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Title: Adding Lexmark Z52 to router on parallel port
Post by: Daryll Griffiths on March 03, 2002, 07:26:17 PM

Hi Everyone,

I have added my lexmark z52 to my router and added it in the server-manager but once I have installed the drivers on the workstation the software fails to initialize communications with the printer and therefore doesn't print.

Help !!!

Thanks,

Daryll Griffiths.

Title: Re: Adding Lexmark Z52 to router on parallel port
Post by: Robert Boerner on March 04, 2002, 10:40:14 PM

Couple of questions...how did you install the drivers? Did you do a network printer install on the windows workstation? Also, does your printer require bi-directional communication to work?

Title: Re: Adding Lexmark Z52 to router on parallel port
Post by: Andrew Roberts on March 05, 2002, 06:32:33 PM

They can be tricky beasts to set up.  I have on working on a peer-to-peer network and I followed the instructions at:

http://www2.lexmark.com/infatlib.nsf/Document/ENG9472?OpenDocument

Essentially, you need to disable the bi-directional options and capture the printer port.

Title: Re: Adding Lexmark Z52 to router on parallel port
Post by: Daryll griffiths on March 05, 2002, 07:00:07 PM

how do you capture the printer port for WindowsXP ?

Title: Re: Adding Lexmark Z52 to router on parallel port
Post by: Shaukat Manji on March 05, 2002, 10:36:45 PM

To capture in windows XP
if it's similar to windows 2000
then from command prompt
net use lptx: \\ /persistent:yes