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[IMPORTANT] My printer does not work under USB

post #1 of 12
7/11/06 at 12:19am
Thread Starter 
Help!!

My printer (Lexmark E210, aka Samsung ML-1250) does not work under Windows XP if I'm using USB connection. Call me dumb, but I always used the parallel connector. Now, for some reason I thought I should try the USB and..... nothing. It says there is an "unknown device" on the USB port. The CD driver doesn't help either... (for some reason it appears to be Win9x only).

Keep in mind that the parallel connection works just fine. Couldn't be better.

This is really urgent.
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post #2 of 12
7/11/06 at 12:36am
Link to drivers page: http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-per...cgi&&req=:::::
Now. Install drivers first without the printer hooked up. after drivers finish installing then connect printer to USB port. Hopefully it works for you.
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post #3 of 12
7/11/06 at 1:09am
Thread Starter 
I know, I already did that and much more. This is what happen:

If I connect my printer to the USB port, windows says it's an "unknown" hardware. When I try to install the driver (a file called "ssusb.inf"), it says the file does not have any info for the hardware.

I believe the problem is that I can't add the USB port to the printer.

//edit:

It seems the USB driver is only for Win9x. So what ?!? Windows XP didn't detect the printer, and the USB driver only works with Win9x ?!? Is it really that difficult to create a printer driver for XP?

//edit:

I will kill myself. After wasting almost three hours (non stop), I turn the printer off, leave only the USB cable connected. Turn it on, and everything goes fine.
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post #4 of 12
7/11/06 at 2:23am
Leave the printer plugged in, delete the unknown device from Device Manager.

Unplug the printer, re-install the driver from: http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-per...&searchLang=en

Plug in the printer again.

See if that works.
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post #5 of 12
7/11/06 at 2:25am
Thread Starter 
Yes, Revenent, that's what I just did. I'm dumb... I restarted both the computer and the printer (power cycle). Windows XP detected it normally.
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post #6 of 12
7/11/06 at 2:30am
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Originally Posted by DDDa
Yes, Revenent, that's what I just did. I'm dumb... I restarted both the computer and the printer (power cycle). Windows XP detected it normally.
He he he - glad it worked out for you.
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post #7 of 12
7/11/06 at 11:33am
ha ha, no need to kill yourself. Maybe not everyone will admit to it, but all of us here have made mistakes like that quite a few times
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post #8 of 12
7/11/06 at 12:02pm
Thread Starter 
Yeah, under normal circunstances I would try more to fix my problem before posting here, but it was 2 AM already and I had a paperwork for my college this morning. Anyway, thanks everyone.

Now let's stop bumping so it will be buried faster
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post #9 of 12
7/11/06 at 6:59pm
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Originally Posted by dman22
ha ha, no need to kill yourself. Maybe not everyone will admit to it, but all of us here have made mistakes like that quite a few times
Yeah, I thought I made a mistake once. Turns out I was wrong...
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post #10 of 12
7/12/06 at 12:52am
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Originally Posted by DDDa
Yes, Revenent, that's what I just did. I'm dumb... I restarted both the computer and the printer (power cycle). Windows XP detected it normally.

ahhhh, the windows Rule of Five.


You must restart 5 times before it will work
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post #11 of 12
7/12/06 at 4:21pm
I thought he didn't want anymore posts in here?







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post #12 of 12
7/12/06 at 10:36pm
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Originally Posted by dman22
I thought he didn't want anymore posts in here?

Remember when you were little and your parents said "DONT TOUCH"

Remember when you were lookn' at your gf's chest and she said "DONT TOUCH"

same principle applies here ^^
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