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Argee
Guest
Running Athlon 1500+; 256MB RAM. New PC with XP HE 5.1.2600 installed.
I have Lexmark Z42 Printer that was working perfectly under old PC (Win98) using bi-directional cable.
Installed Z42 using downloaded XP driver from Lexmark site v1.0.9.3
I cannot print, and it seems related to bi-directional support.
I just get into a loop of error messages about enabling bi-dir. support.
I do not suspect the cable, as I can reconnect to old PC and everything works as normal.
I have uninstalled printer and re-installed - same problem.
Have checked and re-checked cable connections.
Printer is connected to LPT1 - checked via Device Manager which reports port as 'working correctly'.
There are 2 dialog boxes where I can enable bi-dir. support (kept
screenshots if this will help).
I can select bi-dir. from properties.
I cannot select from Lexmark Control program. I get error message stating
that can't establish bi-dir. communication. I go to enable and it fails,
and goes back through the error loop.
The BIOS settings:
Onboard Parallel Port = 378/IRQ7
Parallel Port Mode = ECP+EPP
EPP Mode Select = EPP 1.7 (should I try 1.9?)
ECP Mode use DMA = 3 (should I try 1?)
I have Lexmark Z42 Printer that was working perfectly under old PC (Win98) using bi-directional cable.
Installed Z42 using downloaded XP driver from Lexmark site v1.0.9.3
I cannot print, and it seems related to bi-directional support.
I just get into a loop of error messages about enabling bi-dir. support.
I do not suspect the cable, as I can reconnect to old PC and everything works as normal.
I have uninstalled printer and re-installed - same problem.
Have checked and re-checked cable connections.
Printer is connected to LPT1 - checked via Device Manager which reports port as 'working correctly'.
There are 2 dialog boxes where I can enable bi-dir. support (kept
screenshots if this will help).
I can select bi-dir. from properties.
I cannot select from Lexmark Control program. I get error message stating
that can't establish bi-dir. communication. I go to enable and it fails,
and goes back through the error loop.
The BIOS settings:
Onboard Parallel Port = 378/IRQ7
Parallel Port Mode = ECP+EPP
EPP Mode Select = EPP 1.7 (should I try 1.9?)
ECP Mode use DMA = 3 (should I try 1?)