Lexmark Z45 Printer software installation

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Clean up first.

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

Then reinstall the printer... start at Step 5
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
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Cari
(MS-MVP Printing & Imaging)

"Phil B" <PhilB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news 5A5D729-D9D2-4EEF-94D7-DB853E6660B7@microsoft.com...
> The delights of XP! Recently had to upgrade the PC and was using XP for
> the
> first time. Great I thought let's re-install all the old hardware and get
> it
> up and running. No-one told me that you had to install the software first,
> that was my first mistake. The other was to have lost the driver disc for
> the
> Lexmark Z45 printer. So I downloaded what I thought was the correct driver
> from the lexmark website and had a go at installing it. Now I'm not
> entirely
> sure that I have installed it rather than just saved it to the hard drive!
> So I plug the printer in and all hell breaks loose. Then the screen comes
> up
> with "do you want to start Windows normally?" Yes! and it goes in a self
> perpertuating loop that's cost me £35 to get repaired. All I want is a
> working printer. Can anyone help me as to how to download and install a
> printer driver and plug in the printer - I thought I was IT literate, it
> appears not. Oh yes and I have Norton Anti-Virus installed and running!
> Look forward to hearing from you soon.
>