imageCLASS MF242dw No longer recognized after drum replacement

[SmithMel81]

Can anyone help me with the issue I'm having with my printer?

I had to recently redownload the drivers for my printer. When I did, it worked fine until I had to replace the drum. After I replaced the drum, my printer is no longer being recognized on my laptop when I plug it in using USB cable. It shows it to be in error state and I've tried everything to fix this with no luck. 

[Kristoff]

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[bradthetechnut]

By any chance did you try redownloading the driver's a 2nd time?  Though my printer is a different Canon, I just went thru that.  First an excess top margin issue.  Then the next day, PC would tell me "Printer is offline."  So I set it up yet again and it worked.

Also, if there's more than one driver for your printer on the Canon site,  be sure to use the newest one.

[normadel]

Did you miss connecting an electrical plug on the drum?