How does your printer work?
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Works Great!!!\n\nThere are numerous sites that explain how they work but can get complicated if you do not understand the "Geek" terms.\n\nWell a printer is sort of a different animal of its own.  All hardware, peripherals, etc. all require "Drivers" which is software that controls the device for which it is intended, more or less the "Boss"\n\nLets say you were building furniture that will need boxed up and assembled by the purchaser.  When you are finished building your project you "Print" it or send the project to your "Boss" for verification.\n\nThe boss recieves this and all the pieces are separated into equal packets along with a set of instructions that contains step by step how to build the product (all info sent will be margins, colors, sizes, etc) to make it easy for the purchaser (Printer in this case) to locate the parts.\n\nThese packets are then sent to the purchaser in the order they need to be assembled to yield the correct item.   The purchaser (printer) looks at these instructions in each packet and follows them.  Its print head will be like you looking at the directions and saying I need to put this screw in first before I put this part on.  So in other words the print head is like a set of hands completing the final output.\n\nHope this helps a bit without being soo technical.
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Depending on the program you're printing from, there is normally an option to "print selection".  This is true in Microsoft Word and Excel and most other programs as well.
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If the printer upstairs is attached to another PC, then go to the Printers folder and make sure that you have 'SHARED' that printer, then you will probably have to install the printer drivers too, it will ask you if it is locally connected or on a network, choose network. the rest is plain sailing.\nOr you can walk upstairs and plug that printer into your usb port, AFTER installing the printer drivers.\nIf the upstairs printer is a networked printer - i.e. NOT attached to a PC, then on installing the printer driver it will again ask you if it is networked, and search for it.
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if the printer dint come with a disc u can either try ADD printer or get the driver form the manufactures webstie .\n\nif ur using windows xp just follow these steps:-\n\nTo add a printer attached to your computer\n\n1.\n\n\nConnect the printer to the appropriate port on your computer according to the printer manufacturer's documentation, and verify that it is ready to print.\n\n2.\n\n\nAlthough Windows automatically detects and installs most printers, you might need to provide additional information to complete the installation. Choose from the following, depending on the type of printer you have.\n\nInstall a parallel port (LPT) attached printer\n\nIf your printer attaches to your computer with a parallel port (LPT port), connect the printer to your computer, and then open Printers and Faxes Double-click Add Printer to start the Add Printer Wizard, and then click Next. Click Local Printer, make sure the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box is selected, and then click Next. Depending on the printer you are installing, a Found New Hardware message or the Found New Hardware Wizard appears to notify you that the printer has been detected and that installation has begun. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the printer installation. (You do not need to continue with the following instructions.)\n\nAlternatively, after connecting your printer, you can start or restart your computer to allow to automatically detect and start the Found New Hardware Wizard.\n\nThe printer icon will be added to your Printers and Faxes folder.\n\nInstall a USB or IEEE 1394 printer\n\nIf you install a universal serial bus (USB) or IEEE 1394 printer, detects it and automatically starts the Found New Hardware Wizard. You do not need to shut down or restart your computer; just follow the instructions on the screen to finish the setup.\n\nThe printer icon will be added to your Printers and Faxes folder.\n\nInstall an infrared printer\n\nIf you install an infrared printer, detects it and automatically installs it. You do not need to shut down or restart your computer. First, make sure that the infrared-enabled computer and the printer are turned on. Then, position the computer and printer within approximately 1 meter of each other to establish a wireless infrared connection. After several seconds, the computer recognizes the printer, and the appropriate drivers are installed on the computer. If the drivers are not included with , prompts you to insert a manufacturer's disk containing the drivers. (You do not need to continue with the rest of the steps in this topic.)\n\nThe printer icon will be added to your Printers and Faxes folder.\n\nIf your computer is not infrared-capable, you can attach an infrared transceiver to your serial (COM) port. For more information, see Related Topics.\n\n3.\n\n\nIf you could not install your printer using Plug and Play, or if the printer is attached to your computer with a serial (COM) port, then open Printers and Faxes\n\n4.\n\n\nDouble-click Add Printer to start the Add Printer Wizard, and then click Next.\n\n5.\n\n\nClick Local printer, and then click Next.\n\n6.\n\n\nFollow the instructions on the screen to finish setting up the printer by selecting a printer port, selecting the manufacturer and model of your printer, and typing a name for your printer.\n\nIn Whistler Server, the Add Printer Wizard shares the printer and publishes it in Active Directory by default, unless you select Do not share this printer in the wizard's Printer Sharing screen. In Windows XP Professional, the Add Printer Wizard doesn't share the printer automatically; you need to select Share as to share and publish the printer.\n\n\nhope this is helpful to you......!
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Have you got the latest drivers installed for your printer ? Also when you go to print are you selecting your printer or is it set by default and it just selects it anyway ? Just a few thoughts is all :)
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You don't.\n\nThe cartridge has a chip on it which tell the printer the cartridge is empty.  Unless that chip is reset there is no way a refilled cartridge will work in the printer.
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1- Did you installe the Driver printer?\n2- Does your printer connected to your PC?\n3- Is the printer on?\n4- Does printer have papers in the tray?\n5- Is your printer that you want to print with is the default printer in the list of your printers?
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>A laser printer is a computer printer that produces high-resolution output by means of a process that is similar to photocopying. In place of reflected light from an image (as is used in xerography), a laser printer uses data sent from a computer to turn a laser beam on and off rapidly as it scans a charged drum. The drum then attracts toner powder to the areas not exposed to the light. Finally, the toner is fused to paper over a belt by heated rollers. In a write-black printer the laser positively charges the printed areas to attract the toner, which gives better detail than a write-white printer. In a write-white printer, the beam negatively charges the areas not to be printed to repel the toner, which gives a denser image. Faster, quieter, and capable of producing more attractive results than standard printers, laser printers have become an important means of printing business documents since they became more generally available.\n\nFor more information check out the site below.
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First check your cables....printer connected to the appropriate port on your computer, and power cord plugged in.  Next, turn your printer ON.  Then reboot your pc.  Now place the installation disk in the CD drive and follow instructions from there.
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Check your printer is set as default Go to Start, Control Panel, Printers and other hardware, View installed printers or fax printers,then right click on the icon for your printer, if it is not ticked, and set as default.
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read the directions that came with the printer
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It depends on what operating system you are using. If you are using Windows XP, it creates a picture of the file. You can then look at it using Microsoft Document Image Viewer. I don't know if it is the same with other OSes, but it doesn't have anything to do with the printer.
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maybe ink related.\nif not you may have lost a connection to the printer, and a removal and reinstall may be necessary.\ngood luck
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Print to a file and after print the file using your printer.\n\nTo print to a file\n1.- From the options menu,choose Printer Setup (the printer diaglog box appears)\n2.- In the Installed Printers box, select the name of the printer you want to print the file to.\n3.- Choose the Connect button (The connect dialog appears)\n4.- In the Ports box, select File as your port\n5.- Choose the OK button (The printers dialog box appears)\n6.- Choose the Close button\n\nWhen you choose to print to a file either from your application or by specifying FILE as the port your printer is connected to, the Print TO FILE dialog box appears when you print.\nIn the dialog box, you can specify the name of the file you want to print to, and a drive and directory where you want the file to be located.
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Remove all cables.\nPower down/SHUT OFF both your PC and Printer.\n\nRe-connect power cables. \nRe-connect printer cable to pc.\nMake sure all cables are plugged-in properly and are snugly-fit.\n\nTurn on Printer FIRST.\nThen Turn On PC.\n\nHope this works.\nGOOD LUCK!
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Funny thing, you have to tell a lexmark that you have installed a new cartridge.   Consult you manual.  It is usually in the printer tool box or utility menu.
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