Are You Looking for Ways of Setting Up or Installing Printer?

A computer printer is a necessity for everyone today because of its multifunctional and futuristic design that helps everyone including students, business professionals, office goers or even housewives. When you purchase a printer from the market for use at home or office, you need to find someone for installing printer. Setup and installation are important and essential before you start using the printer for printing, scanning or copying. So it is very important to know that how to install a printer. Usually, we call a hardware engineer or a professional remote technical support service provider for installing printer or other peripherals but if you follow the tips and tricks mentioned in this blog then you would be able to do it yourself and thus save your money.

Useful Tips for Printer Installation: 

Irrespective of the brand and model of the printer, it is crucial to install printer driver and other included software before you start using the printer for core printing purposes. Drivers play an important role in installing printer. Drivers are available online so you can download the drivers for your printer even if you have lost the CD provided by the OEM with the device. If you go online and reach the printer driver page, you will find a list of printer manufacturers and specific links for the respective drivers. 

How to connect the printer to the PC

There are various ways of connecting the printer to your PC. You can use a USB cable, SCSI cable or a parallel port cable for connecting the printer to the PC and then you have to connect the device to a power outlet by using a power plug. Nowadays, most of the home computer printers use a USB cable as shown in the picture given below. 

If you are using a network printer, then you need to connect the device to a wireless network or the RJ-45 connection. Now move to the steps for setting up a printer and installing software. 

How to setup printer and install software

Usually, every printer comes with certain software that are used to install the printer in Windows or the operating system that you are using on your PC. 

Follow the below given steps for installing software:

·         Turn on the PC once everything has been plugged in properly

·         Now insert the CD that you have received with the printer in the drive. In case the CD doesn’t start automatically then open My Computer and double-click on the CD drive and then click the files provided for setup or install. If you have downloaded the driver, then you need to run the downloaded setup file.

·         Now you need to follow the installation wizard for complete the printer installation process.

Once you finish installing all the drivers, you should test the printer and make sure that it is working. These tips are very helpful for the users who don’t know to how to install a printer. 

Tips for installing a printer by using drivers only

If you want to install the printer without using any extra software except drivers, then you can install the drivers by using the following steps. 

Follow the below given steps for installing printer by using drivers: 

·         After ensuring that the printer is well-connected, open the Control Panel

·         In the Control Panel, you have to click on Printers or Printers and Faxes icon.

·         Once you reach the Printers window, you have to click the ‘Add a Printer’ icon

·         Now you will see the Windows Printer Wizard, so now click Next to start the installation wizard.

·         Now you have to choose between Local and Network printer. If it is a home computer, then select Local printer and then click ‘Next.’ 

·         Browse through the list of the drivers or point to the printer CD, when you are prompted to specify the location of the printer drivers. Now, finally test the printer to make sure that it is working fine. 

Conclusion

Once you install the printer successfully, you should use Windows to print a test page to ensure that the printer is working fine. If the printer can print the page without any glitches, then it means that the printer has been installed successfully. In case it is showing error or fails to deliver printouts then you should contact any online printer support helpdesk for quick and efficient technical support.