Ihave been having problems with my printer and now printers. I purchased a Lexmark X74\75 and Had it working for about two weeks and then I accidently deleted, unfortunatly not uninstalled some unneeded programs and removed some system files that caused me a great deal of time and effort to reclaim. After reconfiguring the register and running a backup file that was created before I installed the printer I was unable to get the printer to work again. The printer is connected through a Usb Port and I at one time Had this Item refered to in my System settings File but I cannot find it there anymore.I have since bought a canon BJC-4550 which I planned to use as a default printer due to the high cot of ink cartridges for the lexmark. I thought this printer would have a parrell port so I could use LPT-1 for the installationbut It was previously used witha a Mac System and came with a usb plug in which I have acces to on my computer an old Am Mega 52X-Max. OH Well. But any way,T I get a message that informs me that I have no printer attatched to my computer and to check the wires etc.. I have installed , uninstalled , unpluggged and trouble shot untill I can shoot no more. I know there has to be a way to enable the three usb ports that I have on my computer but to date I have not been able to accomplish this task.
the system manager tells me I have two com ports and three options on the LPT ports. The printer install wizard tells me to use the LPT1 and I have tried the generic port to no avail. I have tried support at Canon,Lexmark and Windows to resolve this problem but have had no luck . Can anyone out there help me?