How to Install Or Add a Computer Printer?
You will see a lot of brands and different kinds of printers available in market that might leave you thinking of how to install each brand. But installing or adding a printer to your computer is most of the times same for every brand. Here are few steps on how to install or add a printer to your computer:
• The fist step is to connect the printer to the computer.
• Many modern printers are meant to be connected to the computer through a cable that is plugged into the USB port.
• Make sure that you have installed a driver in the computer before you connect the printer. If the driver is not installed, your computer will not detect the device.
• All the printers come with an installation CD, which have all necessary printer drivers and softwares needed by computer to communicate with the printer.
It is very easy to install all the drivers and softwares into the computer just by following the installation prompts.
• If your printer does not come with an installation CD, then try to plug the printer’s USB cable to the USB port of the computer and see if the Add new hardware wizard appears on the screen.
• When the New hardware wizard runs, click on “next” and choose “search the best driver for the device”.
• After this, your computer will start searching for the drivers that are compatible with the printer.
• The computer will also search on internet (if net is connected) if no proper driver is available in your computer.
• There is another option. You can also visit the website of the manufacturer of the printer and see of some downloadable driver for your model is available.
After you install the printer and driver into the computer, an icon name of your printer appears in the dialog box, when you go to start>printers and faxes option.