB port. I don't think I want to set the port as LPT, do I? When I do use an LPT port Windows XP says it can't communicate with the printer. I downloaded a driver from Lexmark. Going to Device Manager and trying to assign a driver to this "unrecognized device" doesn't seem to work either. When I point to the folder containing the driver I down loaded from Lexmark, Windows XP comes back and says that there is no data for this device in that folder. Any advice? Greg Greg The Lexmark home page suggests that there is no XP driver for your printer but only for Windows 95 & 98 Eric Booth |
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lexmark Z52 printer not recognized
-----Original Message----- "Greg" wrote in message ... I am trying to set up my Lexmark Z52 printer on my new (windows XP) computer. I used it previously with a computer running Windows 98. When I plug in the USB port, Windows XP says it does not recognize it. Trying to install it as a new printer doesn't work. There is no option for a USB port. I don't think I want to set the port as LPT, do I? When I do use an LPT port Windows XP says it can't communicate with the printer. I downloaded a driver from Lexmark. Going to Device Manager and trying to assign a driver to this "unrecognized device" doesn't seem to work either. When I point to the folder containing the driver I down loaded from Lexmark, Windows XP comes back and says that there is no data for this device in that folder. Any advice? Greg Greg The Lexmark home page suggests that there is no XP driver for your printer but only for Windows 95 & 98 Eric Booth Eric Thanks for taking the time to help. I did find a driver for the Z52 for Windows XP at the following Lexmark page http://drivers.lexmark.com/drivers.n...er+driver/EA37 CBC9EB06598285256AF0007698C3? OpenDocument&Lexmark+Z52+Color+Jetprinter I downloaded it and unzipped it. When I go into Device Manager and try to assign it as the driver for my printer (which shows up as "unrecognized device") Windows XP says there's no data for it in that folder Greg |
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lexmark Z52 printer not recognized
"Greg" wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- "Greg" wrote in message ... I am trying to set up my Lexmark Z52 printer on my new (windows XP) computer. I used it previously with a computer running Windows 98. When I plug in the USB port, Windows XP says it does not recognize it. Trying to install it as a new printer doesn't work. There is no option for a USB port. I don't think I want to set the port as LPT, do I? When I do use an LPT port Windows XP says it can't communicate with the printer. I downloaded a driver from Lexmark. Going to Device Manager and trying to assign a driver to this "unrecognized device" doesn't seem to work either. When I point to the folder containing the driver I down loaded from Lexmark, Windows XP comes back and says that there is no data for this device in that folder. Any advice? Greg Greg The Lexmark home page suggests that there is no XP driver for your printer but only for Windows 95 & 98 Eric Booth Eric Thanks for taking the time to help. I did find a driver for the Z52 for Windows XP at the following Lexmark page http://drivers.lexmark.com/drivers.n...er+driver/EA37 CBC9EB06598285256AF0007698C3? OpenDocument&Lexmark+Z52+Color+Jetprinter I downloaded it and unzipped it. When I go into Device Manager and try to assign it as the driver for my printer (which shows up as "unrecognized device") Windows XP says there's no data for it in that folder Greg Greg OK. Suggest that you remove the printer via device manager and any printer software via ContolPanel Add/Remove. Then reboot and XP will find and install the printer. Then install the XP driver that you downloaded Eric |
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lexmark Z52 printer not recognized
In article , websurfing1000
@juno.com says... I am trying to set up my Lexmark Z52 printer on my new (windows XP) computer. I used it previously with a computer running Windows 98. When I plug in the USB port, Windows XP says it does not recognize it. Trying to install it as a new printer doesn't work. There is no option for a USB port. I don't think I want to set the port as LPT, do I? When I do use an LPT port Windows XP says it can't communicate with the printer. I downloaded a driver from Lexmark. Going to Device Manager and trying to assign a driver to this "unrecognized device" doesn't seem to work either. When I point to the folder containing the driver I down loaded from Lexmark, Windows XP comes back and says that there is no data for this device in that folder. Any advice? Greg Greg, if the Lexmark Driver for the z52 is anything like the Lexmark driver for the z53, the Readme file for the driver says that it must be installed via the Add Printer Wizard, not via Device Manager. Download the driver from Lexmark, then unzip it into a folder on your HD, then in the Add Printer wizard point it to the inf file in that folder. -- Donald L McDaniel Post All replies to the Newsgroup, so that all may be informed ================================================== =========== |
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lexmark Z52 printer not recognized
There are drivers on the XP CD for the Z52.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;293380 Since something seems to have gone wrong previously, ensure you do a complete uninstall... http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20One.htm or http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm Cari www.coribright.com "Greg" wrote in message ... I am trying to set up my Lexmark Z52 printer on my new (windows XP) computer. I used it previously with a computer running Windows 98. When I plug in the USB port, Windows XP says it does not recognize it. Trying to install it as a new printer doesn't work. There is no option for a USB port. I don't think I want to set the port as LPT, do I? When I do use an LPT port Windows XP says it can't communicate with the printer. I downloaded a driver from Lexmark. Going to Device Manager and trying to assign a driver to this "unrecognized device" doesn't seem to work either. When I point to the folder containing the driver I down loaded from Lexmark, Windows XP comes back and says that there is no data for this device in that folder. Any advice? Greg |
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