printer problem

augusta

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Running Win 7 on my laptop . My Brother HL ran out of toner and I won't receive the toner for a couple days so I brought out my ancient Lexmark E310 which I've used as a backup for quite a while. Its an old parallel printer and works like a charm. When I connected everything and tried to print a document the darn thing wouldn't print. I've tried everything for 3-4 hours now and nothing works. I've played with it trying to install a new driver for it from Lexmark, a compatible driver from HP, downloading the driver(s) from CNET and Tucows but all they did was add programs that I didn't want or ask you to pay a fee to get the driver(s). I've deleted the printer and added it again with no luck. I tried the Windows update thing to no avail as well. I know I need a virtual printer port and tried configuring all the available USB ports with no success as well. As usual when I'm at wits end I always end up here hoping to find my guardian angels to bail me out of my predicament. The damn thing prints the test page at times and other times it doesn't. That happens when I play with the printer port configurator. Don't get it. Prints the page when I do something right, but won't print a saved document when I try printing immediately after printing the test page. Can anyone help me with this mess??
 

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windows 7 64
Hello augusta what do you see in Devices and Printers?? and if the Lexmark is there have you got it set to default printer? see pic

It might also be as well to keep a spare toner for the Brother too;)
 

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My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Own build (new) Desk1 / Asus ROG Win 7 / Desk2 1st build
OS
Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
CPU
Desk1 i5 3750K / Laptop i7 GTX 860M / Desk2 i5 2500
Motherboard
Desk1 Asus P877-V / Desk2 Gigabyte H67 UD3H / Laptop ?
Memory
Desk1 8GB (1866) / Desk2 16GB (1333) / Laptop 8Gb DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Desk 1& 2NVidia GTX 650 & Laptops on board Intel
Sound Card
Desk 1 & 2 -XONAR DG Realtek High Def audio Laptop
Monitor(s) Displays
Desk 1 Benq HD 2450 / Desk2 Philips 24" / Laptop 17.5"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 D1 & D2 & Laptop 1
Hard Drives
Desk1 Samsung 120GB 830 SSD
Asus ROG 256GB 850 Pro SSD
Desk2 Samsung 840 256 SSD
Toshiba 120GB EVO
PSU
Desk 1 Corsair HX 1050/ Laptop ? / Desk 2 Corsair HX 650
Case
Desk 1 Cooler HAF XM ? Toshiba laptop / Desk2 Coolermaster
Cooling
Fans on all Desk1 -2 Desk2 - all Coolermasters 5 Laptop ?
Keyboard
Desk 1 MS Sidewinder X6 Desk 2 MS Sidewinder X 4
Mouse
Desk 1&2 - Gigabyte MS 900 gamer - laptop - Logitec wireless
Internet Speed
ADSL2+
Other Info
One other Desktop (tester) and spare Toshba laptop both with SSD's
Running Kaspersky 2016 ISS on all machines config'd identically
Logitec audio stereo systems on each machine (x3)
Canon MG5250MFC
Router/modem TP-Link running WPA2SK
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