Printer Problem

[Titusfied]

Heh, now my printer is giving me problems. Actually it has been giving me the same problem for 6 months, and I just never decided to even attempt to fix it, until now.

I turn it on, and the Power Button blinks... That is all it does... Nothing else, just blinks. It won't print anything, and I haven't a clue what is wrong. I've gone through the troubleshooting menus and they couldn't figure it out and told me to contact the manufacturer, which quite honestly, I don't feel like doing...

It is a Lexmark Z52, about 4 years old now I'm guessing.

Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.

[Shpook]

Is it USB or Parallel? Check the cable and make sure it's plugged in right and not damaged. Next, make sure you have the latest up-to-date drivers for the printer, and that the drivers are for your operating system.

[Titusfied]

Ugh, well the cables are fine, but I guess I should look into the drivers... Man, I hate driver issues...

[BlueCube]

Google says:

http://support.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/knowledgebase.cgi?ccs=227:5:0:292:0:0&emeaframe=&docid=843

Don't know how much that helps, though.. you probably already tried this.

[Titusfied]

Wow, awesome help BlueCube! It turned out being that my color cartridge was defective... Which actually sucks since if I would have known this 6 months ago when the problem occurred, I could have gotten my $60 or so back for the cartridge...

Oh well, I just put back in my old, empty color cartridge I found and it works fine now, just no color!

Thanks again buddy!