Wow, hopefully Lexmark have improved their products according to the 2 votes above. Good news! Lexmark were once very good printers then they seemed to go to the cheap and nasty stuff. Just this weekend I removed Lexmark X4250 from my wife's computer, it was troublesome from day one and Lexmark offered no fix so I had to find my own cure. You might take a squint at the Consumers Report on printers from April, linked below. Here is a link that might be useful: Consumers Report on printers, April 2008

I would bet if it is a new pc with windows 7 it will be 64 bit. You can always try to do the install and let it find the printer, it will give you the option to find your model number in the list and it may well just get the proper driver and install. It did that with mine. this link may provide some info for you 7 Windows 7 Printer Installation Tips How to Set Up a Printer in Windows 7How to Set Up a Printer in Windows 7 and the windows 7 forums are an excellent source of info they have some great tutorials there too. Here is a link that might be useful: 7forums

Glenda, go to www.staples.com - they have a 20% off coupon in the weekly ad (good for the purchase of one item). If you take in your old cartridge this week, you can get a $6 rebate credit. I usually either buy at Staples, or through www.hp.com (if HP sends me an e-mail about a sale, with free shipping). Yes, the cartridges are expensive, but I only use HP brands. I tried an off-brand one time, and it was worthless.

DA, I have on many occasion had cartridges dry out. All Three Times were on HP Printers. 1. HP 2000c Professional Series, 2. HP 1100c Professional Series 3. HP 1115p Photosmart. On the Professional Series Printers the Ink Cartridges weren't cheap either! I no longer use HP Products but that goes deeper then Dried Ink Cartridges. Been using Brother Before (Had a Brother HL-1440 B&W Laser) and Since the release of Windows Vista! I use my Brother Printers on a Wireless Network. My Color Lasers aren't wireless but do have LAN Connections. I have 1 at a time wired directly to my Router (other Color Laser is a Backup). My Inkjet is Wireless and no need to be hooked up.