Uninstalled a lexmark printer and now I can not print at all?

Question

I uninstalled a lexmark printer and manually deleted the 100's of left over files related to it and now I can not print with any printer.

So far I have tried:

setting the dependency of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ Spooler to RPCSS

and setting all recovery options of print spooler (in services.msc) to "restart the service"

Nothing works, I can not print at all. How do I fix this and why does lexmark cause so many problems when removing their printer?

thanks

Answer 1

Lexmark Printers are rubbish to start with as they maybe cheap in price,..but muck you're system up for sure when you have any problems with them!

I would suggest a system restore to get back all the drivers on you're PC and then try and un-install the printer through "Add/Remove" section on you're PC.

Then install you're new one.

Answer 2

it sounds like you were deleting items that were required by windows to communicate with your printer.  I would suggest a system restore to before you deleted the printer.