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by moodye

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I have a lexmark optra sc 1275 printer. When i connect it to the computer and go to add/remove
hardware the system picks it up. But it dosen't
print. Even after i install the right drivers.
the parallel cable is new and also the power cable
please help.

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by zelron

Is the printer on line? Can you print a test page from the printer (usually a setup page or something similar, the manual should tell you how to do this). If you can't print a test page from the printer, then the printer is your problem.

by bobho

If you can print the test page as described above, make sure that the lexmark is set as your default printer (or pick it explicitly from the print dialog).

Drbob

by shortbus

In Add/Remove H/W, are you manually installing the print drivers or are you allowing PnP to detect it?

Does the print device make any sort of acknowledgment that it is recieving a print job (mechanical movement, light indicators, etc.)?

Make sure you have the right parallel port type selected in your BIOS. I've had to alter the settings to ECP, bi-directional, or standard to get diferent printers to work.

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