printer ports

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?

 

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?

 

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

 

You may need a new ieee 1284 printer cable.

 

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