Printer problem, I don't get it, got any ideas?

mclemore1

I have a Lexmark x74-x75 all in one running on “dell #1 pc with xp pro”, it prints fine on this computer and it is connected by a usb port. I have this printer shared on a home network in a workgroup by way of a belkin wired/wireless router. I have the drivers installed on a “Toshiba notebook running xp pro” and I can see the printer icon, and when I print from the notebook the job goes to the Dell #1 pc and the printer engages and the speakers blurt out “PRINTING STARTED” but the job never prints, The screen on the dell gets a 5 x 7 frozen spot in the middle and the print job is hung and I try to cancel it and it says it’s deleting but it never does. Finally I have to reboot the dell, and then the job prints. I thought this may be a wireless problem via the notebook or the router so I used a cable connection and I still have the same problem. It actually used to work before.

Day 2
I got frustrated so I uninstalled all of the Lexmark software from the “Dell #1 pc with xp pro”, and I deleted all of the printer icons from the Dell #1 and the Toshiba notebook. I wanted to make sure the problem wasn’t the actual print device. I then installed the software on a new Dell computer, “Dell #2 running xp media edition”, and I connected the lex x74-x75 via USB port ,and I joined dell #2 to the network workgroup. I shared the printer and added the printer to the Toshiba notebook and it worked fine, so I added the printer to dell #1 and it worked fine, so I don’t believe it’s network related, The problem has to be something with dell #1. So I decide it may have been corrupted printer files on dell #1, and since I had already deleted all of the software off dell #1 I figured a fresh install would fix the problem, so deleted all printers on all 3 pc’s and uninstalled the software from dell #2. I then proceeded to install the software on Dell #1, and connect the printer and it worked fine on dell #1, so I added the printer to the Toshiba notebook and printed a test page and it hung again just like paragraph #1. I’m tired now

Help

laneh

Are you installing drivers on all of the machines? That shouldn't be necessary - just share the printer from Dell #1, and when you add the printer to the Toshiba, using the Wizard, browse for a network computer. The Dell should show up, and the Toshiba will create a virtual USB port to connect to it.

At least that's how it worked for my HP printer, Dell PC, HP laptop, and Gateway hermorphadite that I built. Never did like Lexmark, and I've been working on printers for years.

mclemore1

Yes I am using the wizard and browzing to the dell #1, to add the printer to the Toshiba, and Dell #2. When I try to print test pages from the Toshiba and dell #2 the printer engages, and the speakers on dell #1 say printing started, this hangs up dell #1 and the test pages print after I reboot dell #1.

Worktruck

Well, it seems you have ruled out device itself it you want to really clean it up your first PC you could try this and see if you missed anything and try a fresh install again:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm#LexmarkDriver

garv221

buy a new one