Thanks Cari. I have done the uninstall/reinstall and there is ink in both
cartridges. I also purchased a new USB cable.

I connected and installed a different printer (Canon) as a test, and tried
to print. The exact same thing happened. The printer made all the noises
like it was printing the document, but the page ejected blank - absolutely no
marks ! Is it possible there is some setting within Windows 98SE which needs
to be changed ?






"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

First thing to check is that there is enough ink in both cartridges. Even
if you're only printing black text, the color ink tank also needs ink (of
all 3 colors in it) for the black to work.

Then uninstall and reinstall the printer. Another thing to try is a change
of cable, if it's possible to use USB, do so.
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Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"Moby" wrote in message
...
I am running a Lexmark Z45 printer with Windows 98SE and the printer has
started printing only blank pages. I have checked out all of Lexmarks
troubleshooting tips and also downloaded their updated driver - still no
joy
! Windows does not seem to be communicating properly with the printer. Any
ideas out there?

Thanks

Moby