Enable bidirectional communication for a dell 964 printer

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SOURCE: what it means Enable Bidirectional Communication caution spam number below

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

Posted on Feb 21, 2009

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SOURCE: Lexmark X2500 is giving Bidirectional communication error message

Make sure that the "Enable Bidirectional Support" checkbox is checked: Go to "Control Panel"->Printers->Right click on the print Object->Properties under "Ports" tab, enable this check box if not already enabled. If you using vista make sure you do this from an "Admin" account, you may also need to select the "Run as Administrator" option after you right click on the "PrintObject".

Posted on May 14, 2009

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SOURCE: when trying to print says enable bidirectional communication

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Posted on Jun 22, 2009

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SOURCE: My Lexmark x5495 will not print. I get the message

Go to Control Panel > Printers and Faxes > right click on the Lexmark 5400 Series print object > Properties > Lexmark 5400 Series Properties window pops up, click on Ports tab > place a check mark in Enable bidirectional support by clicking in the box beside it. Hit Apply and click Ok to save the settings. Try to print. If problem persists, disconnect the printer usb cable from computer, uninstall the software completely by clicking on Windows logo Start menu > All Programs > Lexmark 5400 Series folder > Tools > Uninstall. Restart pc. To reinstalI, I recommend you use the software you can download from the Lexmark website. Just click on this link: http://bit.ly/cgn74X. Download and install the software. Follow the instructions. Try to print again. Hope this helps. If you need more assistance, leave a comment and I'll get back to it. Thanks.

Posted on May 04, 2010

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SOURCE: how do I enable the

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.

Posted on Sep 15, 2010

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