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> Hi Elmo,
> Didn't seem to find anything in BIOS relating to 'ports' or
> bidirectional anywhere else I can look?
Look again; it might be called "parallel" instead of "ports". Look for
anything to do with printing, printer, parallel, connections,
peripherals; can't think of any more right now. Or is it a USB
connection? Probably not; I haven't heard "bidirectional" w/r to USB
cables.
Bidrectional simply means a communications channel so the computer
can talk to the computer instead of just the computer talking to the
printer. Printers will work without it, but none of the printer
messages, out of paper, things like that, and any tool boxes will not
work.
What brand/model of computer do you have? Someone here might have the
same one.
You also need a bidirectional capable printer cable. Some of the
cheaper or older cables don't have a wire on those pins. If it came
with the printer, then it's going to be OK.
>
> aga
>
> "Elmo" wrote:
>
>> aga151 wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Having lots of problems with my Lexmark X4580 all-in-one printer
>>> running in Windows XP Home.
>>> Spooler is not running and now I'm told that I need to "Enable
>>> Bidirectional Communications". Can anyone offer help on this
>>> please?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> aga
>>
>> That could be a BIOS setting. Restart your computer, press the key
>> that allows you to enter BIOS setup, and look through the port
>> settings for that option.
>>
>> --
>> Joe =o)
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