Comments on: Review: Lexmark X4850 Printer – Check Your Router http://ocquill.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/review-lexmark-x4850-printer-check-your-router/ The Sun Sets on "Paradise" Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:02:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: digitalshadow http://ocquill.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/review-lexmark-x4850-printer-check-your-router/#comment-2214 digitalshadow Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:39:20 +0000 http://ocquill.wordpress.com/?p=340#comment-2214 I think the router anomaly is more of a coincidence than anything else. My girlfriend and I both have iMacs - her's is the newest gen iMac 24" released in March '09, mine is the previous gen iMac 20" purchased in Dec '08. I downloaded and installed the recommended driver image, "4800_Series_Web_Installer.dmg", from the Lexmark website. The installation went very smooth, and the printer was detected instantly during the WSA portion of the setup and configuration. Test printed a text file with no problems. Next, I used the same driver image on my iMac. The installation went smooth until the Wireless Setup Assistant portion of the setup. The WSA could not detect the printer. I could ping and access port 80 on the printer over the network with no problems, so i don't quite think it is a nwtwork issue. Next, I downloaded the alternate driver image from the Lexmark website, "4800_Series_Web_Installer_LPD.dmg". This driver looked very promising. it installed and discovered the printer flawlessly. However, all subsequent attempts to actually print a document fail. Very irritating and annoying. I think the router anomaly is more of a coincidence than anything else. My girlfriend and I both have iMacs – her’s is the newest gen iMac 24″ released in March ‘09, mine is the previous gen iMac 20″ purchased in Dec ‘08. I downloaded and installed the recommended driver image, “4800_Series_Web_Installer.dmg”, from the Lexmark website. The installation went very smooth, and the printer was detected instantly during the WSA portion of the setup and configuration. Test printed a text file with no problems.

Next, I used the same driver image on my iMac. The installation went smooth until the Wireless Setup Assistant portion of the setup. The WSA could not detect the printer. I could ping and access port 80 on the printer over the network with no problems, so i don’t quite think it is a nwtwork issue. Next, I downloaded the alternate driver image from the Lexmark website, “4800_Series_Web_Installer_LPD.dmg”. This driver looked very promising. it installed and discovered the printer flawlessly. However, all subsequent attempts to actually print a document fail. Very irritating and annoying.

]]> By: Intricategirl http://ocquill.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/review-lexmark-x4850-printer-check-your-router/#comment-1676 Intricategirl Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:31:32 +0000 http://ocquill.wordpress.com/?p=340#comment-1676 We just switched from a Belkin. It's garbage. The old router wasn't compatible with anything, and we were about to add more onto it. Switched to a Linksys, and so far, no more luck than last time. I'm going to push hubby to return it and get something that isn't crap. (In it's defense, the Linksys is a faster piece of crap than the Belkin.) We just switched from a Belkin. It’s garbage. The old router wasn’t compatible with anything, and we were about to add more onto it. Switched to a Linksys, and so far, no more luck than last time. I’m going to push hubby to return it and get something that isn’t crap. (In it’s defense, the Linksys is a faster piece of crap than the Belkin.)

]]> By: AmberStar http://ocquill.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/review-lexmark-x4850-printer-check-your-router/#comment-1673 AmberStar Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:28:54 +0000 http://ocquill.wordpress.com/?p=340#comment-1673 Your review certainly put me off Lexmark printers for sure. We even bought a printer with the new computer and didn't realize it didn't have wireless capability until we got home or something. It had lots of other bells and whistles so we were ok with it. The laptop is never even in the same room with the printer, unless it is being hooked up to print from the the way cool copier, fax, scanner, etc. Oh yes...we love our new printer, but will trouble shoot the router if something won't work someday. Your review certainly put me off Lexmark printers for sure. We even bought a printer with the new computer and didn’t realize it didn’t have wireless capability until we got home or something. It had lots of other bells and whistles so we were ok with it. The laptop is never even in the same room with the printer, unless it is being hooked up to print from the the way cool copier, fax, scanner, etc. Oh yes…we love our new printer, but will trouble shoot the router if something won’t work someday.

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