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How to install a printer

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By Dicky Leonardo
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This is introduction to learn on how to install your printer

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Computer
  • Printer
  • Driver
  1. Step 1

    Plug in your printer to your computer whether it uses parallel, serial or usb port

  2. Step 2

    Find the driver from the provided cdrom supplied by your printer manufacturer, if it's not found, you can locate on from the manufacturer's website

  3. Step 3

    Turn on your printer, and if you use windows xp, it will pop-up a new add hardware wizard

  4. Step 4

    First, you can try to have windows configure your printer manually, if not found, locate the driver for your printer or wherever you save the driver on.

  5. Step 5

    Enjoy your newly installed printer and start printing

Tips & Warnings
  • Make sure you get the right driver for the right operating system
  • Do not turn on your printer before you have the driver ready

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