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I have the same problem with Lexmark P707.I think that problem is Lexmark's
XP-driver and few years old pc with USB 1.1.
Lexmark support doesn't help with that problem.
See eg.
http://www.webuser.co.uk/cgi-bin/forums/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=PC&Number=80779&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=9&o=93&part=
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"MCheu" <mpcheu@yahoo.com> kirjoitti
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> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:10:07 +0000, Hecate <hecate@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
>>On 29 Jan 2005 00:06:30 -0800, "zeberga" <Birhanu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I have Lexmark 3200 which had been working fine on Win 98. I upgraded
>>>my system to XP Pro. The system hardware installation wizard asked me
>>>for the Lexmark drivers which I downloaded from the company site,posted
>>>as xp compatible. When I try to install the driver XP tells me it isn't
>>>a signed driver. I chode to install any way but my printer gets jammed
>>>whenever I try to print test page.
>>>Any suggestion?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>Yes. Lexmark printer jams are normal due to the poor quality of the
>>printers. Buy something that works. Any one of Epson, Canon or HP will
>>do.
>>
>> --
>>
>>Hecate - The Real One
>>Hecate@newsguy.com
>>veni, vidi, reliqui
>
> My own experiences with my 3200 aren't nearly so "jam packed" as
> yours. The only times I've managed to jam it was because:
>
> 1. Wrong thickness setting. Really, there's only two, thick (for
> envelopes and cards) and thin (for regular paper). Having it set to
> thick when using paper causes it to feed multiple sheets and jam up
> that way. Keep it on the thin setting for normal use.
>
> 2. Adjust the paper alignment detent (that thingy on the feeder that
> guides the paper?). If it's set too tight or too lose, it can jam up.
> Too tight, and the paper gets held up by it, too lose, and it goes in
> crooked.
>
> Otherwise, it fed without problems.
>
> The only reason why I retired it was because the current production
> Lexmark cartridges just refuse to work well in my 3200. Had the thing
> 6 years and with decent quality cartridges it ran very reliably and
> had great print quality. Retired it last month and replaced it with a
> Canon i560. The old 3200 still works, and with decent cartridges I'd
> probably keep using it. It's just that Lexmark's recent cartridges
> clog up every 3rd page or so, requiring manual cleaning, which got
> tiresome pretty quickly. The older ones from their Malaysian and
> Singapore factories work fine, but all the new stock is "made in
> Mexico", and it just wasn't worth the effort to track down the older
> cartridges.
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> MCheu
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