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re: i refilled my lexmark z42 printer and now the start light is flashing
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 8:24 pm
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Posted by Brenda (1 messages posted)


I had a similar problem recently where the Lexmark X73 printer Power light was blinking and I got the "trouble communicating with the printer" error message. I could not print anything, not even a test page. I followed the Diagnostic Test procedure described above (in a previous response) but then cleaned the electrical contacts on the ink cartridge using a q-tip dampened with distilled water. It did the trick! The cartridge didn't look dirty, but apparently was just enough to cause the problem. I found the following sites helpful: For instructions on how to clean the ink cartridges: http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/printer/26642 For instructions on how to un-install and re-install the print drivers and other Lexmark software problems: http://www.techspot.com/vb/archive/index/t-10556.html


On Sunday, January 11, 2004 at 12:59 am, clearice01 wrote:
>that was the first thing i tryed at the end it tells you to contact tech support
>wich i mite have to do unless i can find a way to fix it..
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re: i refilled my lexmark z42 printer and now the start light is flashing (clearice01: Sunday, January 11, 2004 at 12:59 am)

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-i refilled my lexmark z42 printer and now the start light is flashing (clearice01: Sat, Jan 10, 2004, 8:50 pm)
-re: i refilled my lexmark z42 printer and now the start light is flashing (Pappy: Sat, Jan 10, 2004, 9:09 pm)
-re: i refilled my lexmark z42 printer and now the start light is flashing (clearice01: Sat, Jan 10, 2004, 9:33 pm)
-re: i refilled my lexmark z42 printer and now the start light is flashing (mojoe: Sun, Jan 11, 2004, 12:16 am)
-re: i refilled my lexmark z42 printer and now the start light is flashing (clearice01: Sun, Jan 11, 2004, 12:28 am)
-re: i refilled my lexmark z42 printer and now the start light is flashing (mojoe: Sun, Jan 11, 2004, 12:51 am)
-re: i refilled my lexmark z42 printer and now the start light is flashing (clearice01: Sun, Jan 11, 2004, 12:59 am)
*re: i refilled my lexmark z42 printer and now the start light is flashing (Brenda: Tue, Feb 28, 2006, 8:24 pm)
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