Did you make the mistake of having the printer USB cable connected to the
computer when you installed the downloaded Vista drivers?
Printer USB cables must be DISCONNECTED during the driver install until the
install program prompts you to connect the USB cable and power on the printer.
If I were you, I would unplug the printer USB cable, go to Control Panel
(Classic view) > Printers, right click your Lexmark X2480, and select Delete. To
make sure the printer is fully uninstalled, in the Printers window, go to Menu
(Alt key if not visible) > File > Run as administrator > Server Properties
(approve UAC), click the Drivers tab, and if the printer is listed there,
highlight it and press the Remove button, press Apply, and press OK.
With the printer USB cable UNPLUGGED, reboot your computer, run the printer
driver install again, and ONLY connect the USB cable and power up the printer
when PROMPTED to do so by the driver install program.
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GO BEARS!
"Rebecca" <Rebecca@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
>I might be having the same problem as Epson DX4000 below. But my computer
> isn't new. I let some idiots install Vista and they couldn't get the
> printers to install. They said that I would have to buy a new printer, but
> my Lexmark X2480 has a Vista driver available on the Lexmark site. I
> downloaded it - I checked and it and my Vista are both 32-bit - and still
> can't get a peep out of the printer. The printer did a self test okay. I
> changed the USB cable just in case. I don't know what to do.
>
> Rebecca