recycled printer

[old tree man]

Hi all can anyone out there help
i have been given a lexmark x1270 printer but i do not have the disc to load it on my computer, can anyone reccomend a safe site that i can download the apropriate stuff to use the printer.
or any other way of getting my computer to accept the printer, sorry if this sounds very basic but when it comes to computers i am VERY basic
thanks
Russ

[mrsflibble]

if you are running windows XP there is a chance you wont need drivers to make the printer work... but i'm not sure. mine didn't need the drivers, I'm on WinXP home edition with service pack 2...

[Muddypause]

The manufacturer's site is usually a good place to start. They will often supply drivers and updates for their machines. Try this link - providing you are running Win2000 or newer, it looks like they still support it.

While I applaud your desire to use a printer that someone else doesn't want, my experience with Lexmark was that the ink cartridges were pretty pricey - in my case a pair of cartridges cost as much as a new printer which included cartridges. That's the madness of consumerism for you.

[old tree man]

Thanks for the advice i found out that the ink would cost me £29 but a new printer about £23 how stupid is that you were dead right with the prices thanks again for the advice
all the best
Russ

[mrsflibble]

my computer was originally from essex LEA when i was at uni (I'm a dyslexic who spent most of her first year unable to walk properly due to back problems)...they wanted to give me a laptop and a lexmark all in one thingummy, but i requested that i have a desktop comp that i could begin to upgrade after the guarantee expired (*ahem* nobody mention the TV card I put in 3 weeks after getting the bugger!!) and any printer/scanner set up that didnt have the lexmark name to it. I got an HP printer, £300 a year for computer consumables while i was at uni, HP scanner which wasnt fantastic but did the job and I ended up with my PC which has seen me through 5 years of careful bodging and is lovingly known now as FrankenPC (I know I know, frankenstein was the doctor not the monster :p ). the printer and scanner i was given served me well until i went into a job involving high level image processing. I am proud to say that although my scanner was a gift from my darling hubby, I worked for the printer.

Lexmark are good printers though, despite the really expensive cartridges. plus, would you be able to get them refilled rather than buying nw ones?