It's telling me that the printer is now communicating or something isn't hooked up right. i tried hooking and disconnecting so many different ways but it still not connecting
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Unplug your USB cable restart your computer let it load and then replug your USB cable and let the computer find it if you are running at least Windows XP
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Click on start button Click on Control panel Open Printers and Faxes Folder Check if there is any documents stuck in Queue on the printer icon If yes, Right click on the icon and click Cancel all documents, ( do it 2-3 times ) Refresh the page by pressing F5 button on keyboard. Disconnect the printer power cord, Restart your PC and connect the cord. Try to print
I have had this problem before using Windows XP. I disconnected the printer and went to my computer then printer and faxes and deleted all the icons. I re-connected the printer and one printer popped up. I right clicked and set as default. It should say "ready" next to it. Deleting the Icon does not delete the printer driver. Hope this helps.
If its only a problem while printing from the internet webpages, I think it would be an issue with your browser.Try using a different browser like Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. You can also try resetting your IE settings, delete temporary files and cookies, try reinstalling the printer again. If nothing works, look for program permissions under your Firewall program and ensure that anything related to Printer Communication System is whitelisted.
When you got this message were you trying to scan?
What I want you to do is a copy. Doing a copy will generally not require you to be hooked to the PC.
Scanning and Printing all require communication from the printer to the computer. Failure in communication can either be something on the computer, something wrong with the cable or rarely something wrong with the printer.
I'm assuming you have done the following:
1. Power off your printer and your computer.
2. Unplugged the power from the printer
3. Unplugged the USB cable from both the printer and the computer.
4. Reconnect the USB cable to the printer and the computer.
5. Plug the power back into the printer and make sure the printer is on.
6. Turn on the computer.
Those are general troubleshooting steps that can be done for any communication problem.
If you have done all of those try this:
Press and hold down the Windows key on the keyboard, and then type the letter R. Type "devmgmt.msc" and then click OK on the Run dialog. Find the item Universal Serial Bus controller. Click the + sign next to the word Universal Serial Bus controller. Do you see USB Printing Support?
Yes: Right-click on USB Printing Support, and then click Properties. Does the Device status say “This device is working properly.”?
Yes: Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the software? No: Click the Troubleshoot button to try to resolve the problem. Does the Device status now say “This device is working properly.”? Yes: Try your print again (might need to restart) No: Might have a problem with your Printing Support
No:
Might have a problem with your Printing Support
Let me know - if you have a problem with your printing support you'd really need to contact your PC MFG for help - but you can always try uninstalling the USB Printing Support and reinstalling it (only if you have your disks that came with your printer).
Correct communication problems between the printer and the computer.
Remove the USB cable from your printer and your computer. Reconnect the USB cable to your printer and your computer.
Turn off the printer. Unplug the printer power cable from the electrical outlet. Reconnect the printer power cable to the electrical outlet, and turn on the printer.
With the Lexmark printers communication subsystem you MUST let the driver ask for you to plug in the printer. DO NOT plug the printer into the USB port until told to do so.
To fix a fouled install: (1) Uninstall the Lexmark drivers in Add Remove Programs (2) Shutdown the computer (3) Disconnect the printer from the USB port (4) Restart the computer (5) Run the Driver Installation software (6) Cancel ALL attempts by windows to auto install the printer (7) When the software asks for the printer connect it and continue
directly hooking the printer to mac and windows computer are you getting bandings still? interesting issue... we will isolate it first by trying to hook printer directly to both computer, if its printing fine when directly connected, then there is something on the application or communication process. try printing a different document using same application when on the network and try printing from different application as well. update me afterwards..
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