Printer Problem with Lexmark 6200

I installed a Lexmark 6200 printer on a Acer Laptop runing Vista Home
Premium. The installation took a long time but went to completion. I used
the Lexmark disk for the install. The 6200 displays on the Control Panel
screen as "Ready." I made it the default. The printer is pluged into one of
the USB ports.

The problem: nothing prints. I sometimes get in an error message - can't
find printer. But typically, when I do File>Print nothing prints. I have
tried using Works, NotePad and Open Office Writer with the same results.

Your help would be appreciated.

old volunteer <oldvolunteer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I installed a Lexmark 6200 printer on a Acer Laptop runing Vista Home
>Premium. The installation took a long time but went to completion. I used
>the Lexmark disk for the install. The 6200 displays on the Control Panel
>screen as "Ready." I made it the default. The printer is pluged into one of
>the USB ports.
>
>The problem: nothing prints. I sometimes get in an error message - can't
>find printer. But typically, when I do File>Print nothing prints. I have
>tried using Works, NotePad and Open Office Writer with the same results.
>
>Your help would be appreciated.

Are you sure you've installed the proper drivers for Vista?

I'm not sure. I used the original disk that came with the printer. How can
I get the driver that works with Vista?

"Manny Weisbord" wrote:

> old volunteer <oldvolunteer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I installed a Lexmark 6200 printer on a Acer Laptop runing Vista Home
> >Premium. The installation took a long time but went to completion. I used
> >the Lexmark disk for the install. The 6200 displays on the Control Panel
> >screen as "Ready." I made it the default. The printer is pluged into one of
> >the USB ports.
> >
> >The problem: nothing prints. I sometimes get in an error message - can't
> >find printer. But typically, when I do File>Print nothing prints. I have
> >tried using Works, NotePad and Open Office Writer with the same results.
> >
> >Your help would be appreciated.
>
> Are you sure you've installed the proper drivers for Vista?
>

By going to the Lexmark Website/

"old volunteer" <oldvolunteer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9C46E5EF-652E-4D9D-A6B6-95354F3A6395@microsoft.com...
> I'm not sure. I used the original disk that came with the printer. How
> can
> I get the driver that works with Vista?
>
> "Manny Weisbord" wrote:
>
>> old volunteer <oldvolunteer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I installed a Lexmark 6200 printer on a Acer Laptop runing Vista Home
>> >Premium. The installation took a long time but went to completion. I
>> >used
>> >the Lexmark disk for the install. The 6200 displays on the Control
>> >Panel
>> >screen as "Ready." I made it the default. The printer is pluged into
>> >one of
>> >the USB ports.
>> >
>> >The problem: nothing prints. I sometimes get in an error message -
>> >can't
>> >find printer. But typically, when I do File>Print nothing prints. I
>> >have
>> >tried using Works, NotePad and Open Office Writer with the same results.
>> >
>> >Your help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Are you sure you've installed the proper drivers for Vista?
>>

old volunteer wrote:
> I installed a Lexmark 6200 printer on a Acer Laptop runing Vista Home
> Premium. The installation took a long time but went to completion. I used
> the Lexmark disk for the install. The 6200 displays on the Control Panel
> screen as "Ready." I made it the default. The printer is pluged into one of
> the USB ports.
>
> The problem: nothing prints. I sometimes get in an error message - can't
> find printer. But typically, when I do File>Print nothing prints. I have
> tried using Works, NotePad and Open Office Writer with the same results.
>
> Your help would be appreciated.

You are required to update your driver for Vista. go to;


http://downloads.lexmark.com/perl/do...29:1:0:462:0:0

Here is a good resource for these things;

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/

Good luck, and post back if this works.

Dave T.

old volunteer <oldvolunteer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm not sure. I used the original disk that came with the printer. How can
>I get the driver that works with Vista?

A quick search of the Lexmark site (U.S.) doesn't show any Vista
drivers. Looks as if it's time to buy a new printer.

Where do you live?

>"Manny Weisbord" wrote:
>
>> old volunteer <oldvolunteer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I installed a Lexmark 6200 printer on a Acer Laptop runing Vista Home
>> >Premium. The installation took a long time but went to completion. I used
>> >the Lexmark disk for the install. The 6200 displays on the Control Panel
>> >screen as "Ready." I made it the default. The printer is pluged into one of
>> >the USB ports.
>> >
>> >The problem: nothing prints. I sometimes get in an error message - can't
>> >find printer. But typically, when I do File>Print nothing prints. I have
>> >tried using Works, NotePad and Open Office Writer with the same results.
>> >
>> >Your help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Are you sure you've installed the proper drivers for Vista?
>>

If there is no Vista driver from Lexmark you may be able to both install and
run the XP driver from your installation CD in XP compatibility mode.
I was able to do that with an old scanner I had till I replaced it.

"Manny Weisbord" <mannyweisbord@crimest.invalid> wrote in message
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> old volunteer <oldvolunteer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure. I used the original disk that came with the printer. How
>>can
>>I get the driver that works with Vista?
>
> A quick search of the Lexmark site (U.S.) doesn't show any Vista
> drivers. Looks as if it's time to buy a new printer.
>
> Where do you live?
>
>>"Manny Weisbord" wrote:
>>
>>> old volunteer <oldvolunteer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >I installed a Lexmark 6200 printer on a Acer Laptop runing Vista Home
>>> >Premium. The installation took a long time but went to completion. I
>>> >used
>>> >the Lexmark disk for the install. The 6200 displays on the Control
>>> >Panel
>>> >screen as "Ready." I made it the default. The printer is pluged into
>>> >one of
>>> >the USB ports.
>>> >
>>> >The problem: nothing prints. I sometimes get in an error message -
>>> >can't
>>> >find printer. But typically, when I do File>Print nothing prints. I
>>> >have
>>> >tried using Works, NotePad and Open Office Writer with the same
>>> >results.
>>> >
>>> >Your help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Are you sure you've installed the proper drivers for Vista?
>>>