Hi. My lexmark z640 printer has stopped working. When i double click the z640 icon on the desktop the window opens and says that the current job is deleting, this has been like this for hours. tried to uninstall lexmark z640 but it won't let me 'cos it says my printer is printing, which of course it isn't. Unfortunately my laptop was switched off during the printing process, and this is what has caused the problem i think? Please help i'm going mad here.Regards.

There could be some print jobs stuck in the print queue. Try to clear the print queue first before sending a new print job. Follow these steps: - Browse to Start -> Run... and type in "NET STOP SPOOLER" (this will stop the print spooler service)

- Browse to your windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS\ folder - You should see files there ending in .SPL and .SHD created around the time you tried to print - delete these files. - Browse to Start -> Run... and type in "NET START SPOOLER" (this will restart the print spooler service) - Double click the printer icon in the lower-right corner of your taskbar to examine your print job queue and browse to View -> Refresh.
Try to print again.

Try to do a test print using the printer utility installed on your computer and also check if the driver is properly installed on your computer and if not make sure that your printer is using the printer driver from your setup CD.

Hope that helps...........

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· Step 1 Open the Start menu and click on the"Printers and Faxes" icon. This will open a window with a list of theprinters currently set up on your computer. · Step 2 Double-click on the icon of theprinter you want to change to online. A pop-up window detailing all currentprint jobs will open. · Step 3 Go to Printer in the menu bar ofthe pop-up window and uncheck "Use Printer Offline." This action willchange the printer from offline to online.MacInstructions
· Step 1 Open System Preferences byclicking on the icon in the Dock. · Step 2 Go to the Print & Faxcontrol panel under the Hardware category. · Step 3 Select the printer you want totake online from the list on the left side of the screen. Then click on the"Open Print Queue" button. · Step 4 Click on the "ResumePrinter" button at the top of the queue window to change the printer fromoffline to online.

Hello
You not say what windows you wanted it for so I put 2 there for you click on the one you want and it will download for you.
I have put the software driver for you on my website you can download it from there all you go to do is click on the link I put for you, it may take time to download for you depending on the speed of your internet all the best.
Click Link XP http://www.4all2sell.com/driver/Lexmark-Z640-XP-32Bit.exe
Click Link Vista http://www.4all2sell.com/driver/Lexmark-Z640-Vista-32Bit.exe
After download just click on the icon and follow the instructions.
All I ask is please come back and just gave a vote, it will gave me some satisfaction to know am helping some one so I will keep on helping.
All The Best: Pineworks

All files on my website are only there for a limited time.

Here is the page for driver downloads, select drivers for Vista and in no time you will be downloading your driver.

Lexmark Z640 Driver for Microsoft Windows Vista

Not if you have Vista 64 Bit, download the Vista 64-Bit driver. To check which version of Vista you have right click on 'Computer' icon on the desktop and select properties. See the 'System Type' to find out.

Try This :

Goto to printer and faxes from control panel Right click on t he printer icon make it online
If still it doesn't works
Click on Start >> Run >> type in CMD >> OK >> type in NET STOP SPOOLER (Refresh the page in printers and faxes) >>> again type under CMD..... NET START SPOOLER (Refresh the page in printers and faxes) .
Check what happens
Then uninstall and reinstall the entire printer driver from control panel add or remove programs
Regards Soumajit

Lexmark does not distribute replacement install disk for all models.

Contact Lexmark here, to see if the disk for your printer is available.

If you do not have the disk you must download the software from Internet, follow instructions below,

Click here:Official Lexmark Drivers and Software

A web page will open, follow instructions, select model, select operative system etc., and click on download .
Chose to download the file in my documents when asked.
After downloading, find the file,double click on the file ,then if you get in troubles, follow the instructions below to reset and reinstall drivers:

• Unplug printer USB.
• Go to control panel >> installed printers in Windows and remove (delete ) any installed printer from printer list.
• Download driver from website, or use the disk and run the install file.
  
• Follow driver installation wizard.
• Plug back printer when prompted from installation wizard.

Note:some printerdoes not work on Vista, if you do not find any driver download for Vista on your model page, that means your model is not Vista compatible.

You can download the Lexmark Z640 software driver here: http://downloads.lexmark.com/perl/downloads/downloads.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:0:0:0

Search for your printer (Z640), then select your operating system and language. After you download the file, double-click it to open it and follow the instructions on your computer screen.

Go to start menu, open printer and faxes option. Right click your printer icon and open properties. Click on the port tab and verify that Enable bidirectional support is selected. If not click on it to check it. Click on OK and it shd work..

I had many problems with Vista fixed in this way.

1) Unistall drivers supplied with printer
2) Download new Vista drivers
3) Disconnect printer
4) Restart computer
5) Install new drivers (connect printer when it asks)
6) Restart computer

For me it now works.