Easy Steps to Select Lexmark Printer Right Port

Lexmark printer is highly demanded for their efficiency, advanced features, upgraded technology and custom settings. For security reasons, the identification of the USB port is a necessity to manage the printing tasks without any error. Follow the below mentioned steps to locate the right port:

1. Print the network settings page
2. Open Printers/Printer and Faxes folder
3. Windows 7 users click Start/Device and Printers
4. Windows Vista users click Start/Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/Printers
5. Windows XP users click Start/Settings/Printer Faxes
6. Right-click the printer object
7. Choose properties from the drop-down list
8. Click port tab
9. Check  the port tab and follow the final confirmation steps

Sometimes due to the wrong network printer port the critical errors occur as,Not able to print, Unresponsive error, No communication, Print failure, and the selected port cannot be deleted. In such case, contact the Lexmark support professionals to receive immediate help regarding the printer port.

Due to port error, the printer pauses and displays the print queue icon in the systray task bar. If you drag the mouse cursor over the "Print Queue Icon" in the notification area, it will list pending documents. To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1. Double click "Print Queue Icon" to open "Print Queue
2. Click Printer icon appearing in the upper left-hand corner of the menu bar
3. Click "Pause Printing" to turn-off the Window feature, if the check mark is clicked next to Pause Printing
4. Check mark "Set As Default Printer" to ensure the " Use Printer Offline" is not selected
5. Now print a test page

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