That Darned Lexmark Printer

[bobbie67]

 :-/  O.K....Here we go again. I finally got the printer installed (ir so it said), but when I check my programs...it's not there. If I try to print a document or test page it says there is no printer installed. I am getting extremely frustrated with this...I know people are saying I should just buy a new printer, but I cannot afford it right now. Why would the installation process say it installed successfully & I can't print. I have the printer set as my default & everything. It just does not show up in the programs installed.

[Zzyzx]

Sounds like a mess of problems. Since you're running XP, doing a system restore to just before you tried to install the printer would be a good idea.

Autoexec.nt:

If this file is corrupt, you can get it back from the repair directory:

copy c:\windows\repair\autoexec.nt c:\windows\system32

This problem seems pretty common, so after the copy, find the copied file in Windows Explorer, right click, then Properties and tick the read-only atrribute, then Ok

Now the printer:

You can download a XP driver from:

http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:432:0:0&emeaframe=&target=http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi&target=http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi&&req=:::::.

Connect the printer to the PC, install the driver, then reboot. Everything should be Ok. You can also check around the site above and see if you need anything else like software for controlling your printer.

Good luck.