Lexmark Optra S 1855 print driver needed for 32 bit Vista
Posted by admin on Jun 13th, 2007
Please help! Cannot locate a print driver for my Lexmark Optra S 1855 laser printer that will work with Vista. Tried Lexmark web site. IBM said to try the HP 5Si driver. It did not work. Really do not want to throw away a $6000.00 + laser printer. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Jun 15th, 2007 at 03:36 am
I'd use the Vista 3455. The 3455 prints at 34 pages per minute while the 1855 prints 18 pages per minute. I think the 3455 had some different output and input options. Just configure the printer using the options you have for the device. Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowtoThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights."Wayne2709"
Jun 20th, 2007 at 12:21 am
Tried the Lexmark Optra Se 3455 MS and Lexmark Optra Se 3455 PS. Both failed to print. Thank you for the suggestion. Anybody, please help... Thank you "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
Jun 23rd, 2007 at 03:46 pm
what error did you get? Lexmark is very good in their PCL and PS support. Most of the Laser drivers they have work for all devices but the tray and installed options are different. Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowtoThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights."Wayne2709"
Jun 26th, 2007 at 10:01 am
The print spooler popedup, it said: "PRINTING," the document disappeared from within the print spooler window, nothing printed, and the light did not flash on the printer. It is as it was not even connectted to the PC.One additional thing. We purchased a new computer with Vista installed. New PC's do not come with a parallel port installed. So, we had to purchase a parallel port to USB cable. The instructions said to select USB virtual port (and that we did). Could it be that the PC is not detecting the hardware at all? If so, what should we do?Thank you again for all your help Thank you "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
Jun 28th, 2007 at 06:17 am
So your $6000 printer is connected to a USB to parallel converter?I have had good luck with Belkin F5U002 cable. I have tried a couple others that never worked so they got pitched, no idea what brand.Configure the LPT port on the printer. There are a couple configurations to try.Does the USB device appear in device manager?If you plug the cable into the machine, it should install USB Printing Support software. If the printer gets installed by PlugnPlay, you can see in Device Manager when displaying Hidden devices (this was not a spooler decision since we don't own device manager). Under USB controllers you will see USB Printing Support. Get that working first. The next thing is for the USB chip in the converter cable to pass data from the printer to the USB enumerator so they can pass the driver name to the spooler and the driver can get installed, which will fail since it's not inbox.You can install the XP driver for the 1855 using the have disk option.The best solution for this printer is a Print Server device that supports LPT connections. Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowtoThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights."Wayne2709"
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 03:47 pm
Hi Alan,Thank you for all your help and leads. This is what finally worked: 1. I installed a Parallel PCI on our new PC. The driver disk that came with the card installed it as LPT3 for some reason.2. I used the Install New Printer wizard, and set the printer up on LPT3.3. I used the print driver for the HP Laserjet S5i. Everything works great. Go figure. Thank you for all your help. I owe you a lunch.Cheers,Wayne Thank you "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
Jul 9th, 2007 at 04:12 am
You might also try the Se 3455 driver and see if the form to tray assignment is better aligned. Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowtoThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights."Wayne2709"