For Beginners question of how to install a printer, is very important.Labor is not the usual mix of computer and printer through the wires, but the subsequent installation process can confound many.Next will be described how to install the printer and any options for this can come in handy.
Printer serves as a major device-oriented output.There are a number of connectivity options that depend on the configuration computer: a local printer, which is typically connected to via USB or LPT-port;network printer.Once you decide what kind of printer to be used, you must install it, you have to install the required software designed to convert text and graphics to the printer-friendly view.Printing is carried out not letters, and a simple point and saturation of the image is transmitted by the frequency of application of these same points on the paper.If you install a local printer, then it is off to connect, then you can turn on the power.Printers with a standard plug and play, automatically recognized by the operating system, then the driver is installed automatically.Otherwise you have to carry out a manual installation.
How to install a printer with support for plug and play
- first of all it must be connected to a computer, in accordance with that specified by the manufacturer in the instructions;
- can now be inserted in the power cord, turn on the printer.The system automatically recognizes the device.Very often the participation of the user when installing the drivers for these printers do not need;
- when you see the New Hardware Wizard, you must select the automatic installation, then follow the instructions offered by the user.
How to install the printer without the support of technology plug and play
- first of all it must be connected to a computer, in accordance with that specified by the manufacturer in the instructions;
- can be inserted in the power cord, turn on the printer.The system automatically recognizes the device.Very often the participation of the user when installing the drivers for these printers do not need;
- enter the component "Printers and Faxes";
- in the Printer Tasks, click the link "Printer Setup", launched a special setup wizard;
- need to establish a "Local printer" and then uncheck the automatic detection, then continue;
- select the serial or parallel port, depending on the type of printer;
- Next, you will specify the steps in the instructions that appear on the screen.
When the installation is complete, the printer icon appears.
If you need to install a network printer, here too, there is a certain sequence of actions:
- run the Add Printer Wizard;
- choose a network printer;
- now you can manually specify or select the printer from the list of network devices;
- choose the manufacturer and model of the device;
- ask him a specific name;
- install the printer name so that it allowed him to be available for other users on the network.
These actions concerning the network devices installed on your computer, and if you care about the question of how to install a network printer, here too, there is a certain set of instructions:
- you need to install the printer sharing;
- Now start the installation wizard, in which you select a network printer;
- you can connect to the correct printer through a review of all available network devices;
- Further instructions appear on the screen that must be followed.
