Why cant I get the printer connected to my MAC to print? -

I downloaded the drivers, then finally my printer is a selection, then I hit print and it doesnt print. Lexmark z32

Sounds like you haven t got your printer description added to your printer description list on OS X so it has nothing to recognize. Go to System prefsgt;print/fax and click on Printer setupgt; add yours to the list. Leopard installation details here http://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/sequentia… then you should be able to print to it. Same as you would on a PC.

What printer do I need to make weatherproof stickers? -

Im looking to buy a printer that can print professional high quality stickers. The printer will need a built in cutter. Im looking to spend a maximum of ￡650. The stickers will need to be weather proof and I will be making them on a regular basis. Thanks

Within your budget you are looking at a hobby cutter . It will cut vinyl for weather proof applications, that only hitch is it doesn t print. You are not going to get a printer and cutter on your budget. You either get just a cutter, go monochrome vinyl, or go just a printer and and not have the longevity.

Is there a way I can connect a second computer to my printer wirelessly? -

My printer is connected to my computer downstairs. I want to connect my computer (upstairs) to the same printer. Is there some wireless device i can use to do this? What is it called? How Much does it Cost?

You can start a wireless network by buying a wireless router. 1) Plug in your computer downstairs into the router 2) Enable Windows File and Printer sharing on your downstairs computer 3) Share the Printer on the network by right-clicking and selecting Share 4) Purchase and install a wireless adapter for your computer upstairs if doesn t already have one 5) Browse your network and find your shared printer to install on the upstairs computer The wireless router cost around $60 and the adapter around $50. I ve found good deals for around $25 on ebay. Make sure you secure your wireless network with a password or your whole neighborhood can potentially have access to your printer/network. Contact me if you have any questions.

Yes you need a wireless router and receiver you can probly get a package for around $70 then you go add printer -gt; network printer -gt; browse -gt; it is self explanitory from there.

I ve never heard of anything like that? If there is, then I need it and would make things a whole lot easier.

How do cartridge world KNOW that it takes 450 years for a cartridge to decompose? -

i mean its not as if we had printer cartridges 450 yrs ago....so is this just a guess or what?

Haha I have said the same thing. It all comes down to science-chemistry actually. Its all about chemical formulas and HALF LIFES. Pretty much, the chemical structure that makes up a cartridge is put into a scientific equation. From there they can determine the half life or the exist life of the cartridge.

to do with sciene, they can calculate how long it takes for the plastic to decompose by how strong the plastic is, in cartidges case it is a strong hard plastic so it would take 450 years to fully decompose, either that or some amish guy put an ink cartridge in the ground and said i wonder how long it will take for yonder ink cartridge to end

You can accelerate decomposition in controlled settings. Since cartridges are predominantly made of plastics and we do know how long plastics take to decompose it is safe to say that cartridge, being plastic will decompose in the same amount of time as any other plastic goods.

It s an educated guess, but it does not affect your legal rights to sue them if it actually takes 451 years.

they use there time machine to go into future to see if its decompossed . dont you know pc world is selling a new cut price range of flux capassitors . lol

probably the same way they can tell the age of a lump of rock that a Dinasaur died on. It is odd to me!!!

How do I change my browser setting so it prints larger? -

When I print my email messages it prints way too small.

If you do the print preview for it, it is defaulting to quot;shrink to fitquot;. There is a KB article on Microsoft s website about it, it was supposed to be fixed by SP3, but I m still having to change before printing, so try the fix on the KB. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932538/

What CD/DVD Printer do you use and what is your opinion on it? -

I have been using a Canon Pixma ip3000 with a CD/DVD tray that I purchased on EBAY and had to make a few software changes to enable the CD/DVD Printing option that is not available on this printer in the USA because of Epson s CD/DVD Printing patent. Recently the print head for my ip3000 messed up on me so I was stuck hunting down a quick option. I purchased an HP D5145 printer from Walmart for $89.88 that has the print on CD/DVD capability out of the box! I am not too happy with that printer for 2 reasons. #1 : It only uses 2 print cartridges quot; Black and a Red, Blue Yellow combined. 2# : The printer has been used a small amount to print DVD labels and the ink is already half gone! I have decided to return that printer back to Walmart!

usually the ink cartridges that come with the printers are Not full. That is how the initial cost is kept down. I use 3 in one HP 1510 whick i like very well. It is quiet efficient and prints clearly. And it was only $70 after a $20 refund from costco. E

What should I do with this printer machine? -

I shouldn t even be asking this, but anyways. I have an hp printer (brand new) that cost me around $60, really cheap, I know. But, somehow after three months or so it stopped working correctly, it paper jammed frequently and the last time I used it, it wouldn t print at all. I really don t mind throwing it away, I think it was kind of cheap. Would there be any way to repair it? Any basic home solutions for this? Any recommendations? I just can t stand having garbage in home, but if it can be repaired without effort, well I don t mind fixing it.

Contact HP Here is the HP site, You have several options. On line live chat, email or telephone tech support (Telephone support is not free unless it is still under warranty) I use and like their service It is a FREE 24/7 Telephone number 1-800-474-6836

What model number do you have?? It s key to answering the question, with out knowing what printer you have, I have to guess, you should try to use a little armor all, on a paper towel, spray it on the paper towel and clean the rollers with it. Sometimes when their is a temp. change the rollers get dry and that s when the problems start. If you have your heater on an no other sources of humidity this will cause the dry of the rollers.

Often printer jamming is caused by a poor grip on the paper by the rubber rollers. Roughening them up with a fine sandpaper usually works; just don t overdo it and remove excessive rubber.

Whats the difference between Canon 30/31 amp; 40/41 ink? -

Is there more ink or something, or is the quality just better?

40/41 has a higher print-yield, meaning you can print more pages with these cartridges, hence the more expensive price.

Yes, 40/41 ink is a higher capacity cartridge. It holds more ink and usually you will get a lower cost per print with higher capacity cartridges.

the 40 and 41 have twice the ink.

For some reason my printer keeps printing a yellow and blackish color ? -

Everything prints when i want it to but im using a lexmark 1200x and currently using its cartridge #26.It keeps printing only yellow and black colors instead of using its variety of colors in the ink?

You are out of cyan and magenta ink. Or... you have not used you printer is more than a month and you cyan and magenta ink have dried. Try a couple print head cleanings, if that doesn t work - replace the cartridge.

Is the cartridge #26 designated for this printer? If so, if there is a 2nd (or 3rd) cartridge, it sounds like you need to go in to the properties amp; change the configuration. Another possiblility is that a cleaning of the printer is required

When your printer is out of black ink, how do you print using only color? -

I know there is a way to print when the black is out using only color. I have an Epson C88 if that helps. The printer wont let me print anymore but I remember finding a setting to continue printing by mixing the colors

I save every web page...move it over to word. Change the colour there and then print. Been out of ink for about a year, but too expensive to buy more.

i think you have to use the setting called back up mode if its available.. hope this helps

How can I locate an IP Address for my Lexmark 2500 printer? -

I just got a new printer and I hooked it up to my desktop computer, now how can I print from the same printer but using my laptop instead? You can add a printer using the IP Address correct?

I may be wrong on this but printers don t have IP addresses. In order to print from your laptop you would need a wireless router to connect your laptop with your tower

your printer would have to be a network printer, and you would also need to have a small network group so that you can have printer shared

Why is it that everytime I connect the usb for my printer to my notebook, the pc wants to install it? -

Is there a way I can just plug in the usb, print and go? And then I have several copies of my printer installed.

I always practice running the CD provided first. Now unplug your usb cable. Delete all your printer driver (related to your printer) Put in the CD in the CD tray and let it auto run.Wait until the system ask you to connect the printer, the you plug the usb cable in.Make sure the installation is complete then you restart the laptop. Hope its work for you.

I have seen this type issues occurring in Windows Vista.. so if it is Windows Vista computer then you can try replacing usbstor.inf file from the working computer Bala http://www.support1000.com

How does one update the driver for an HP inkjet printer when using Windows Vista? -

My Windows Vista does not not have a driver for an HP Inkjet Printer. After I have downloaded the driver from Internet how do I install the driver in Windows Vista

Just double click the file you downloaded. It should load an install wizard or auto install with no required input, depends on the printer. Another simple method to update drivers, which I prefer, is to use automatic driver update software. Go to http://www.pcdriverupdate.com and get their free scan. It will quickly show you which driver updates are available for your system. You can easily remove old drivers and update to newest drivers in just a few clicks. I definitely recommend it and to do regular scans with the software to make sure your system is up to date and running at its best. I hope it helps.

Once you download the driver from HP.com you should be able to double click it and install it.

How can I measure the cost per print on my color inkjet printer? -

Hi, I own an HP deskjet 6540 color inkjet printer... The cartridges are starting to cost me a lot of money, and I was wondering how I could measure the cost per page... I use the printer as part of my business, and want to be able to estimate the cost of printing proposals and such... any ideas?

Well, one way to do it would be to count the number of sheets you use between each change of a cartridge, and the divide the cost of the copies by the number of sheets used. There is also software available which can measure the number of prints you have done on your printer, as well as the toner level of your cartridge and that kind of thing. See www.4officedirect.com Once you know how many prints you do between each cartridge just divide the cost of the cartridge by the number of clicks.

How many sheets can an Epson cx5400 before running out of ink? -

I was wondering if anyone knew or could find out how many sheets of A4 paper that an Epson cx5400 (or an average inkjet printer) can print before running out of ink (starting on full). I want to compair it to the 1000 sheets a laser colour printer can do

About 400 pages for each color cartridge based on 5% coverage. Black is around 750-850 on 5% coverage. 5% coverage is the industry standard.

Epson cx5400 stated page yields based on 5% coverage 5% coverage is a 1quot;x1quot; square. These yields are also based on 8.5quot;x11quot; not A4. With A4 paper you will get a little less per page. The cost of the prints from inkjet to laserjet are almost double. More info specific to the UK/France/Germany/Italy/Spain can be found here: http://www.qualitylogic.com/assets/pdfs/… http://www.qualitylogic.com/assets/pdfs/… http://www.qualitylogic.com/assets/pdfs/… T032120 black cartridge 1240 pages estimated yield. T042220 cyan cartridge 420 pages estimated yield. T042320 magenta cartridge 420 page yield estimated. T042420 yellow cartridge 420 pages estimated yield.

What printer should i buy to print a mid sized community newspaper? -

Cant be more thatn $2000, and must be able to handle wide formats around 11quot;x24quot;

I d suggest an HP Designjet. HP continues to make the best, more reliable printers. Here is a link that might help: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/…

How can I connect this printer to my new PC? -

I just bought a new computer but it doesn t have the same port to hook up the monster db9 serial cable that my laser printer uses. The printer doesn t support any other cables and I can t seem to find a db9 to usb adapter. Does such a thing exist?

Yes it exists. Costs $10-$20 bucks. Frey s Electronics has them as well as USBgear.com. http://www.usbgear.com/USB-Serial.html

if it does exist do an Ebay search because they have more things than you can imagine. Good luck

Yep there is such a thing and you can get same day shipping. See link below

Those other guys are wrong. You have to buy a whole new printer. Update your hardware to 2008!

Does anyone know how to get the Lexmark printer z11 to work on Vista? -

Have bought a parallel to usb cable. The Lexmark website drivers go only up to XP. I ve read somewhere some people have managed it using the window 2000 driver. How do you do this step by step? The installation disk won t let me load.

Your Lexmark Z11 is too old for Windows Vista and does not have thr right drivers, t make it work. Windows Vista is a 64 bit processor, and Lexmark Z11 uses Windows Win32 drivers, They don t mix. Go out and Buy a newer Printer that will work with Windows Vista or revert to Windows XP.

Go to www.lexmark.com. Select drivers and choose the driver for your o/s

Can you store a laser printer on its side? -

I am putting my Brother laser printer into storage for about 4 months. It makes storing a lot easier if I place it on its side instead of bottom. Will this ruin it? Thanks !

It should be fine....just remove the toner cartridge first.

The toner is what will be the issue because it will settle on the side. The printer itself will be fine. If you leave the toner in the printer for this period of time, then when you take the printer back out of storage, you will need to do some serious shaking of the toner cartridge to try to redistribute the toner around inside the cartridge.

Nothing will happen but take out the cartridges from printer and keep them at safe place.

How can I scan a document and then put it in microsoft word? -

I really need to scann and e-mail this document by today, but I just can find th eway of scanning it then putting it into microsoft word. Please help

you need a scanner (hardware product - price range $ 100 - 500) - with scaner you ll also get so called OCR (which is short for optical recognition) software which you need to download to yr computer after this open word, put anything you want to scan in scanner and scan it

if your scanner is directly hooked up to your computer, then open word click insert --gt; picture --gt; from scanner or camera. click custom insert and then set your settings and scan.

the way I do it is to scan each page of the document and save the files to my computer (jpg). Open Word and insert the file as an image (picture) It makes a heavy document but for a couple of pages it works fine for emailing.

you need a program developed by xerox called ocr. your scaner may have come with a small version. If not your can find it at compusa, staples ext.

You need an OCR software to convert this to text - check the cd that came with your scanner.

Let Kinko do it for you for a small fee or take a high-res picture if you have digital camera.

How do I install my HP Photosmart C5180 printer to my new computer? -

Please don t just give me a link, and tell me to go there and it will help me.

Usually you can just plug in thne USB cord and it will say quot;Found New Hardwarequot; and then its in!!!

Dont connect the printer first, put the cd in, start theinstallation, it will ask u to connect the printer. That time connect it

all s you need to do is put in the instalation disk and fallow the on screen instuctions of read the manual....it will tell you how to set it up

How to get photo magnet paper to print on dell 964 printer? -

we are trying to print magnets using photomagnet paper on a dell 964 printer but the paper won t go through. it s not moving how do you increase the paper feed or make the photomagnet paper go through the printer?

If the paper won t go through, it can t go through. Not all printers are designed to handle heavier stock, it appear that you have one of those printers. Unfortunately there is nothing you can do.

How do I print to a Windows based printer from my Mac? -

I ve already downloaded the necessary drivers, but when I try to print to our office s printer, it gives me 10 pages of blank paper and two pages of computer junk. Judging by what the printer is printing, the Mac is sending information on how to print and not what to print. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

Macs have traditionally have only supported Postscript printing. Likewise for Unix/Linux on which OSX is based. Postscript is a verbose, semi-english-readable, language. When printed to a non-postscript printer, it often produces the sort of results you describe. See if your office printer can handle Postscript and if so, set that as the default (in the printer itself) or set it to auto-detect (some older printers that handle both Postscript and non-Postscript did not auto-detect well) If your office printer can not handle Postscript, see if there are any non-postscript printing solutions available for MAC and your printer, or get a Postscript converter (there used to be one called Ghostscript).

I agree with Jared_e42 wrong or corrupt drivers.

Sounds like you re using the wrong print driver; or the driver is bad. If you open the Print Utility (Applicationsgt;Utilities); you can EITHER delete, then re-add the printer and use a generic print driver OR click the info button while that printer is selected, and change the driver there to the generic one (or try to find another driver).

What is the earliest computer printer technology? -

I couldn t find much on the history. Is it the DOT Matrix?

Technically, it s the punch card. Original computers were punch card input, so getting computers to speed up there needed to be a way, so computers initially punched their own card outputs.

How can I set it up so that my Dell 3130cn will just print whatever I send from tray 1? -

Sometimes I print letter docs, sometimes legal docs. What I would like to do, and what most printers do, is just print any document I send on the legal paper in tray 1. I don t like having to switch paper or even use the MPF (because, then I still have to go back and send the print job to the MPF.)

Only put paper in the one tray