The Windows operating system provides a built-in printer tool used to add, manage and remove printers. To use a new printer, the appropriate print driver must be installed. The printer driver is then used to allow the operating system to communicate with the printer. Once the printer driver is installed, the printer becomes available from the list of printers on your computer.
Instructions
1. Click the "Start" button located at the bottom of the desktop. Click "Control Panel." The Control Panel window launches.
2. Click "Hardware and Sound" from the Control Panel.
3. Click "Add a printer" under the "Printers" header. The Add Printer Wizard launches.
4. Click "Add a local printer.
5. Select "Use an existing port" from the "Choose a printer port" page and click "Next."
6. Click the printer manufacturer and model of your printer from the "Install the printer driver" page and click "Next." If your printer isn't found in the list of printers, insert the software CD that came with your printer into the optical drive of your computer. Click the "Browse" button from the "Install the printer" page and click your printer driver.
7. Follow the onscreen prompts of the wizard. Click "Finish" to complete the installation of your printer.
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