Hi Guys n Gals,

Apologies for this being off topic but, I'm trying to find anyone out there
who has a Lexmark Z32 printer working properly with WindowsXP.

If anyone has, can you check this please.

Start Control Panel Printers & Faxes Lexmark Z22-Z32 Color
JetprinterSet Printer propertiesPorts

Are able you tick and untick the "enable bidirectional support" box?

Mine is greyed out.

Tried loads of 'fixes', been onto Lexmark support who are offering on going
suggestions, but I feel like I'm flogging a dead horse.

I'm not convinced it's possible to solve it.

Having googled this seems to be known problem, but I don't know of anyone
who has actually managed to solve it.

Thanks

"BillP" wrote in message
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Hi Guys n Gals,

Apologies for this being off topic but, I'm trying to find anyone out
there who has a Lexmark Z32 printer working properly with WindowsXP.

If anyone has, can you check this please.

Start Control Panel Printers & Faxes Lexmark Z22-Z32 Color
JetprinterSet Printer propertiesPorts

Are able you tick and untick the "enable bidirectional support" box?

Mine is greyed out.

Have a look in your BIOS settings, you may need to set the port to support
Bidirectional communication.

You usually press DEL or F2 just after your keyboard lights flash to get
into the BIOS settings...but don't mess about with other stuff in there
unless you know what you are doing!

Sparks...

BillP wrote:
Apologies for this being off topic

Yeah, right.


I'm not convinced it's possible to solve it.

It isn't. Throw your computer and printer away, after first
smashing them with a sledge-hammer, so that no-one will be
tempted to perpetrate such silliness again.

"Sparks" wrote in message
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"BillP" wrote in message
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Hi Guys n Gals,

Apologies for this being off topic but, I'm trying to find anyone out
there who has a Lexmark Z32 printer working properly with WindowsXP.

If anyone has, can you check this please.

Start Control Panel Printers & Faxes Lexmark Z22-Z32 Color
JetprinterSet Printer propertiesPorts

Are able you tick and untick the "enable bidirectional support" box?

Mine is greyed out.

Have a look in your BIOS settings, you may need to set the port to support
Bidirectional communication.

You usually press DEL or F2 just after your keyboard lights flash to get
into the BIOS settings...but don't mess about with other stuff in there
unless you know what you are doing!

Sparks...


Hi Sparks,

Believe me I've tried loads of options, changed BIOS settings, uninstalled
drivers, downloaded latest drivers, etc. etc..... I don't want to take up
bandwidth on this news-group with an OT thread, I'm just looking for someone
out there who's actually got this setup working so I know that it really is
possible.

Thanks

Bill

BillP wrote:
Hi Guys n Gals,

Apologies for this being off topic but, I'm trying to find anyone out there
who has a Lexmark Z32 printer working properly with WindowsXP.

google is your friend.

Fwiw you can usually use another printer driver which will have
different unnecessary addons and thus different issues, this is often
an easy way to dodge persistent issues. (I even used a 3.1 driver once,
some are fine.) Start by picking another inkjet with same resolution.


NT

On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:58:10 GMT, "BillP" wrote:

Hi Sparks,

Believe me I've tried loads of options, changed BIOS settings, uninstalled
drivers, downloaded latest drivers, etc. etc..... I don't want to take up
bandwidth on this news-group with an OT thread, I'm just looking for someone
out there who's actually got this setup working so I know that it really is
possible.

Thanks

Bill


Hi,

Try this to uninstall the drivers completely:

http://support.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/knowledgebase.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:288:0:0&emeaframe=&d ocid=ENUS954

found via:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1058902754

The best thing to do long term is to dump the Lexmark and get
something like a Canon.

cheers,
Pete.

"Pete C" wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:58:10 GMT, "BillP" wrote:

Hi,

Try this to uninstall the drivers completely:

http://support.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/knowledgebase.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:288:0:0&emeaframe=&d ocid=ENUS954

found via:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1058902754

The best thing to do long term is to dump the Lexmark and get
something like a Canon.

cheers,
Pete.

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I've had that response from Lexmark
tech support, and tried it, unfortunately it didn't solve the problem.

If Lexmark tell me to "stand on one leg, stick my finger up my arse and
whistle God Save The Queen" I'd give it a go, but Googling and trying all
sorts of fixes leads me to believe that whatever I try, it can't be done. I
just want to know that I'm not chasing a myth and that there really is
someone, somewhere out there, who has actually has this set up working
properly.

Thanks anyway

Best regards Bill

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:48:45 GMT, "BillP" wrote:

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I've had that response from Lexmark
tech support, and tried it, unfortunately it didn't solve the problem.

If Lexmark tell me to "stand on one leg, stick my finger up my arse and
whistle God Save The Queen" I'd give it a go, but Googling and trying all
sorts of fixes leads me to believe that whatever I try, it can't be done. I
just want to know that I'm not chasing a myth and that there really is
someone, somewhere out there, who has actually has this set up working
properly.

Hi,

This might be worth a try:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax/browse_frm/thread/d1e986d1ba8c5082/93caceea66b2937e?lnk=st&q=ntprint.inf+%22bidirecti onal+support%22&rnum=1&hl=en#93caceea66b2937e

Look in C:\WINDOWS\inf\ntprint.inf for [MS_Z22-Z32_OEMUNI]

Underneath add:

LanguageMonitor=%PJL_MONITOR%

Hopefully the option should then become available, thought it might
need reinstalling the drivers.

Something else to try might be to run Total Uninstall while installing
the drivers, then using it after uninstalling the drivers to ensure
nothing gets left behind.

cheers,
Pete.