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Setting up or installing a printer in Microsoft Windows.
Issue:Setting up or installing a printer in Microsoft Windows.
Solution:There are two different methods a user can install a printer in Microsoft Windows. Below is additional information about each of these methods listed in the order we believe a user should try installing their printer in Microsoft Windows.
Before being able to install your printer you must have the software that was included with the printer. If you've lost the software for your printer you can download the drivers for your printer and use the drivers to install your printer. A listing of printer manufacturers and links to their associated drivers pages can be found on our printer drivers page.
Setup a printer using printer software
Every printer should come with the software used to install a printer in Windows. Although not all installations are the same the steps for installing this software should be similar to the below steps.
Installing a printer only using the drivers
In addition to the above steps a users can install a printer in Windows only using the printer drivers. This is recommended if you only want the printer to be installed but not the additional printer software programs that are often included with the installation and/or you've download drivers.
A listing of printer drivers and software downloads can be found through our printer drivers page.
Note: if you've installed the printer doing the above steps these steps should not be necessary unless you encountered errors.
Testing the printer
After the printer has been installed in Windows you can use Windows to print a self-test page to make sure the printer is working by following the below steps.
Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP, 2003, and Vista users
The most common issue when someone installs a new printer is not setting it as the default printer. it won't print if this is so. to find out click on the windows logo on the bottom rt of your screen and go to the devices and printer tab on the rt of the window that opens. if you see the printer and don't see a green checkmark on it you need to rt click on the printer and select "set as default printer". that should help you print
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most common error is to not make your new printer the default printer. go to devices and printers and see if the printer is there. if it is, does it have a green checkmark on it? if not, rt click on it and set it as the default printer
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