printer ports

[highhoney34]

i've been trying to install a lexmark printer and i cannot seem to to do it. my computer keeps telling me it cannot find an installed printer port. but when i look into my system the printer port is there what the ? am i doing wrong ,the disk that came with it won't even install i've got window's 95 and no cd. i'm not sure what to do next anybody have any answers?

 

[Monk_]

Can you provide some more info on your system? You may have to go into BIOS and enable the printer port. Also, do you mean you dont have a CD drive or a Win95 CD?

 

[mesmith]

What printer port do you have selected it should be LPT1 if its a local port using a parallel cable. Also check in your BIOS that in the
Parallel port option that ECP is selected and that option>>>
Onboard parallel port is set to 378h. then save and exit and reboot system.

Good luck

 

[Dan O]

You may need a new ieee 1284 printer cable.

 

[highhoney34]

my computer is a dell optiplex gxm 5100 pentium
i have a cd but no windows95 disk
thanx for the advice i'll try it