"Problem Communicating With Printer" Message Appears When You Try to Print to a Lexmark X Series Multifunction Printer (822968)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional

SYMPTOMS

When you try to print to a Lexmark X series Multifunction printer, you may receive the following message over the printer icon in the notification area at the far right of the taskbar:
Problem communicating with the printer
This behavior may occur even after you install the latest drivers for your Lexmark X series printer.

CAUSE

This issue may occur if Windows turns off the power to the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Root Hub device to save power.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
  2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
  3. Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-click USB Root Hub, and then click Properties.

    Note There may be more than one USB Root Hub installed in your computer. In this case, you may have to follow these steps with each USB Root Hub device.
  4. Click the Power Management tab, click to clear the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power check box, and then click OK.
  5. Quit Device Manager.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional support information for your Lexmark printer, contact Lexmark. For information about how to contact Lexmark, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/12/2003
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb KB822968 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO
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