I am finding that my printer puts itself in an "offline" status on its own; referring to the printers/faxes in the control panel. In a "ready" status it will print every time. The printer is a Lexmark 3200, OS is Windows XP Home Edition 2002 SP 2, computer EMachine T6212. This problem occures only with this new computer, I was running Windows 98 First Ed before. Any idea why this printer is putting itself in an "offline" status?
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Printer does not print intermittently
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how is the printer connected? lpt port or USB? if lpt it could be that you may need to change from standard to ECP, etc. you might refer to the manual regarding setting the lpt modes. setting the mode is done in the BIOS, not in windows. however, if you do change modes, be sure to remove/redetect the printer in windows.
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happydownloader
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If you go in the printers properties you should be able to set the printer from spooling printing to print imediately
That should speed things up a bit
That should speed things up a bit
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