Mx 410 enable bidirectional support - Canon Pixma MX410 All-In-One Printer

Go to Start

Control Panel

Printers

Right click on your printer, left click Properties, left click Ports.

Make sure to check the box Enable Bidirectional Support. (Enable Biodirectional Support)

Follow these steps:

• Go to Printers and Faxes(XP)/ Printers(Vista and Windows 7) in Control Panel. Right click on the Lexmark 5600 Series print object and click on Properties(note: image below is just an example).

• In the Properties window, go to Ports tab.

• Enable the bidirectional support as shown in the image below(must have a check mark). Hit Apply then OK to save the settings.

If bidirectional support option is grayed out or cannot be enabled, problem may need further troubleshooting. Contact Lexmark technical support for further assistance. Thank you for choosing Lexmark.

I had the same problem you have to goto the tab that says "Ports" and it is at the bottom of the dialog box right above enable printer pooling.

1. In Control Panel, click Printers.
   
2. Right-click the bidirectional printer, and then click Properties.
   
3. Click the Ports tab, click Enable bidirectional support, and then click OK.
   
   Also if parallel port, this is also set in BIOS, under LPT port settings.
   

You can do it in printers window of vista or printers and faxes in XP.
right click on the printer icon and select properties
on properties, click on advanced tab.
Put a check mark below "enable bidirectional supports".
Click on Apply and OK.
It's done.

I have tried to set up this wireless printer on my laptop (windows vista basic). I run through installation and get message - installation complete and the green indicator light is fully on. When I try and print I get message Printer cannot communicate with computer - please turn on 'Enable Biodirectional Communication' in printer properties. I go to control panel/printer/propertie/ports/ and I see Enable Biodirectional communication - the box is grayed out and I cannot enable it. Any suggestions?

Enable Bidirectional Support Go to Start
Control Panel

Printers

Right click on your printer, left click Properties, left click Ports.

Make sure to check the box Enable Bidirectional Support. (Enable Biodirectional Support)

Bi-directional operation is a facility of the BIOS port you might use. it usually refers to a parallel port which can be set in the bios as uni directional or bidirectional so in the bios under PERIPHERAL DEVICES you would set to bi-directional.. so it is not something you can set in the printer settings. when it connects to the port the printer tests to see if it can use bidirectional transfers or not. If it can't it just means its a bit less efficient so will take long to transfer data. A similar error message might be issued for a network/wifi connection if a FIREWALL prevented communications. Or if you had used an OLD driver meant for a different older parallel printer. your printer is too new and should be wifi connected. You may have used a wifi ad-hoc pc-printer direct connection which could be causing the issue. preferred method is always printer-router-pc non ad-hoc using tcp/ip ports. so check your firewall settings http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&id=SO3908&locale=en&userlocale=EN_US

I came up with a work around solution and for $9.99 I'll tell youo how I did it......

To enable bi directional printing:
Open Printers and Faxes in control Panel
Right Click on the Printers Icon
Select PROPERTIES
In the Properties dialog box select the PORTS tab
Near the bottom there is a check box to enable Bi-directional printing
Make sure it is checked
Click OK to exit the dialog box