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More info?)
to be clear, your lexmark e210 has both a parallel port and a usb port and
so can be directly connected to a pc in either fashion. there is no point
in using the parallel port since you need that port for your old scanner
that only works on a parallel port.
"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:1j7ne.5796$Lb.2452@trndny05...
>i think you are making this way more complicated than it is.
> your initial question lacked the basic information for anyone to provide a
> precise solution, but it seems for the other crumbs you have provided that
> the issue is this...
>
> you have a dimension 8400 running windows xp. connected to the parallel
> port on the 8400 is a cannon canoscan fb 320p. connected to the pass
> through parallel port on the fb 320p is a lexmark e210 laser printer. all
> drivers are up to date and the printer works, however after the first scan
> you are unable to scan again until you reboot.
>
> it is a pretty common to encounter problems with parallel prot pass
> through devices under windows xp. it may be due to driver conflicts or it
> may be due to the mode of the parallel port. you can spend lots of time
> trying to identify the source of the problem with combination of software
> drivers or you could try setting the parallel port in the bios to a
> different mode (that which is specified by the fb 320p) but you are
> probably just wasting your time. the solution to your problem is pretty
> simple. get a usb cable and connect your lexmark e210 directly to one of
> your many usb ports. i suggest that you first delete the existing lexmark
> software that you have installed, disconnect the printer's parallel port
> cable, restart the machine, and then connect the printer to the computer
> with the usb cable.
>
> also, be sure to download the CanoScan Toolbox v2.2.3 for Windows
> 98/Me/2000/XP software from the same site that you downloaded the driver.
>
> "Brad" <b2otto2@removealltel.net> wrote in message
> news:b0ecd$429ce431$438c67ed$11211@ALLTEL.NET...
>> Stew,
>> That was the first thing I did. I update the drivers for Printer and
>> Scanner when I relocated the Sanner(Cannon FB 320P) and the Printer
>> (Lexmark E210) to the Dell 8400. The only thing I did not do was download
>> the filmware for the E210.
>> http://support.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/knowledgebase.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:77:0:0&framed=&docid=ENUS2226&relevance=1,
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>> S.Lewis wrote:
>>
>>> "Brad" <b2otto2@removealltel.net> wrote in message
>>> news:e1b5f$429cc357$438c67ed$24405@ALLTEL.NET...
>>>
>>>>On my new 8400 Dell Xp MCE 2005, I get an error code (parallel port
>>>>maybe used by another application) when I make a second scan on my
>>>>Cannon FB Scanner.
>>>>The first scan always goes though and prints fine to the Lexmark
>>>>printer. The second attempt always fails, and I must reboot before
>>>>scanning a second document....The Scanner and Printer worked fine on my
>>>>old Gateway running win98, but can't seem to get XP willing to share the
>>>>Printer port with the scanner. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>>>Brad
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Brad -
>>>
>>> The first obvious question would be have you downloaded software and
>>> drivers for both the scanner and printer (from their sites) for Windows
>>> XP?
>>>
>>> WinXP native drivers may not be enough....
>>>
>>>
>>> Stew
>
>
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