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E L Cobb Posted on Jan 23, 2014
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"Connection with Computer Failed" When I Try to Scan

For two years, my new Lexmark worked like a champ for copying, scanning, and printing, over my home wireless network. Then it started getting flaky and would stop printing. I resolve that annoying problem now by removing the printer and reinstalling. But now, the scanning function has stopped working (except with the primitive Windows Fax and Scan program). Each time I request a scan be sent to my laptop, I get the above error message. Help.

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If the primitive (as you call it) Windows Scan program is working then there is no problem with the machine. It can connect to the computer.
I suspect that the other (non primitive) scanning software is not configured correctly. It may be using a wrong driver. You may have installed some other device that is able to scan (such as a program that capture screens from calculators) and it has been set as default driver. Check the configuration of your scanning software.

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  • E L Cobb
    E L Cobb Jan 23, 2014

    i think it may be a problem with the ports and/or IP address.

  • E L Cobb
    E L Cobb Jan 23, 2014

    back in the day when it worked, a network report had a different IP address listed for the printer, whereas it had changed to a non-IP-looking address of 10.10.1.1 or something recently. i've been poring over the lexmark knowledgebase fiddling with all kinds of stuff, but so far no luck...

  • k24674 Jan 23, 2014

    If you say that Windows Scan works, then there is no problem with the network. I may be wrong.

  • E L Cobb
    E L Cobb Jan 23, 2014

    i'm wondering whether my smartphone's being in the wireless network has anything to do with the problem... it's possible my problems (with intermittent printing and scanning flakiness) started about the time i got my smartphone. early on, i tried but failed to get my smartphone to recognize the all-in-one. maybe that somehow altered the configuration somewhere. maybe i should uninstall the lexmark program and reinstall it with the smartphone turned off...

  • k24674 Jan 23, 2014

    My Epson has wireless and it is connected to two computer wirelessly through my router. Both computers know where it is and can initiate a scan from Windows or Linux. But try as I may I cannot get it to scan from its comamnd panel. It is normal because it does not know to which computer to scan. All it wants is to scan through the USB port which is not being used. It does not scan even if only one computer is on.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 08, 2008

SOURCE: Lexmark X2400... have one.. apparently it doesn't exist to anyone else? anyway...

According to Lexmarks site, they will be producing a driver that you can download for the X2400 to work with Vista shortly. They don't have a driver for Vista yet.

Sorry, you will have to wait or buy a new printer.

Good Luck

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 16, 2009

SOURCE: Scanner and copier not working

You have a problem with printer need to contact Lexmark your scanner is probably broken.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 21, 2009

SOURCE: "Scan Request Failed"

Hi Guys, I had the same problem. This problem is related to name resolution on your network, maybe due to old cache on arp table( every time you turn the power off you are not using the ip address that the server gave to your printer so there is a time to expire, when expired your printer or your computer get a new ip address and then the name linked to that old ip address cause the problem). To solve this issue just click at windows start

  • type cmd on run and enter
  • type ipconfig and enter
  • take note of your ip address
  • Launch image studio
  • click on network settings
  • replace the name for the ip address
Remember, when you leave you computer off for long time or the pinter is not working, check you ip address again.
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  • Posted on Aug 06, 2009

SOURCE: Lexmark X5650 cant scan

TRY TO REINSTALL THE SOFTWARE AND A DRIVER FOR THAT MODEL DRIVER

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